Recraft

AI design tool for brand-consistent graphics

by Recraft

Overview

Recraft generates raster images and vectors in its own studio editor, and the vector side is the part worth knowing: you can generate or import vector artwork, edit its points, curves and colours, and export SVG or PDF - which is what a logo or an icon set needs before it goes to production. Vector and image are separate generation types, and the vector entry points do not take a reference image the way image generation does; a frame only exports as vector if everything in it is vector, so a bitmap has to be vectorised first. The licence is the other half of the decision: output made during a paid subscription is licensed for commercial use under the applicable terms and stays private after the subscription ends, while free output is public and held by Recraft without a commercial licence. A commercial licence is not exclusivity, trademark registration or a guarantee of non-infringement. The free plan is limited - three uploads a day and two images per prompt - and the current documentation does not state a fixed number of free credits.

Recraft is explicit about training: inputs and the assets produced by the service may be used to train, fine-tune and improve its models, that use is enabled by default, and you can opt out at any time in your account profile settings - after which uploaded images are not used to train its image-generating model. Free-tier assets are a separate licence case: they are public and owned by Recraft, and may not be used commercially or to train AI models (Recraft Terms of Service, read 12 October 2026).

Editor's take

A practical candidate when the deliverable is an editable SVG or a brand asset that has to survive editing, not just a picture that looks right. Read the licence before using it for a client: free output is public and carries no commercial licence, so a commercial brief needs a paid plan, and the licence it grants is permission to use the work, not exclusivity, a trademark registration or a guarantee that it does not infringe someone else's rights. The vector entry points are also not interchangeable with the image ones - no reference image - and a raster in the frame means the export is a raster.

Our reading of who this suits, based on the sources above. Opinion, offered to help you decide - not a lab result.

Key Features

Vector generation with point, curve and colour editing, exported as SVG or PDF
Raster image generation, plus image-to-image, inpainting and outpainting
Background removal and vectorisation of bitmaps
Custom styles and a text-to-vector path
API access with separately purchased API units
Paid plan output is private and commercially licensed; free output is public and not

Use Cases

Editable SVG logos and icon sets
Background removal and vectorising an existing bitmap
On-brand illustrations from a custom style
Client work made during a paid subscription, licensed for commercial use under the applicable terms

Pros

✓Editable SVG and PDF export, which is what a brand asset needs downstream
✓Vector editing inside the same tool rather than a separate editor
✓A paid plan grants commercial rights and keeps the work private after the subscription ends
✓Vectorisation and background removal are documented capabilities, not assumptions

Cons

✕Free output is public and owned by Recraft, with no commercial licence
✕The paid licence permits commercial use but grants no exclusivity, no trademark registration and no non-infringement guarantee
✕Vector generation does not take a reference image, and a bitmap in the frame means a raster export
✕The free plan's limits are stated as three uploads a day and two images per prompt; the current docs do not give a fixed free-credit number
✕API units are bought and billed separately from web plan credits

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Recraft free?

There is a free plan with limited use - the current documentation states a maximum of three uploads a day and two images per prompt, and it does not state a fixed number of free credits, so we do not publish one. Free output is public and owned by Recraft, without a commercial licence.

Can I get an editable SVG?

Yes: Recraft generates and imports vectors, lets you edit points, curves and colours, and exports SVG or PDF. Note that vector generation does not accept a reference image, and everything in the frame has to be vector for the export to be vector - a bitmap has to be vectorised first.

Can I use the output commercially?

On a paid plan: work created during the subscription is licensed for commercial use under the applicable terms, and it stays private and licensed after the subscription ends. That licence is permission to use the work - it is not exclusivity, not a trademark registration and not a guarantee of non-infringement. Free output is public and does not carry a commercial licence, so a commercial brief needs a paid plan such as Basic at $12 a month or $120 a year.

Is the API included in the plan?

No. API units are bought and billed separately from the credits that come with a web subscription, and the API covers text-to-image and text-to-vector, custom styles, image-to-image, inpainting, outpainting, background removal and vectorisation.

