Layer vs Recraft: pricing, commercial use, and license
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Layer
Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Recraft
The verified text restricts commercial use. Do not ship on the plan that restriction covers.
| Fact | Layer | Recraft |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | verified Subscriptions begin at $10/month for 300 Creative Units, then increase by $60 per 1,000 CUs. Seats are described as $0 per seat. Unused units expire, with up to 10% rolling over. | verified The pricing page names Basic, Pro, and Teams, and says top-ups are available on those plans. Subscription credits reset each cycle and do not roll over. Dollar amounts were not present in the fetched HTML. |
| Commercial use | verified The pricing comparison lists a commercial license for all users. | verified Free-plan images are owned by Recraft, are public in the community gallery, and are not licensed for commercial use. |
| Ownership of outputs | unverified Unverified. | verified Paid plans grant full ownership and commercial rights for images generated while subscribed, including marketing, branding, and product packaging. Those images stay private. Rights survive cancellation. |
| License caveat | verified Unused Creative Units expire at the end of the billing period, aside from the stated 10% rollover. | verified The free-plan answer uses stock platforms as the example of a use that is not allowed, because those platforms require proof of ownership. |
| Steam disclosure | verified Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor. | verified Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor. |
| Engines and export | unverified Unverified. | unverified Unverified. |