Piktochart vs Visme
The honest 2026 comparison for marketers, HR teams, and consultants choosing between two visual tools. Last updated: May 2026.
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Why teams switch from Visme to Piktochart
Visme and Piktochart both help non-designers build infographics, reports, and presentations. The real question is which one fits how your team actually works. Piktochart is the lighter, more focused choice for marketers, HR teams, and consultants who need data visuals out the door fast. Visme is the deeper toolset for animated, interactive, lead-gen-heavy content. This page lays out where each tool wins, what each costs in 2026, and how to decide.
Piktochart vs Visme at a glance
| Piktochart | Visme | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Forever free, 60 AI credits/month, all templates | Watermarked downloads, limited templates, 250 MB |
| Pro plan | $10/month annually or $15/month monthly | $29/month (Starter) |
| Team / Business | $17/month annually or $20/month monthly | $59/month + $19/seat |
| AI generation | AI infographic, report, poster, banner generators | AI design assistant, AI image |
| Best for | Infographics, reports, marketing visuals, HR comms | Animated content, interactive presentations, lead-gen forms |
| Storage | 100 GB Pro, 200 GB Business | 250 MB free, 3 GB Starter |
| Free plan collaboration | Yes | No |
| Export formats | PNG, JPG, PDF, PPT, MP4 | PNG, JPG, PDF, HTML, MP4, GIF |
| Templates on free plan | All | Limited |
Pricing on small teams
Visme Starter is $29 per month for one user. Piktochart Pro is $10 per member/month when billed annually or $15 per member/month when billed monthly, with collaboration included. For a marketing team of three or four, Piktochart is roughly half the price.
Free plan limits
Visme’s free plan watermarks downloads, blocks premium templates, and limits storage to 250 MB. Piktochart’s free plan stays free, includes 60 AI credits a month, and unlocks every template.
Editor weight
Visme is built for animation, interactivity, and lead-capture forms. That power adds menu depth. Piktochart trims the editor down to what infographic and report makers actually need.
Support
Support for everyone
With a Visme free account, you’re on your own. You get no support. With Piktochart, you can contact us whether you’re a free user or paid. And wait until you meet our support team, they’re always happy to help! Just read our reviews on the web or simply sign up and contact them if you run into trouble.
Assets
Access to all assets
With Visme, you only get access to a limited amount of assets, templates, charts, and graphs. So if you need to communicate data there’s no way for you to test the full app without paying. With Piktochart, you get access to all icons, illustrations, charts, and graphs from the get go. Try it out as much as you like.
What real users say about Piktochart and Visme
4.4 / 5 across 162 reviews on G2
“It has such a vast selection of presentation types and styles. Their AI feature is really great, and the infographic option is very easy to put together. I also like how simple it is to upload your document.”
Yarisa W.
Verified G2 reviewer
“I like it because it has many templates that save me time, as I only have to choose the most suitable one for my purpose and fill it with the information I want. Additionally, I can edit videos, and not only that, but videos can also be transcribed into any language.”
Andrea V.
Verified G2 reviewer
“I’ve been using it since 2014 for projects that we don’t want to outsource to a graphics studio. It gives you a great tool to set the presentations, infographics and social media posts. And the result of your work is simply beautiful and pleasing to the eye.”
Jakub J.
Verified G2 reviewer
Quotes verbatim from G2. Read all 162 reviews on G2.
Piktochart is right for you if…
✔ You value communication more than just having a pretty graphic
Piktochart focuses on getting the message across in the shortest time possible, not just helping you create a nice visual.
✔ You need to collaborate with colleagues
Team work makes the dream work. With Piktochart you make sure everyone stays on the same page. Share you visual, leave comments, and work together to create visuals that get the message across.
✔ You’re not a designer
Ever wondered if everyone around you was an expert in Photoshop? They’re using templates. Piktochart has plenty of templates made by professional designers. Just pick a template, add your data, and people will start wondering if you’ve become a Photoshop expert as well. And if you ever get stuck, don’t worry; our support team is here for you.
What you can do with Piktochart
Branding
Customize to your brand in seconds
With Piktochart’s “brand assets” your content is always on-brand. Simply drag your logo or a screenshot of your website to magically extract the brand colors. Do you want to use your company fonts? All it takes are three clicks to do that. Your custom color palette and uploaded fonts will be added to the editor so that you or your team can easily apply them to any new project.
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Collaboration
Collaborate with your team
Bring your team members into one single location. Share your visual work, your brand assets, and review your peers’ work on the fly. With Piktochart, everyone’s on the same page. Finally.
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Visualize your data with charts and maps
Choose from a library of over 300 infographics, presentations, reports, social media graphics, and print templates designed by visual communication experts. Wherever your ideas take you, you might just get there faster with our ready-made designs.
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Online and offline sharing
Share your visual with the world
Want to share your visual during a video call or a virtual conference? No problem. Easily switch to presentation mode and you are ready to go. You can also download your graphic in .jpg, .png, or .pdf format and share it on social media or offline with your stakeholders.
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When to choose Visme over Piktochart
Both Piktochart and Visme are strong visual design tools, depending on what you need. Here are three scenarios where Visme could be the better fit:
You need animation and interactivity. Visme’s animation system, hover states, and clickable hotspots are deeper than Piktochart’s. If you’re building interactive landing-page content or animated explainers, Visme has the toolset.
You need lead-capture forms inside the visual. Visme can embed forms directly in published pieces and pipe submissions to your email tools. Piktochart doesn’t do that.
You’re producing animated, interactive presentations as a primary deliverable. Visme treats presentations as first-class. Piktochart’s presentation flow is competent for shorter decks, but Visme has more depth for long, animation-heavy presentations.
If those use cases are core to your work, Visme is worth the price. If they’re occasional or out of scope, the simpler editor and lower price tag of Piktochart usually wins out.
How to switch from Visme to Piktochart
Switching tools is rarely the blocker people fear it will be. Five steps:
- Export your existing Visme designs as PDF or PNG.
- Create a free Piktochart account. No card needed. The free plan keeps all templates and 60 AI credits per month available.
- Pick a Piktochart template close to your usual Visme layout.
- Drop your brand into Piktochart’s brand kit. Upload your logo, paste hex codes, add fonts once.
- Invite your team. Collaboration is included on Pro plans.
Most teams report a working first design inside a single afternoon.
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