Teams look past Piktochart when the free plan runs out after two PNG downloads, when a brand kit and PDF or PowerPoint export are wanted without paying the Business rate, or when the job is really a chart, a map or a clickable page rather than a printed poster. Some also prefer a vendor based in Europe, or one that is smaller than a platform serving 34 million users.
Short answer: The first three alternatives to Piktochart in our infographic makers ranking are Genially, Vizzlo and Datawrapper. Ranking order favours the challenger over the household name, so the best-known vendors begin at place 4 where the category allows it. Choose Genially if your visuals live on screens, in lessons or onboarding pages, not on paper. Below are 10 alternatives, each taken from the Best Infographic Makers in 2026 ranking, with its main difference from Piktochart.
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Pricing: Free plan; Pro and Business per member, published; Enterprise from 101 members quoted
Established in: Not stated by the vendor
Built for: Small teams producing reports and visual summaries from templates, billed by seat
Not for: Organisations needing a stated vendor location before purchase
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Why buyers look past Piktochart
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The free plan is a trial, not a working tier
Piktochart's pricing page gives a free workspace for up to four members, with two PNG downloads, 60 AI credits, free templates only and 1 GB of storage. Anyone who needs to export a handful of graphics a week meets the paywall in the first afternoon.
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Brand kit and PDF export sit on the top published tier
Pro is $10 a member per month billed annually ($15 monthly) and exports PNG only, without a brand kit. PDF and PowerPoint downloads and the full set of brand colours, fonts and logos start at Business, $17 a member annually or $20 monthly. A team that needs on-brand PDFs therefore pays for every seat at the higher rate.
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Mid-sized teams fall between the plans
Pro and Business cover 1 to 100 members, and Enterprise, with SSO/SAML and a service-level agreement, starts at 101. Education is $39 and Nonprofit $60 per member per year, both with a limited brand kit and 250 AI credits. A 40-person agency with no such status has no cheaper route to single sign-on.
you draw pathways and lab figures for papers or a pharma team
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What each one does differently
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Genially
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Genially Web, S.L. in Córdoba makes infographics that respond to clicks, so a reader opens layers, hotspots and quizzes instead of scrolling a flat sheet. The free plan carries 500 AI credits a year and imports PowerPoint, PDF and Google Slides. PDF, JPG and offline downloads need Pro, and brand kit plus tracking begin on Master.
Switch from Piktochart if your visuals live on screens, in lessons or onboarding pages, not on paper.
Vizzlo GmbH, registered in Leipzig, offers over a hundred chart and diagram types and add-ins for PowerPoint and Google Slides, with a German data centre. Free charts carry a watermark and the 14-day trial asks for a card. Professional is for one person, Teams starts at five seats, Enterprise adds single sign-on and an audit log.
Switch from Piktochart if most of your graphics are business charts that end up in slide decks.
Datawrapper GmbH in Berlin turns tables and spreadsheets into charts, maps and tables that publish as embeds. The free plan downloads PNG; PDF, SVG and removal of the credit line start at Pro. Self-hosting and SAML belong to Enterprise, and a custom theme costs extra each month. Poster layout is not its job.
Switch from Piktochart if the data panels matter more than the decorative layout around them.
Venngage, Inc. dates from 2012 and describes itself as Canadian-owned. Its free plan holds five designs, Premium brings PNG export, and PDF and PowerPoint export plus brand kits and team sharing wait for Business. Enterprise carries a stated monthly floor and a ten-member minimum, which pushes small agencies onto individual Business seats.
Switch from Piktochart if you want a template-led infographic editor with a similar tier ladder.
Infogram began in 2012 and its marks are registered to Prezi, Inc., while the privacy policy names a Latvian entity. Basic gives ten projects of five pages. HD downloads and live data connections start at Pro, brand assets at Business, and real-time collaboration at Team for three to ten users. Refunds are not offered.
Switch from Piktochart if your numbers change often and the graphic must follow a connected data source.
Nosco Media Inc. runs Snappa under Ontario law, and infographics there are one image size beside banners and social graphics. We found no data charts or maps on its pages, so figures are drawn by hand. Free accounts get three downloads a month, Pro covers one user and Team five.
Switch from Piktochart if you make single social images and an occasional infographic, not reports.
Easy WebContent, LLC, trading as Visme, says it is made in Maryland. Its infographic page cites more than 50 chart, graph and widget types and imports from Google Sheets or Excel with updates when numbers change. Basic stores 500 MB and downloads JPG, PNG and PDF; PowerPoint and HTML5 files wait for Business.
