ManyPixels alternatives: 8 design subscriptions compared

TL;DR

• ✅ Best all-round value: ManyPixels at $699/mo is the cheapest plan in this list that includes web design and custom illustration alongside graphics.
• 💰 Lowest regular price: Kapa99 at $499/mo, for graphics only. The $349 figure you will see elsewhere is a two-month intro rate.
• 🛡️ Safest first month: Penji at $995/mo refunds your whole first month within 30 days. Web, motion and video start at $1,995.
• ⚠️ Watch the scope gates: Design Shifu's $549 plan, Penji's $995 plan and Awesomic's $1,490 plan all exclude web or UI design. Read the tier, not the headline price.
• ❌ Skip if you're price-shopping: Superside ($15,000/mo, 12 month contract) and Deisgnjoy ($4,995/mo for one request at a time) solve different problems

If you're searching for ManyPixels alternatives, you've probably already seen our pricing and you're deciding whether to stay or switch. That's a fair question, and this page tries to answer it straight: what each competitor charges, what the plan actually covers, and the cases where one of them is a better fit than we are.

We kept the list limited to subscription design services you can buy without a procurement process, plus Superside as the enterprise reference point. If you're still weighing the subscription model itself, our ranked roundup of design subscription services covers a wider field.

The 8 best ManyPixels alternatives, one by one

Each entry follows the same shape: what the service is, what it costs to start, two real strengths, two real limitations, and when you should pick it over us. They're ordered from the lowest entry price to the highest.

1. Kapa99

Kapa99 is a graphics-focused subscription with the lowest regular entry price in this list. Its Async Standard plan is $499 a month, discounted to $349 for the first two months only. Async Priority, which adds one-day turnaround, is $999, and a Dedicated Team plan is $2,500 (Kapa99 pricing).

Strengths

• Every tier allows unlimited active tasks, unlimited brands and unlimited team members, which is rare at this price.
• Low-risk to try: a 15-day free trial plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Limitations

• The headline $349 rate ends after month two. Budget for $499.
• Speed is the upsell. Next-day delivery means doubling to $999, and website design isn't part of the advertised scope.

✅ Pick Kapa99 over ManyPixels if your work is purely static graphics and the lowest monthly figure matters more than web design or a project manager.

2. Design Shifu

Design Shifu sells three tiers at one project a day: Starter $549, Growth $749 and Scale $1,099 a month (Design Shifu pricing). Scope opens in two steps. Web, UI and email design arrive at $749, and Webflow or Framer development plus motion design at $1,099.

Strengths

• Two dedicated designers and an account manager on every plan, with 24-hour turnaround six days aweek.
• Scale is one of the few subscriptions that lists Webflow and Framer build work, not just design.

Limitations

• The $599 Starter plan covers graphic design and custom illustration only. Web design costs $50 a month more than ManyPixels Advanced, which includes it.
• Extra throughput is expensive. A second project a day on Scale takes it to $2,144, against $1,199 for two daily outputs with motion on ManyPixels Business.

✅ Pick Design Shifu over ManyPixels if you need Saturday turnaround, or you want Webflow development bundled into the same subscription. Our Design Shifu alternatives guide goes deeper on its tiers.

3. Kimp

Kimp splits its service into a Graphics plan and a Video plan, each at a promotional $699 a month, or $849 for both together (Kimp pricing). The Graphics plan allows three active requests and the bundle five.

Strengths

• Video editing at the same entry price as graphics, which most services in this list gate behind a higher tier.
• The Graphics plan lists landing page, website, app and UI designs, so web work isn't locked away.

Limitations

• $699 and $849 are promotional rates that step up after the intro term, so check what month seven costs.
• Graphics and video are separate subscriptions. Both together means paying for two plans, even at the bundle rate.

✅ Pick Kimp over ManyPixels if video is a regular need and you want it from day one at the entry price. See our Kimp alternatives comparison for more.

4. Penji

Penji has three plans: Essentials at $995 a month, Agency Partner at $1,995 and Dedicated Team at $4,500 (Penji pricing). There is no plan below $995. Essentials covers branding, ads, social, email, print, packaging, presentations and illustration across two workstreams with one-day turnaround.

Strengths

• The most generous guarantee here: if Penji isn't the right fit, it refunds your first month within 30 days.
• Two active workstreams on the entry plan, and a white-label platform for agencies on Agency Partner.

Limitations

• Web and landing page design, motion graphics and short-form video all sit on the $1,995 tier.
• Essentials costs $296 a month more than ManyPixels Advanced, which includes web design.

✅ Pick Penji over ManyPixels if you want two things moving at once on a graphics-only budget, or a refund guarantee matters more than web scope. Our Penji alternatives page breaks the tiers down further.

5. Awesomic

Awesomic sits halfway between a talent marketplace and a design subscription. It matches you with a part-time designer from its pool. The Graphic Pack is $1,490 a month ($1,190 quarterly with a three-month lock), All-in-One is $2,995, and the full-time Dedicated Talent plan is quoted (Awesomic pricing). Its $200 AI Designer is a separate AI product, not a cheaper route to a human.

Strengths

• Free rematching if the designer isn't a fit, so you're not stuck with one person's style.
• A route to a full-time dedicated designer if your volume grows.

Limitations

• UI/UX and product design are gated to All-in-One at $2,995. The $1,490 plan is graphics only.
• More throughput scales linearly. Two active tasks doubles the price to $2,980.

