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Category
Image Generation & Editing
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ai design tool
Pricing
Freemium
Access
Free plan available

What is this tool?

Print-on-demand sellers, small brands and designers making merch, labels and marketing graphics get layout, vector editing and AI generation in one browser editor. Paid plans include commercial use, capped at 500,000 copies per design on Pro and Expert. AI work is metered in plan tokens per editor that do not roll over, and commenters on nine videos say AI generation used up their tokens or credits quickly, so size the plan to your AI use.

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Kittl runs in the browser and works best, the vendor says, on current Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Start from a template or a blank canvas, generate or upload images, edit text, vectors and layouts, build mockups and export. Kittl Technologies GmbH in Berlin operates it.

Paid plans renew monthly or yearly; according to the pricing page, the yearly price saves up to $200. Plan tokens do not roll over: monthly tokens reset each billing month and daily tokens at midnight UTC, with daily tokens spent first; purchased tokens never expire. You can cancel at any time in Settings > Plan & Billing; the plan runs to the end of the cycle and the account then drops to Free. Plans are non-refundable, apart from billing errors or exceptional cases Kittl reviews.

On paid plans you own the AI images and videos you generate; Pro and Expert cap each design at 500,000 printed copies or expected viewers, Max has no cap, and designs made on Pro or Expert can still be used commercially after the subscription ends while the account stays open. Publishing a design to the Kittl community transfers its rights to Kittl. Kittl says uploads are used only to let you design in the editor, and AI images made on Free are shared publicly with the community.

Is this right for you?

Quick fit check against how you actually work.

ai design tool
Choose this if
  • You design merch, labels or marketing graphics and want AI generation, vector editing and mockups in one browser editor
  • You need print-ready 300dpi or SVG exports with commercial use included
  • You can size a plan to your monthly AI use, knowing that plan tokens do not roll over
  • Your designs sell in volumes of up to 500,000 copies each, or you choose Max for no cap
Consider alternatives if
  • You need a desktop or mobile app; Kittl runs in the browser and its pages link no app
  • You want AI generation without metering, since every AI action spends tokens
  • You need certainty about selling designs made on the free plan: Kittl's licensing page and one help article answer it differently
  • You want an interface that rarely changes and an editor that runs without lag; commenters describe frequent interface changes and episodes of lag and glitches

What people say

Aggregate community sentiment, summarized — not native reviews.

Common criticisms

Three themes recur in comments under Kittl tutorials and reviews on YouTube. Ten commenters on nine videos from 2023 to 2026 say AI generations used up their credits or tokens quickly; one describes having to redo results with each attempt costing a credit, and another wasted credits trying to create a video. Five commenters on five videos from 2025 and 2026 say Kittl's interface keeps changing; one says it left them lost, another that they are tired of the changes. Seven commenters on six videos from 2023 to 2026 describe lag, glitches, slowness, crashes or technical problems in the editor, one of them reporting major technical issues over three weeks in early 2025. These are user experiences, not measures of current token costs or reliability.

Key features

What you can actually do with this tool.

AI inside the design editor

Generate images, vectors and video, run an agentic assistant or multi-step Flows, and remove backgrounds, upscale or vectorise without leaving the canvas. The vendor says these features use partner models.

Token costs shown up front

Each AI action costs tokens that vary by feature and model, with video costing more than images; the cost is shown before you generate, and tokens for a failed generation are refunded automatically.

Print-ready exports on paid plans

Paid plans export PNG/JPG up to 10,800px at 300dpi, or PDF and SVG vectors, and unlock custom font uploads and the full premium library.

Templates, mockups and fonts

Start from templates and mockups, and work with fonts, text and vector tools alongside the AI features.

Connector for AI assistants

An MCP connector lets an AI assistant generate images, run workflows and check your token balance in your Kittl account; it is added manually, with no one-click setup yet.

Plans & pricing

Pricing tiers and what's included in each.

Free

$0, free forever
  • One-time 100 AI tokens
  • Curated free templates and assets
  • PNG/JPG exports up to 800px at 72dpi; 5 projects and 500MB of storage
  • AI images are shared publicly with the Kittl community

Pro

$15 /month or $144 /year (USD)
  • 2,000 AI tokens per editor a month
  • Full premium library, custom font uploads, PNG/JPG up to 10,800px at 300dpi, PDF and SVG exports
  • 10GB upload storage, unlimited projects
  • Commercial use up to 500,000 printed copies or expected viewers per design

Expert

$35 /month or $312 /year (USD)
  • 6,000 AI tokens per editor a month plus 200 a day (the vendor totals this at 12,000 a month)
  • 100GB upload storage
  • Commercial use up to 500,000 copies or viewers per design

Max

$65 /month or $576 /year (USD)
  • 12,000 AI tokens per editor a month plus 600 a day (30,000 a month by the vendor's total)
  • 1TB upload storage
  • Commercial use with no copy cap; formerly called Business
Official pricing pagePricing may have changed. Always verify before purchasing.

Frequently asked

Common questions about this tool, answered.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Free is free forever, with curated templates and assets, PNG/JPG exports up to 800px, 5 projects, 500MB of storage and a one-time 100 AI tokens. How far those tokens go is stated two ways in the help centre: one article says up to 100 images, another up to 10 standard images. Kittl says there is no time-limited trial; free users can preview most Pro features with light limits.

Can I sell designs made on the free plan?

Kittl answers this two ways. The licensing terms limit Free-plan content to personal, non-commercial use, while the help article on AI design rights says Free users may sell such designs if they add 'provided by Kittl'. Confirm with Kittl before selling free-plan work; paid plans include commercial use.

Can I buy extra AI tokens on Pro?

The sources differ: the pricing FAQ says top-ups are for Expert and Max, while the help centre's token article says extra tokens can be bought on Pro, Expert and Max. Purchased tokens never expire.

Do unused tokens carry over?

Not the ones that come with your plan; they reset on schedule, and the daily allowance is used before the monthly one. Separately purchased tokens keep indefinitely, and a failed generation gives its tokens back automatically.