Overview
Makify AI is a browser workspace for prompt-driven image editing and generation with a product-photography focus: upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 30MB, describe the change in plain English, and get product scenes, listing images, ads, mockups and infographics, exported at 1K or 2K and up to 4K on models that support it. The same credit balance buys short video, and the pricing page publishes the credit cost for each model and each 5-second clip rather than leaving it to be discovered at checkout. The site is a rebrand of AI GPT Image - it announces the change in-app and keeps 'AI GPT Image' as an alternate name in its structured data - and it runs on third-party models it names and disclaims affiliation with, including OpenAI's GPT Image line, Google's Nano Banana family, ByteDance's Seedream and Seedance, FLUX, Qwen, Kling and MiniMax. Pricing is unusually consistent for this category: the subscription ladder, the one-time pack ladder and the per-model credit costs reconcile with each other, and the 17%/33%/50% annual discounts match the monthly equivalents. What the site does not answer is who is accountable and how long uploads live. The footer names ARKELUMA LLC, but no privacy notice names a controller, address, jurisdiction or retention period, the Terms point governing law at 'the jurisdiction in which makifyai.com operates', training use is not mentioned anywhere, and analytics plus Microsoft advertising tags fire on first load with no consent banner rendered.
Key features
- Prompt-based editing of an uploaded JPG, PNG or WebP up to 30MB
- Image models in one workspace: GPT Image 2.5/2.6/2/1.5, Nano Banana 2/2.1/Pro/Pro Lite, Seedream 5.0 Pro/Lite, FLUX 3, Qwen Image 3.0, Ideogram 4.0, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, Z-Image
- Video generation from text, image or reference: Seedance 2.5/2.0/Fast/Mini, MiniMax H3, Kling 4.0, Wan 3.0, FLUX 3 Video
- Image-to-image with reference images, object and background replacement, and text-aware generation
- Task presets for product/ecommerce, marketing and ads, text and layout, portrait, and quick fixes
- Upscale to 1K or 2K and up to 4K on supported models, plus expand, restore, background removal and vector conversion
- Prompt library and example gallery with copyable prompts
- Credit-based billing with a published per-model cost table on the pricing page
- Five locales: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and partial Korean
- Chrome extension ('Image Makify') for editing from the browser toolbar
Trial checklist
['Spend the 30 free credits on one real product photo from your own catalogue, with the same prompt you would give your current tool, and compare the two outputs side by side before buying anything', 'Run the identical edit on two models - GPT Image 2 at 3 credits and Nano Banana Pro at 8 - and note whether the extra cost buys a better result on your product type', "Test text: rewrite a price or a label on the packaging. 'Perfect text rendering' is the marketing claim, and text is where image models usually fail", "Export at 1K and 2K and check the file against your marketplace's spec; 4K is only available on models that support it, so confirm yours is one", 'Read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, with a 2-10% processing fee deducted if approved. Buy the smallest pack ($9.90 for 80 credits) for the first paid test', 'If you will upload client material, email support@makifyai.com first and ask for the retention period and the model providers that receive the images - neither is published']
Use category-specific evidence
Artificial Analysis Image methodology [7] ↗ · Artificial Analysis methodology [5] ↗
Benchmark numbers are evidence for a specific task and configuration, not a universal product score. See benchmark policy →
Pricing
Current official summary: Free: 30 sign-up credits plus 7-day check-in credits, no card required. Starter Pass: 40 credits valid 7 days for $4.99. Subscriptions, monthly: Basic $11.90 (100 credits/month), Standard $29.90 (300), Pro slider $59.90 (750) up to $159.90 (2,300). Billed annually: Basic $118.80/year ($9.90/mo, 1,800 credits), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80/year ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400). One-time packs, valid 6 months: 80 credits $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199. Subscriber-only top-ups, valid 6 months: 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899. Per-generation cost is published per model on /pricing (GPT Image 2 3 credits/image, Nano Banana Pro 8, Seedance 2.0 Fast 50 credits per 5s, Seedance 2.5 125 per 5s, MiniMax H3 25 per 5s). Annual cards show 17%, 33% and 50% off the monthly equivalents and the site carries a standing '-50%' promo badge. USD. Verified 2026-11-10 on /pricing, /zh/pricing and the plan config shipped in the page.
