Picsart is a browser, iOS, Android and Windows app that combines photo and video editing with AI image, video and audio generation drawn from more than 140 models, plus templates, brand kits and a developer API. Whether it suits you depends on how much weight you put on that model breadth against a few plain gaps, since real-time collaboration is still listed as coming soon and there is no built-in mockup tool.
What is Picsart?
Picsart is a United States company, headquartered in Miami, with a team also based in Yerevan, Madrid, Berlin, Bucharest and London. It runs on the web, Windows, iOS and Android.
Picsart names Kling 3.0, Nano Banana, Nano Banana Pro, MiniMax H3, Seedance 2.5, Flux 2 Pro, Flux 2 Max, Flux Kontext Pro, GPT Image 2, GPT-image 1.5, Imagen 4 Ultra, Ideogram V3, Ideogram 4.0, Sora 2, Sora 2 Pro, Veo 3.1, Runway Gen 4.5, Recraft V4.1, Seedream 4.5 and Eleven v3 among the AI models available inside the app, out of a stated total of more than 140.
What you can make with Picsart
Picsart generates images from a text prompt through its AI models, and edits existing ones with background and object removal, Picsart Image Edit, Recraft Replace Background and Recraft Creative Upscale. Some of Recraft's model variants generate vector-style artwork directly from a prompt.
An AI Video Editor covers video generation and editing inside the same app, drawing on the same model roster.
Templates are described as available in the thousands, included with every plan. Exports are limited to PNG and PDF. A Zazzle partnership lets a finished design be ordered as a physical print, and stock access includes millions of stock photos and Getty video clips on Pro, rising to up to 6.5 million Getty stock videos on Ultra. Picsart has no mockup feature.
Working with other people
Brand kit support scales by plan: three or more on Pro, ten or more on Ultra. Real-time collaboration is listed as coming soon rather than available now.
Picsart offers a developer API, plus a CLI for generating content from a terminal or agent, and works inside Claude Code, Cursor and ChatGPT through MCP. It also integrates with Google Drive.
Picsart pricing: what each plan gives
Picsart has a free plan, reached from the same account as its paid plans; downgrading from a paid plan returns you to it.
Pro costs $15 a month, or $10.50 a month billed yearly, for 500 credits a month. Ultra costs $75 a month per seat, or $60 a month per seat billed yearly, for 2,500 credits a month, and Ultra's credit allowance can be adjusted on a slider.
AI-generated output from Picsart's tools is available for commercial use.
Privacy and support
Picsart carries an annual SSAE 18 SOC 2 audit, with the SOC 2 Type 2 report available on request, and holds ISO 27001 certification. Account sign-in supports SSO.
Support runs through email and a self-serve help center, with an active Picsart Community for Spaces, the Masters Program and Challenges. There is no live chat or phone support for consumer plans.
Who Picsart suits
Picsart suits anyone who wants a wide spread of AI image, video and editing models in one app rather than several separate ones, including developers who want to call the same generation through its API, CLI or MCP connectors inside Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT. Print sellers benefit from the Zazzle-fulfilled print ordering and the Getty-sourced stock library.
It suits less well teams that need to co-edit in real time today, since that feature is only listed as coming soon, and anyone who needs a mockup generator, since Picsart does not have one. Exports are limited to PNG and PDF, so workflows that depend on other formats will need a separate tool.
How Picsart compares
Picsart scores 7.3 out of 10 among the AI graphic design tools we rate. These three do the same job and are the closest to it, compared on what each vendor publishes.
Canva
Picsart is $15 a month against Canva's $18, and both include a free tier. Picsart runs on 4 platforms, including phone apps, where Canva runs on 5. Canva includes mockup tools for products and print, which Picsart does not, and exports to 4 file formats against Picsart's 2. Both let you order printed products, support single sign-on, and include AI image editing, video tools and stock photos.
Pick Canva if you want mockup tools and a comments and approval workflow.
Pick Picsart if you don't need mockups and want the lower price.
Adobe
Adobe's Creative Cloud bundle is $69.99 a month with no free plan; Picsart is $15 and includes one. Adobe includes mockup tools for products and print, which Picsart does not, and Adobe supports several people editing at once, which Picsart lists as coming soon. Adobe also exports to 5 file formats against Picsart's 2. Both include AI image editing, video tools, stock photos and a public API, and both allow commercial use of paid output.
Pick Adobe if you need mockup tools, or several people editing at once.
Pick Picsart if you want a free plan and a lower starting price.
Kittl
Picsart runs on 4 platforms with single sign-on and a public API; Kittl is web only, has no single sign-on, and connects to AI agents through MCP instead of an API. Picsart lets you order printed products through a partner, which Kittl does not. Kittl includes mockup tools for products and print, exports to 5 file formats against Picsart's 2, and lets several people edit together, which Picsart lists as coming soon. Both include a free plan and vector generation from a prompt.
Pick Kittl if you want more export formats or several people editing at once.
Pick Picsart if you want to work outside the browser with single sign-on or an API.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Picsart have a free plan?
Yes. Picsart operates a free plan alongside its paid tiers, and downgrading from a paid subscription returns an account to it.
What does Picsart cost?
Pro costs $15 a month, or $10.50 a month billed yearly, for 500 credits a month. Ultra costs $75 a month per seat, or $60 a month per seat billed yearly, for 2,500 credits a month, with the credit allowance adjustable on a slider.
Can I get physical prints of a Picsart design?
Yes, through a partnership with Zazzle: a design can be started at a print-specific size or from a print-ready template, then ordered as a print from inside Picsart.
Does Picsart meet business security requirements?
Picsart carries an annual SOC 2 Type 2 audit, with the report available on request, and holds ISO 27001 certification. Account sign-in also supports SSO.
