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AI YouTube thumbnail maker with style cloning, face expressions and CTR scoring
Free, from $8/mo
Pikzels vs Thumbmagic
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Pikzels if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: youtube creators, faceless channel operators
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Choose Thumbmagic if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: youtubers, short-form creators
Side by side
Feature Pikzels Thumbmagic
Pricing modelFreemiumPricing unknown
Starting price$28/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyPikzels LLCThumbmagic
Full feature lists
P Pikzels
- Prompt-to-thumbnail generation
- Recreate a thumbnail format from a YouTube link
- Edit thumbnails with text instructions
- Pikzels Score™ rates packaging on five areas
- One-Click Fix™ applies suggested improvements
- Persona trained from 3 photos of your face
- Saved Styles trained from 3 thumbnails
- Click-focused title generation in any language
T Thumbmagic
- Generate thumbnails from a YouTube URL, video upload or script
- Templates based on layouts used by top creators
- Face and style detection that matches brand identity
- Expression changer for faces in thumbnails
- Thumbnail editor for text, colors and backgrounds
- Multiple variations for A/B testing
- 4K exports for YouTube, Shorts and other platforms
- Free tools: CTR calculator, thumbnail rater, title generator
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Pikzels
FreeFree
Premium$28/mo billed annually ($336/yr); $40 monthly
Ultimate$56/mo billed annually ($672/yr); $80 monthly
Thumbmagic
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Pikzels
- Free plan available to get started
- Annual billing saves 30% and gives the full year's credits upfront
- Scores thumbnails and titles as well as generating them
- Works with prompts in any language
- Credit-based: each thumbnail costs 10-20 credits
- Intelligence feature is in limited beta
- Faster 1-hour support only on the Ultimate plan
Thumbmagic
- Accepts a YouTube URL, video upload or script as input
- Makes several variations at once for A/B tests
- Exports in 4K
- Includes free tools such as a CTR calculator and thumbnail rater
- No mobile app or API listed
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