Task guides for this product

T5 · Choose tools for editable SVG and transparent PNG

Key facts and where they come from

PriceNot established: The paid-plan help lists Basic $12 monthly or $120 annually, but the live price table is unreadable and no ISO currency or complete purchase-region/checkout conditions are established. Pro annual totals are not inferred from displayed monthly equivalents.Source: Recraft - paid plans
AvailabilityNot established: The paid-plan and terms pages establish service/legal conditions but not a current client/country distribution and eligibility matrix. EU/EEA/UK consumer-law provisions are not geographic availability evidence.Source: Recraft - pricing and rights · Recraft - paid plans · Recraft - terms of service
Commercial useDocumented: Free generations are public and owned by Recraft without a commercial licence; work created during a paid subscription belongs to the user with commercial rights and stays private after the subscription ends.Source: Recraft - pricing and rights
Training on your dataDocumented: Read on 12 October 2026. States that training use is enabled by default, that it can be opted out of at any time in account profile settings, and that after opting out uploaded images are not used to train the image-generating model. Free-tier outputs are public and owned by Recraft without a commercial licence.Source: Recraft - terms of service
API billingDocumented: The Recraft API is pay as you go: you buy API units in advance and each request deducts its cost, at $1 = 1,000 units. Purchased units do not expire, and API unit packages are non-cancellable and non-refundable.Source: Recraft - API pricing
Export formatsDocumented: The Vector Editor imports SVG and exports SVG or PDF. A frame must contain only vectors, so raster elements must first be vectorized; Vector generation has no reference-image input. Editable paths do not guarantee editable text objects.Source: Recraft - vector editor
Usage limitsDocumented: Limited use: a maximum of three uploads a day and two images per prompt. The page does not state a fixed number of free credits.Source: Recraft - free plan

Official sources

The vendor pages we read for the claims on this page, what each one states, and the day we read it.

Recraft - pricing and rights ↗
Free generations are public and owned by Recraft without a commercial licence; work created during a paid subscription belongs to the user with commercial rights and stays private after the subscription ends. The price cards were not readable on this page.
Read on November 2, 2026
Recraft - paid plans ↗
The paid-plan documentation read on 2 November lists Basic $12 monthly for 1,000 credits or $120 annually; it does not establish ISO currency, purchase region or actual checkout. Historical registered scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Basic is $12 a month or $120 a year with 1,000 credits; a Pro tier with 2,000 credits is listed at $20 a month or the annual equivalent.
Read on November 2, 2026
Recraft - free plan ↗
Limited use: a maximum of three uploads a day and two images per prompt. The page does not state a fixed number of free credits.
Read on September 23, 2026
Recraft - vector editor ↗
Historical registered scope from 2026-09-23; the entire statement was not re-read on 2026-10-15: Generate or import vectors, edit points, curves and colours, and export SVG or PDF; vector and image are separate generation types, the vector path does not take a reference image, and a frame exports as vector only when everything in it is vector. Official body read on 2026-10-15, limited to this scope: The Vector Editor edits points, curves and colours, accepts imported SVGs and exports SVG/PDF. Reference images are unavailable for Vector generation. A frame must contain only vectors; raster elements must be vectorized first. Editable paths do not guarantee editable text objects. The Vector Editor imports SVG and exports SVG or PDF. A frame must contain only vectors, so raster elements must first be vectorized; Vector generation has no reference-image input. Editable paths do not guarantee editable text objects.
Read on October 15, 2026
Recraft - terms of service ↗
The terms discuss jurisdiction and mandatory consumer protections in the EU/EEA/UK, but those provisions are not a current country-distribution/client availability matrix. Historical registered scope read on 2026-10-12, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Read on 12 October 2026. States that training use is enabled by default, that it can be opted out of at any time in account profile settings, and that after opting out uploaded images are not used to train the image-generating model. Free-tier outputs are public and owned by Recraft without a commercial licence.
Read on October 15, 2026
Recraft - API pricing ↗
Read on 14 October 2026. The Recraft API is pay as you go: you buy API units in advance and each request deducts its cost, at $1 = 1,000 units. Purchased units do not expire, and API unit packages are non-cancellable and non-refundable. All tokens of one account share the same balance.
Read on October 14, 2026

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