Submitted via form by vendor; editorial entry written independently. Prices read from the served /pricing HTML on 2026-11-10 and cross-checked against the plan config shipped inside that page: monthly Basic $11.90/100, Standard $29.90/300, Pro slider $59.90-$159.90 for 750-2,300 credits; annual Basic $118.80 ($9.90/mo, 1,800), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80 ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400); one-time packs 80 cr $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199 (183 days); subscriber top-ups 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899; Starter Pass 40 cr / 7 days / $4.99. The /zh/pricing mirror carries the same USD figures with a CNY column, and every annual figure equals 12 monthly payments less the badge shown (17/33/50%). Legal set read in full: /privacy-policy and /terms-of-service both 'Last updated Oct 11, 2026', /refund-policy Aug 14, 2026; /privacy, /terms, /about, /contact and /refund all return 404 (the in-app config still points its refund_url at /refund). Sitewide footer names the operator as ARKELUMA LLC; the policy itself names no controller, address or jurisdiction. Whole-word sweep for 'train' across all fetched pages: zero hits. Processors are named only by category. Browser check on a clean profile 2026-11-10: GA4 G-CDGZN0YSBE plus stats.g.doubleclick.net, Microsoft Clarity xtk49ey6wl, c.bing.com and static.cloudflareinsights.com all fired with no consent banner rendered; cookies _ga, _ga_CDGZN0YSBE, MUID, SRM_B, ANONCHK, CLID and localStorage keys device_fingerprint / attribution_session_id were written. MX is Cloudflare Email Routing and accepts every local part, so an SMTP RCPT probe confirms the domain receives mail but not that a human reads a given address; support@makifyai.com is the published contact. Domain registered 2026-04-08 (Cloudflare registrar, NS audrey/sid); the name market is unrelated - makify.com is a DIY/YouTube hobby site and makify.app does not resolve - so no name dispute is recorded. No hands-on test: entering the product requires creating an account, which is outside the scope of an editorial check.
Pricing changes often — verify current plans on the official site before buying. Dated snapshots: Pricing Watch.
Use cases
- Turning phone photos of stock into clean white-background listing images for a marketplace
- Producing ad and social variants in several aspect ratios from one existing product shot
- Replacing or rebuilding a background around a product without masking it by hand
- Changing the text on packaging, labels or price tags with a prompt instead of a design file
- Upscaling small marketplace images to 1K/2K, or 4K on the models that support it
- Building product scenes, mockups and lifestyle shots without booking a studio
- Making a short product video clip from a still image and a prompt
- Testing several image models on the same edit without opening separate accounts
Pros
- Thirty free credits on sign-up with no card, plus 7-day check-in credits - enough to judge the editor on a real product shot before paying
- Pricing that reconciles: monthly and annual subscription ladders, one-time packs and per-model credit costs agree with each other, so cost per image is computable rather than guessed
- One workspace across GPT Image 2.5/2.6, Nano Banana 2/2.1/Pro, Seedream 5.0, FLUX 3, Qwen Image 3.0, Ideogram 4.0 and Grok Imagine for images, plus Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Kling 4.0 and Wan 3.0 for video
- Non-affiliation is stated explicitly and twice - the footer paragraph and Terms section 8 name OpenAI, Google, xAI, ByteDance, Black Forest Labs, Alibaba, MiniMax, Ideogram, Kuaishou, Luma AI, PixVerse, Recraft, Midjourney and Stability AI, and say model names are used descriptively
- A complete legal set is live and dated: privacy policy and Terms of Service both updated 11 October 2026, refund policy 14 August 2026, all reachable from the footer of every page
- Refund terms are stated as rules rather than adjectives: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, renewals counted as new payments, free and bonus credits excluded from the count, review in 3-5 business days
- The content policy covers the hard cases for a likeness-capable editor - NSFW, CSAM, deepfakes and impersonation, third-party likeness consent, jailbreak attempts - with a named abuse-reporting address
- The rebrand from AI GPT Image is handled openly, with an in-app notice telling existing users their account, credits and creations moved with the new name
Cons
- No data controller, postal address or jurisdiction inside the privacy policy; the only identity on the site is the footer line 'operated by ARKELUMA LLC'. A business-directory snippet places an ARKELUMA LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming, but that record itself was behind a security check on 2026-11-10, so incorporation date and standing are unconfirmed
- Terms section 13 defers to 'the laws of the jurisdiction in which makifyai.com operates' and to binding arbitration 'in accordance with applicable laws' without naming either, which leaves a buyer with nothing to rely on
- No retention period for uploaded images or generated outputs appears in the privacy policy or the Terms - a real gap for a product whose input is client product photography