✅ Pick Awesomic over ManyPixels if you want to hand-pick and swap individual designers, and a path to full-time hiring matters. More in our Awesomic alternatives guide.

6. Design Pickle

Design Pickle is one of the most compared names in this category, and it no longer publishes prices. Its pricing page describes plans as "flat-rate, not hourly" and gives you the number on a sales call (Design Pickle pricing). Third-party trackers estimate the graphics entry point at around $1,300 a month or more, but treat that as an estimate rather than a list price.

Strengths

• One of the best-known names in the category, so independent reviews and case studies are easy to find before you commit.
• A quoted plan can be shaped around an unusual mix of work rather than a fixed tier.

Limitations

• You can't compare cost without booking a call, which slows down any side-by-side decision.
• Older articles, including the previous version of this one, still quote $499 or hour-based prices. Neither reflects what Design Pickle sells today.

✅ Pick Design Pickle over ManyPixels if you prefer a negotiated, custom scope and are happy to start with a sales conversation. Our Design Pickle alternatives page has the full picture.

7. Designjoy

Designjoy is a solo operation run by its founder, Brett Williams. It now sells a single Monthly Club plan at $4,995 a month, discounted from a $5,995 list price. You get one request at a time, around 48-hour average delivery, unlimited brands and Webflow development, with pause or cancel anytime and a 75% refund in the first week.

Strengths

• Every request goes to the same senior designer, so taste and consistency are high.
• Webflow builds are included, which most subscriptions charge extra for or don't offer.

Limitations

• One request at a time at roughly 48 hours each works out to around ten finished requests a month.
• One designer means one point of failure for holidays, sick days and capacity.

✅ Pick Designjoy over ManyPixels if you're a funded startup that wants one recognizable design voice and a Webflow site, and budget isn't the constraint. We compare the two directly in ManyPixels vs Designjoy, and list other options in Designjoy alternatives.

8. Superside

Superside is an enterprise creative service. Its Flex plan starts at $15,000 a month, Dedicated teams from $30,000, plus a separate $1,000 monthly software fee, all on an annual commitment (Superside pricing). The older "$5,000 a month" figure that still circulates is out of date.

Strengths

• Built for campaign-scale volume across many formats and teams at once.
• Unused Flex budget rolls over for up to three months, which softens the commitment.

Limitations

• A 12-month contract and a minimum near $16,000 a month once the platform fee is added.
• Built for enterprise procurement, so it's out of reach for most small teams.

✅ Pick Superside over ManyPixels if you're an enterprise marketing team with annual creative budgets in six figures. If price brought you here, skip it. Our Superside alternatives page lists options closer to ManyPixels' range.

Which ManyPixels alternative should you choose?

Start with the work you send most often, then check which tier actually includes it.

• 💰 Graphics only, lowest cost: Kapa99 at $499/mo.
• 🎬 Video from the first month: Kimp's Video plan at $699/mo, or ManyPixels Business at $1,199/mo for graphics, web, motion and video together.
• 🛡️ Want a refund safety net: Penji, with a full first-month refund within 30 days.
• 🌐 Website design plus build: Design Shifu Scale at $1,099/mo, or Designjoy at $4,995/mo if you want one senior designer.
• 🏢 Enterprise campaign volume: Superside, on an annual contract.

If you're questioning the subscription model rather than the vendor, our guide to design subscriptions vs agency retainers does the break-even math, and design agency pricing explains how each pricing model works.

Where ManyPixels still wins

We’ve worked with several services before, but none quite matched the experience we’ve had with ManyPixels. The team stands out in both quality and responsiveness.  - Adrian McDonagh, Co-founder @ hireful

ManyPixels has been running since 2018 and has delivered more than 150,000 projects for over 2,000 businesses, with a 4.8/5 rating on Trustpilot. Here's what that buys you compared with the list above.

• Web design at the entry price. Advanced is $699 a month and covers graphic design, web design and custom illustrations. Most alternatives here charge more to unlock web work.
• A clear upgrade path. Business at $1,199 doubles output to two daily outputs and adds motion graphics and video editing. Assigned Designer at $1,399 and Design Team at $2,599 give you designers you choose, same-day delivery and a Slack channel in your timezone.
• Daily output, not a request count. A project manager assigns your queue to the right designer every business day, so you might get 2 to 3 social graphics, 1 to 2 illustrations or a landing page first draft in a day.
• Experienced designers. ManyPixels keeps the design team intentionally small - only about 40 vetted designers (compared to teams of 100+ in many services). On top of that a project manager/quality control checker is included with each tier. 
• Low-commitment billing. Pause for $10 a month and keep all your files, or cancel any time. Quarterly and yearly billing cut Advanced to $629 and $559 a month.

To be clear about the limits: we don't offer a free trial, our team works Monday to Friday, and canceling deletes your files, so pause instead if you might come back.

 For a sense of how subscription pricing compares with freelancers and agencies overall, see our graphic design price guide, and for what falls inside a typical design scope of work, see our breakdown. If you're comparing local studios too, our list of graphic design companies in Singapore, where ManyPixels is based, is a useful reference.

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The bottom line

💡 The right ManyPixels alternative depends on the work you send most. Kapa99 wins on price for graphics only, Penji on refund protection, Kimp on video at entry level, and Designjoy and Superside at the premium end. If you want graphics, web design and illustration on one plan for $699 a month, with a clear path to motion, video and your own designer, ManyPixels is still the strongest all-round value in this list.

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