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Looka vs uBrand

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan
Only uBrand (Looka has paid plans only)
Higher Trust score
Looka — 88 vs 76 for uBrand
Best fit
Looka: Founders who need a serviceable logo and collateral in an afternoon · uBrand: First-time founders naming and launching a brand
Status
We could not check Looka — its site turns automated checks away; uBrand was up on Oct 16, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

LookaLogo generator that sells the finished brand kituBrandLogo, brand story and asset library, then scheduled on-brand posts to six social networks.

Side by side

FactLookauBrand
CategoryBranding & Brand KitsBranding & Brand Kits
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at—$29/mo
Trust score88 / 10076 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyLooka Inc.—
Launched2016—
Last verifiedOct 27, 2026Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

Looka

A fast way for a new business to land a usable mark and matching collateral, as long as you accept that the cheap package hands over a flat image you cannot resize.

Pros

  • Preview across cards, signage and social profiles before spending anything
  • Vector files and full ownership arrive with the $65 package
  • Brand Kit turns a single logo into several hundred ready-made templates

Cons

  • The cheapest package is a raster file only — no vectors, no clean resizing
  • Continued brand kit access is a subscription rather than a purchase
  • Results are recognisably generated and overlap between customers
  • No API, and no way to hand a designer editable sources

uBrand

uBrand's angle is continuity: the logo it generates feeds a brand kit, and the brand kit feeds the social posts it schedules, so the identity stays consistent without a designer policing it. For a first-time founder that saves a lot of drift. The concern is that a tool holding your entire brand identity publishes no company name, address or country at all.

Pros

  • Logo generation feeds a persistent brand kit rather than producing a one-off file
  • Brand story, mission and values drafting alongside the visual identity
  • Generates on-brand posts and short videos from the stored assets
  • Auto-publishes to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube and TikTok
  • Free to start, with a $29 entry tier below most branding suites

Cons

  • No legal entity, address or country disclosed anywhere on the site
  • The free tier's limits are never spelled out on the pricing page
  • Agency tier at $149 a month is steep for the feature set on offer
  • Generated logos come from the same model everyone else uses, so distinctiveness is limited

Which one fits

Choose Looka if you need

  • Founders who need a serviceable logo and collateral in an afternoon
  • Small businesses wanting cards, socials and templates derived from one mark
  • Anyone testing brand directions before paying a designer

Choose uBrand if you need

  • First-time founders naming and launching a brand
  • Solo operators who need logo, kit and social posts from one tool
  • Small agencies managing several early-stage brands on the $149 tier

Looka vs uBrand: the questions people ask

Is Looka cheaper than uBrand?

uBrand starts at $29/mo. An entry price for Looka is not confirmed by us yet, so check its pricing page before you compare.

Does Looka or uBrand have a free tier?

uBrand has a free tier; Looka has paid plans only.

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