Design comparison
Ideogram vs Layergrab
Marketing visuals, Social media graphics, Concept art · Designers, ecommerce sellers and social-media editors who need to pull one element off a flat image - a product, a poster's text, a sticker - as a clean transparent layer without opening desktop software. The Chrome extension (right-click any image on the web) is the fastest version of the job. Not a fit for anyone who needs a named company and a refund policy before paying, or for bulk API automation (no developer API is offered).
| Decision point | Ideogram | LayerGrab |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Marketing visuals, Social media graphics, Concept art | Designers, ecommerce sellers and social-media editors who need to pull one element off a flat image - a product, a poster's text, a sticker - as a clean transparent layer without opening desktop software. The Chrome extension (right-click any image on the web) is the fastest version of the job. Not a fit for anyone who needs a named company and a refund policy before paying, or for bulk API automation (no developer API is offered). |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Free plan; Plus $15/mo ($180/yr); Pro $42/mo ($504/yr); Team $20/user/mo | Freemium. Subscriptions: Basic $12/month for 1,200 credits (~120 layers), Premium $36/month for 3,600 credits (~450 layers), yearly billing saves 31%. One-time credit packs: $20 for 1,800 credits, $60 for 6,600 credits (pack credits expire - see their FAQ). Each image-to-layers split costs 10 credits on Basic, 8 on Premium. Verified 2026-11-02 on /pricing. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.4/5 | 3.8/5 |
Scores are editorial product assessments of job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost. They are not lab benchmarks, and no tool here has a published hands-on result. How we score.
Evidence status
Free includes 10 slow credits weekly. Plus is $15/month billed annually with 1,000 priority credits; Pro is $42/month billed annually with 3,500 priority credits; Team is $20/user/month billed annually with 1,500 priority credits per user; Enterprise is custom.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Official pricing and terms checked 2026-08-28. Paid plans add private generation; Ideogram says it does not claim ownership of generated images and permits commercial use subject to its terms. Re-verified 2026-10-01: Ideogram plan prices and credit allocations (Plus $15/mo billed annually, Pro $42/mo billed annually, Team $20/user/mo billed annually, 1,000/3,500/1,500 priority credits) are unchanged on the official pricing page, which still records paid plans as not claiming ownership of generated images and permitting commercial use subject to the terms.
Subscriptions: Basic $12/mo for 1,200 credits (~120 layers), Premium $36/mo for 3,600 credits (~450 layers), yearly saves 31%. One-time packs: $20/1,800 credits, $60/6,600 credits (pack credits expire per FAQ). 10 credits/layer on Basic, 8 on Premium. Checked 2026-11-02 on https://layergrab.com/pricing (worked cost examples on-page).
Official sources checked 2026-11-02Submitted via form 2026-10-31 05:55 UTC (contact BlaiseZiemehudfv@hotmail.com; site publishes contact@layergrab.com mailto, MX = Cloudflare Email Routing). Editorial entry written independently from live pages. Chrome Web Store extension verified live (cfkdlnfbbdbihhpbmciigdpbbpeinapa). Privacy names Google sign-in + Chrome Limited Use; uploads 'not sold, not used to train our own models'; the AI model partner is unnamed ('our processing partner'). No entity/jurisdiction/refund page/contact page. Registered 2026-09-27 (Cloudflare registrar); NS eric/reza - not the s07811005141 cluster pair (damon/violet); img2layers.org was unreachable for a text-similarity check, so no cluster claim is made.
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