Recraft AI (Recraft Studio) · Image generation
Text, counts and composition perform well, with prompts preserved through login into canvas editing; an account and credits are needed for this 1024px clean export.
US-West (California, AS2914)
No native export attached; page screenshot evidence only
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
All web Basic/Pro/Teams volumes; Teams per seat; API excluded · 2026-10-20
18 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
All 2k/4k/8k/16k Pro/Teams monthly and annual tiers are listed. Top-ups require Basic/Pro/Teams, but the public page does not quote pack prices or quantify free removal counts/per-removal cost. Subscription credits do not roll over; purchased top-ups never expire. Free-plan generated images are public and not licensed for commercial use; this statement is not generalized to rights in uploaded material.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime, effective at period end. Discretionary refunds may be requested within 30 days with no use since payment or under 30 lifetime credits used.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗
All credit volumes and usage rules ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗ · Capture 7 ↗ · Capture 8 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Basic ~$10/mo (billed annually) or $12/mo (monthly, 1,000 credits/mo)
Free tier (60 initial credits + free unwatermarked PNG exports) + Basic/Advanced/Pro plans with commercial ownership and private mode
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1024×1024 (1.62MB unwatermarked PNG, 100% pixel retention)
- Watermark
- Zero watermark (clean 1024×1024 PNG export)
- Free allowance
- 60 free credits upon registration; each 1024×1024 generation costs 4 credits (15 free full-res images initially) plus daily credit refreshes
- Account requirements
- Free Google / Discord / Apple / Email login (grants 60 initial free credits)
- Maximum specification record
- 1024×1024 (Unwatermarked PNG · Free 60 Credits on Sign-in)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Infinite canvas with native Vector/SVG vectorizer, Mockup generator, Background Remover, Eraser, and REST API
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Achieved a perfect 65.0/65 constraint score (#1 overall at 94.1 pts): not only did Recraft render exact "REALTEST 2026" text, 3 red apples + 2 blue mugs, and a 5-digit brass hand, it even rendered an upside-down reflection of the text on the oak table.
- Fixture
- anchor_t2i_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 8.2 s
- End-to-end reference
- 8.65 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
No native export is attached. Screenshots show the visible page, but do not independently establish export properties or file validity.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Prompts for free login upon clicking "Generate for free" and clearly displays remaining credit balance (56) and per-run cost (4) inside the workspace
- Interaction
- Zero deceptive paywalls or forced watermarks: after 1-click Google login, the prompt is automatically populated on the infinite canvas and generates a 1024×1024 image in ~8.2s (costing 4 credits, leaving 56 credits).
- Entity record
- Recraft, Inc.
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Domain history record
- 2022–present
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud infinite-canvas generation via proprietary Recraft foundation model (~8.2s inference)
- Retention statement
- Free tier generations are stored in project history (public gallery by default; private mode on paid plans)
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_t2i_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Page screenshot evidence only
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · All credit volumes and usage rules (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 94.1/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_t2i_v1
Honesty & reputation · 92/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 30 / 35 | Landing page (01_landing.png) provides an interactive prompt box and aspect ratio selector with a "Generate for free" CTA; clicking it redirects to id.recraft.ai for free Google sign-in (01_pass1_login_modal.png), which immediately grants 60 free credits and carries the typed prompt directly into the infinite canvas. | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 | Zero deceptive paywalls or forced watermarks: after 1-click Google login, the prompt is automatically populated on the infinite canvas and generates a 1024×1024 image in ~8.2s (costing 4 credits, leaving 56 credits). | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Operated by Recraft, Inc. (London, UK, founded 2022 by Anna Veronika Dorogush, co-creator of CatBoost), creator of the SOTA Recraft V3/V4 foundation models for graphic design and typography. | Evidence C → |
| Engineering & privacy | 15 / 15 | Exports a lossless 1024×1024 (1.62MB) unwatermarked PNG directly from the infinite canvas in one click. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 95/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 65 / 65 | Text Rendering (25/25: Flawless 2-line "REALTEST 2026" wood-carved typography—and remarkably, the polished dark oak table beneath the sign renders a physically accurate upside-down specular reflection of "REALTEST 2026" (25/25)) · Count & Color Binding (20/20: Strictly 3 glossy red apples on the left + 2 speckled blue ceramic mugs on the right on a dark oak table, zero color bleeding (20/20)) · 5-Finger Hand & Structure (20/20: Anatomically complete vintage brass robotic right hand showing 1 thumb + 4 articulated brass fingers (5 distinct digits) gripping the wooden sign, plus realistic tungsten-bulb eyes and brass rivets (20/20)) | Evidence B → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Export & Max deliverable spec: 1024×1024 (Unwatermarked PNG · Free 60 Credits on Sign-in) | Evidence B → |
| Processing speed | 10 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 8.2s (API mode: async_poll; end-to-end 8.65s shown for reference only, never penalized) | Evidence B → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-16
Initial real-machine evaluation using Mode B 5-constraint anchor_t2i_v1 and Pass 2 Google OAuth verification.