> Recraft
Recraft bills its image and vector API in prepaid API Units sold at USD $1.00 per 1,000 units, making one unit equal $0.001. Recraft V4.1 raster generation costs $0.035 per image, V3 $0.04, V4 $0.04, V4 Pro $0.25 and V2 $0.022, while vector output costs more (V4.1 Vector $0.08, V3 Vector $0.08, V4.1 Pro Vector $0.30). Utility calls are metered per request - background removal and vectorization $0.01, erase region $0.002, crisp upscale $0.004, creative upscale $0.25. API Units are prepaid, non-cancellable, non-refundable and never expire.
// pros
- Unit costs are itemized per operation rather than bundled, so cheap utility work is genuinely cheap: $0.002 to erase a region, $0.004 for a crisp upscale and $0.01 for background removal or vectorization.
- Vector output is a native model line rather than a converter, with V4.1 Vector and V3 Vector both at $0.08 per image and V4 Styles Vector at $0.05.
- API Units can be bought in any quantity at a fixed $1.00 per 1,000 units and do not expire, unlike subscription credits.
- Paid plans grant full ownership and commercial rights, images stay private and out of the community gallery, and ownership survives cancellation.
- V4.1 standard (1MP) and Pro (4MP) variants exist for the same model line, so print-ready assets are a known per-image upgrade rather than a separate product.
// cons
- Free-plan output is owned by Recraft, publicly visible in the community gallery and explicitly not licensed for commercial use, so it cannot be used for client work or stock listings.
- API Units are non-cancellable and non-refundable and sit in a separate wallet from subscription credits, so credits cannot be repurposed between the app and the API.
- Subscription credits do not roll over at the start of each billing cycle, and refunds on plans are discretionary (30-day window plus usage conditions).
- Pro vector tiers are an order of magnitude above raster: V4.1 Pro Vector at $0.30 per image versus $0.035 for V4.1 raster, which matters for large icon sets.
Use Recraft when output has to be vector, on-brand or style-consistent, since the V4 Styles family applies a reference style without training and per-image API units are published. Buy API Units rather than plan credits if you only need programmatic access, and keep free-plan generations out of anything commercial because Recraft retains ownership of them.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: A Free plan is documented on recraft.ai/pricing (images owned by Recraft, publicly visible, non-commercial) but no credit quantity or USD value is published, so none is set (checked 2026-09-16).
No plan rows recorded yet — check the official pricing page.
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
$ Does Recraft have a free tier?
Yes — Recraft offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on Recraft's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Recraft cost per 1M tokens?
Recraft does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is Recraft safe to use?
Uprouter rates Recraft as medium risk. Moderate. Pricing is unusually explicit - a fixed $1.00 per 1,000 API Units with per-operation rates - and paid plans carry clear ownership and commercial rights. The material risk is the free tier: images generated there are owned by Recraft, published in the community gallery and not licensed for commercial use, and API Units are non-refundable by contract, so a prepay mistake is not recoverable. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
price_history
No recorded changes yet.
live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
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risk_&_confidence
Moderate. Pricing is unusually explicit - a fixed $1.00 per 1,000 API Units with per-operation rates - and paid plans carry clear ownership and commercial rights. The material risk is the free tier: images generated there are owned by Recraft, published in the community gallery and not licensed for commercial use, and API Units are non-refundable by contract, so a prepay mistake is not recoverable.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Recraft's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://recraft.ai/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "MODEL_NAME",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.