PNGMaker
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveText prompt in, transparent-background PNG out, at 1K to 4K in a handful of illustration styles.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $15.90/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Monthly: Starter $15.90 (1,200 credits, ~200 PNGs), Standard $23.90 (2,600), Premium $37.90 (4,500). The same packs sold once are $19.90, $29.90 and $47.90. Annual billing is advertised at up to 50% off. Free users claim 10 credits a day by checking in.
Use tool ↗About PNGMaker
PNGMaker does one thing: it generates images with a real alpha channel, so the result drops straight into a slide, a website or a video without anyone cutting it out first. You pick a style - kawaii, 3D cartoon, flat illustration, pixel art - an aspect ratio and a resolution up to 4K, and it returns a PNG cleared for commercial use, with a privacy toggle to keep generations out of any public feed. Work is metered in credits and you can claim ten free ones a day by checking in. Paid plans run $15.90 to $37.90 a month, or the same packs as one-off purchases from $19.90. The site publishes no company name or address.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Transparent PNG generation, style presets, aspect ratios, 4K output, commercial usepng-maker.com ↗
- Monthly, one-off and annual prices, credit allowances, daily free creditspng-maker.com ↗
- Terms of service naming no company entity and no governing jurisdictionpng-maker.com ↗
Is PNGMaker legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Apr 24, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 9, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2024The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- PNGMakerOur research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of PNGMaker
Narrow on purpose and better for it - generating a genuine alpha channel rather than a white box you have to key out saves a real step for anyone making slides, stickers or overlays. Ten free credits a day makes it usable without paying. The vendor is anonymous, the terms dodge naming a jurisdiction, and there is no API, so it stays a manual tool.
Pros
- Outputs a real transparent alpha channel, not a white background to remove later
- Resolution up to 4K with a choice of five aspect ratios
- Style presets covering kawaii, 3D cartoon, flat illustration and pixel art
- Commercial use permitted and a privacy toggle on generations
- Ten free credits every day rather than a one-off trial
Cons
- No company name, address or jurisdiction anywhere on the site
- Terms say only that disputes follow the law wherever it operates, without naming where
- No API, batch mode or integration with design tools
- Credit-to-image ratio (about 6 credits per PNG) makes the entry plan roughly 200 images
Best for
- Slide decks, sticker packs and video overlays that need cut-out art
- Designers wanting quick illustration assets without background removal
- Light users who can live on ten free credits a day
Not for
- Automated or batch asset pipelines - there is no API
- Photorealistic product imagery, which is not what the styles cover
Watch out: The terms decline to name a governing jurisdiction at all, which leaves you no forum if a commercial-use claim ever goes wrong.
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