Switch from Piktochart if one editor should cover documents, slides and infographics with live data.
Flourish was co-founded in 2018 by Duncan Clark and Robin Houston, and Canva acquired it in 2022. It sits under Canva UK Operations Limited in London. The free plan has unlimited public projects with Flourish attribution. Scrollytelling, HTML export and live Google Sheets data need Publisher, whose price is not on the page.
Switch from Piktochart if you want animated, scrolling data stories for the web and accept the Canva ownership.
Started in 2016 by Fabricio Pamplona and Leonardo Minozzo, Mind the Graph joined Cactus Communications in 2022. The homepage cites over 75,000 illustrations across more than 80 fields of study. Sign-up needs no card, but its pricing page gave us no readable plan details, so tier costs are unconfirmed.
Switch from Piktochart if your content is research, posters or graphical abstracts with science imagery.
BioRender's free plan stops at three figures, with no commercial use or publication. Individual and Lab tiers are priced for academics, while a costlier industry tier carries commercial rights. It draws biology and lab diagrams, so business reports and chart-heavy dashboards sit outside what it does.
Switch from Piktochart if you draw pathways and lab figures for papers or a pharma team.
You publish on screens and want readers to click through
Genially: Layers, hotspots and quizzes are the output, and the free plan includes 500 AI credits a year.
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You mostly chart numbers for slide decks
Vizzlo: Over a hundred chart types come with add-ins for PowerPoint and Google Slides, and Teams starts at five seats.
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You want a German vendor for data embeds
Datawrapper: Datawrapper GmbH in Berlin publishes charts, maps and tables as embeds, with PNG downloads on the free plan.
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You feed graphics from a spreadsheet that keeps changing
Visme: It imports from Google Sheets or Excel and updates when numbers change.
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You draw figures for papers and posters
Mind the Graph: The homepage cites over 75,000 illustrations across more than 80 fields; plan prices were not readable on our fetch.
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When Piktochart is still the right choice
Piktochart remains a sound pick for a small team that wants a browser editor for infographics, reports, presentations and print pieces, with charts, maps, tables, branded templates and commenting in one workspace. Pro at $10 a member on annual billing is modest if PNG is the only output you need. If a brand kit is the sticking point, compare Business with your current spend before leaving.
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What moving off Piktochart involves
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Rebuilding layouts rather than importing them
Piktochart projects live in its own editor, and its pricing page lists PNG, PDF and PowerPoint as outputs, not an editable file for other tools. Plan to rebuild each live graphic in the new tool, starting with the five you reuse most, and keep exported PNG or PDF copies of the rest as references.
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Brand assets and downloads first
Export your logos, colour values and font files while the plan that holds the brand kit is still active, since Business is the tier that carries it. Download the finished work you still need on a paid month, because the free plan limits you to two PNG downloads.
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Questions about replacing Piktochart
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What does Piktochart cost?
The pricing page lists Free at $0 for up to four members, Pro at $10 a member per month billed annually or $15 monthly, and Business at $17 annually or $20 monthly. Education is $39 and Nonprofit $60 per member a year. Enterprise is quoted.
How many downloads does the free plan allow?
Two PNG downloads in total, with free templates only, 60 AI credits and 1 GB of storage. Pro lifts PNG downloads to unlimited and Business adds PDF and PowerPoint.
Which alternative is made in Europe?
Genially (Spain), Vizzlo (Germany) and Datawrapper (Germany) are run by European companies, and Infogram names an entity in Latvia in its privacy policy. Check each vendor's terms for hosting.
Is there a cheaper way to get PDF export?
Piktochart gates PDF and PowerPoint behind Business. Genially lists PDF with Pro and Datawrapper PDF with Pro, while Visme Basic already downloads PDF. Compare the monthly price per seat on each live page.
Which tool suits data-heavy graphics?
Datawrapper, Vizzlo and Infogram are chart-led, and Visme imports from Google Sheets or Excel. Piktochart also has charts and maps, but its pitch is layout and templates.
Does Piktochart offer single sign-on?
Its pricing page lists SSO/SAML under Enterprise, which starts at 101 members. Vizzlo lists single sign-on for Enterprise and Datawrapper lists SAML for Enterprise.
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Sources
Checked 6 November 2026
Piktochart pricing: Free, Pro, Business, Education and Nonprofit prices, download and storage limits, brand kit, Enterprise from 101 members.
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