- Training use is unstated: a whole-word sweep of the homepage, pricing, privacy policy, Terms and refund policy returns zero occurrences of 'train', so neither permission nor prohibition is given
- Processors are described only by category ('payment processing services', 'AI model and content processing services', 'cloud infrastructure'), so neither the model providers that receive uploaded images nor the payment processor is named anywhere
- Analytics and advertising tags fire before any consent choice and no consent banner rendered on a clean headless load on 2026-11-10: GA4 (G-CDGZN0YSBE) plus a DoubleClick hit, Microsoft Clarity (xtk49ey6wl), Bing UET (c.bing.com) and the Cloudflare Insights beacon all loaded and set _ga, _ga_CDGZN0YSBE, MUID, SRM_B, ANONCHK and CLID. The bundle ships a consent dialog whose own 'Cookie policy' target (/cookie-policy, /cookies) returns 404; because the component exists, we ask rather than assert it never appears to a reader
- A device-fingerprint identifier is written to localStorage and cookies as device_fingerprint (alongside attribution_session_id) and is never mentioned in the privacy policy
- The commercial-licence promise does not survive into the Terms: the homepage and pricing FAQ say paid plans 'include a commercial license', while Terms section 6 says 'We do not guarantee that any output is eligible for copyright protection or can be used commercially in every situation' and grants no licence over outputs
- Refunds are approved net of a 2-10% processing fee for 'payment gateway transaction costs', which the refund policy discloses but the pricing FAQ's refund answer does not
- Deleting an account permanently blocks that email address from registering or signing in again, so a trial account is a one-shot decision
Who Makify AI is for
Makify AI is aimed at teams and individuals who need e-commerce sellers, small marketing teams and creators who turn existing product shots into listing images, ads, mockups and social graphics without a designer - one browser workspace over gpt image 2.5/2.6, the nano banana 2.x family, seedream 5.0 and flux 3, with 30 free credits on sign-up and one-time packs from $9.90. a sensible fit if you want per-image credit control instead of a fixed subscription and will read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, minus a 2-10% processing fee. not a fit if you need to know who the data controller is, how long uploaded product photos are kept, or that your outputs are licensed for commercial use before you upload client material - no privacy notice on the site names a controller, address or retention period, training use is never mentioned, and the terms decline to guarantee commercial usability even though the marketing copy says a commercial licence is included. It is designed for creative workflows where output quality, adoption effort, and operating cost all matter. Compare alternatives first if you require self-hosting, unusually deep customization, or tighter policy controls than the official plan provides.
Buying decision
| Keep it when | E-commerce sellers, small marketing teams and creators who turn existing product shots into listing images, ads, mockups and social graphics without a designer - one browser workspace over GPT Image 2.5/2.6, the Nano Banana 2.x family, Seedream 5.0 and FLUX 3, with 30 free credits on sign-up and one-time packs from $9.90. A sensible fit if you want per-image credit control instead of a fixed subscription and will read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, minus a 2-10% processing fee. Not a fit if you need to know who the data controller is, how long uploaded product photos are kept, or that your outputs are licensed for commercial use before you upload client material - no privacy notice on the site names a controller, address or retention period, training use is never mentioned, and the Terms decline to guarantee commercial usability even though the marketing copy says a commercial licence is included. is the job you repeat. |
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| Test first when | No data controller, postal address or jurisdiction inside the privacy policy; the only identity on the site is the footer line 'operated by ARKELUMA LLC'. A business-directory snippet places an ARKELUMA LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming, but that record itself was behind a security check on 2026-11-10, so incorporation date and standing are unconfirmed. |
| Before you pay | Run the trial checklist and check the current plan limit on the official pricing page. |
Verdict
The call: Makify AI has an AIToolsEssentials editorial score of 3.5/5. Thirty free credits on sign-up with no card, plus 7-day check-in credits - enough to judge the editor on a real product shot before paying. Price this before you renew: no data controller, postal address or jurisdiction inside the privacy policy; the only identity on the site is the footer line 'operated by arkeluma llc'. a business-directory snippet places an arkeluma llc in sheridan, wyoming, but that record itself was behind a security check on 2026-11-10, so incorporation date and standing are unconfirmed.
