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Orshot vs Placid

Orshot and Placid both turn design templates into images, PDFs and videos from data. Each can be called through an API, a no-code tool or an AI agent over MCP.

Orshot has a free plan with 100 credits a month, imports templates from Canva and Figma, and can publish renders to social accounts as a paid add-on. Placid offers a free trial and four credit plans, from Basic at 500 credits to VIP at 100,000. It adds a URL API, Studio forms and free watermarked previews.

Which one fits

Orshot is the better fit for developers who want a permanent free tier, Canva or Figma imports, or a white-label editor to embed for end users in a SaaS product. Placid suits marketers and product teams who want a URL API, Studio forms, Webflow, WordPress or Ghost connections, and watermarked previews to test automations before spending credits.

What it is

Orshot
Template-based image, PDF and video generation via API
Placid
Template-based image, PDF and video generation via API

Pricing

Orshot
Freemium. A free plan includes 100 credits a month with no card. Orshot Embed starts from $39 a month, and the embedded editor for end users starts from $160 a month for up to 1,500 end users. Video rendering and social publishing are paid features.
Placid
Free trial. Four plans are listed: Basic with 500 monthly credits, Pro with 2,500, Business with 25,000 and VIP with 100,000. One image costs 1 credit, a PDF page 2 credits and 10 seconds of video 10 credits. A free trial needs no credit card.

Who it is for

Orshot
Suits developers who need generated images, invoices or certificates from their own stack, and automation builders wiring renders into n8n, Make or Zapier. Marketers producing many post variations from a spreadsheet also fit. SaaS teams can embed the editor in their own product. The site states it is not for scraping or impersonating other brands.
Placid
Suited to marketers, developers and product teams that need many variations of the same visual, such as social images, Open Graph images, ad creatives, certificates or localized graphics. Developers can call the APIs, while non-coders can use the integrations or Studio. It is less relevant for one-off, hand-crafted design work.

Highlights

Orshot
REST API with SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP and Ruby. Connectors for n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets and Airtable. Remote MCP server for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other agents. Imports templates from Canva and Figma. Publishes renders to social platforms (paid add-on). Embeddable white-label design editor with React and Vue components.
Placid
Image, PDF and video generation from templates. Drag and drop template editor with dynamic layers. URL API and REST API plus an Editor SDK and MCP. Integrations with Airtable, Make, n8n, Zapier, Webflow, WordPress and Ghost. Canvas sizes up to 16k pixels, video up to 1920 x 1080. Unlimited free watermarked previews for testing.

Listed

Orshot
23 Oct 2026
Placid
23 Oct 2026
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