Run one real task from your work this week. That tells you more than this review.
How Makify AI compares
In creative, Makify AI sits next to Adobe Firefly, AIBase, BeadPattern and 16 others. The useful part is thirty free credits on sign-up with no card, plus 7-day check-in credits - enough to judge the editor on a real product shot before paying. The part to price first is no data controller, postal address or jurisdiction inside the privacy policy; the only identity on the site is the footer line 'operated by arkeluma llc'. a business-directory snippet places an arkeluma llc in sheridan, wyoming, but that record itself was behind a security check on 2026-11-10, so incorporation date and standing are unconfirmed. Read the side-by-side before you pay for a second seat.
How we evaluated
The AIToolsEssentials rating is an editorial score—not an external benchmark. It summarizes job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost using published product information, benchmark context where the exact model is identifiable, and the repeatable trial checklist above. Benchmarks never determine the final product rating by themselves. See our editorial methodology, evidence ledger, and benchmark evidence policy.
Frequently asked questions
What is Makify AI?
A browser-based AI image editor and generator aimed at product and marketing visuals. You upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 30MB, describe the edit in plain English, and it returns product scenes, listing images, ads, mockups and infographics using third-party models including OpenAI's GPT Image line, Google's Nano Banana family, Seedream 5.0 and FLUX 3. The same credit balance also buys short videos from Seedance, MiniMax, Kling and Wan. It was previously sold as AI GPT Image, and the in-app notice confirms existing accounts and credits moved across.
How much does Makify AI cost?
Free to start with 30 sign-up credits and additional 7-day check-in credits. Subscriptions run $11.90/month (Basic, 100 credits/month) and $29.90 (Standard, 300), with a Pro slider from $59.90 (750) to $159.90 (2,300); billed annually those become $118.80, $238.80 and $358.80-$958.80 a year, which is 17%, 33% and 50% below the monthly equivalents. One-time packs run from $9.90 for 80 credits to $199 for 2,500 and expire after 6 months, and subscribers can buy top-ups from $29.90 for 300 credits to $899 for 12,500. A one-week Starter Pass of 40 credits costs $4.99.
How are credits used up?
Per generation, at a rate published on the pricing page for each model and setting: 3 credits for a GPT Image 2 image, 4 for GPT Image 2.5/2.6 variants, 8 for Nano Banana Pro, and 25 to 125 credits per 5-second video clip depending on model. The pricing page states the same billing engine charges the account, so the table and the deduction should match - our reading is that the ladder is consistent, but nothing here has been tested hands-on.
Can I use the images commercially?
The marketing copy says yes on paid plans: the homepage says paid plans 'include a commercial license for your store, ads and client work' and the pricing FAQ repeats it. The Terms do not carry that promise - section 6 says whether an output can be used 'depends on applicable law, your inputs, the rights of third parties, and the terms of the third-party models involved' and that 'we do not guarantee that any output is eligible for copyright protection or can be used commercially in every situation'. Treat the commercial licence as unconfirmed in writing until the vendor says which document governs, especially for client deliverables.
Who runs Makify AI, and how long are my uploads kept?
The footer of every page says the site is 'operated by ARKELUMA LLC'; no other identity appears. The privacy policy names no controller, postal address or governing law, states no retention period for uploads or outputs, and never says whether submitted images are used for training. Contact is support@makifyai.com (the submission also used contact@makifyai.com, and the domain's Cloudflare mail routing accepts both). If you are uploading client product photography, get retention in writing before you start.
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