# Kittl — Design

Kittl by Kittl Technologies GmbH holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Kittl Technologies GmbH (https://www.kittl.com)
- Category: [Design](https://whats-best.ai/software/design.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/design/kittl
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/design/kittl/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/kittl/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-20 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-01

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Kittl Technologies GmbH
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Yes, per the vendor’s own page [S1]

## The panel's verdict

Kittl is a graphic design platform built on 10,000+ templates and AI generation, and the scoring favors buyers whose deliverable is finished visual assets. Brand asset governance is the high point at 4 to 5: Brand Studio stores logos, colours, fonts, graphics, visual style and tone of voice as multiple reusable Brands, imports them from a store URL and applies them across an artboard. Collaboration and handoff and AI and content rights both hold at 4: real-time co-editing, synced comments and owner-approved edit requests are documented, model providers from OpenAI to Kling are named, token costs are shown before each generation, and Pro, Expert and Max plans own and may sell generated images and videos, stock resale excepted. Sovereignty spans 1 to 3: we found no public information on hosting region, the contracting entity or a subprocessor list, while prompts flow to named US and Chinese providers. Pricing transparency spans 2 to 4 — no per-seat price appears beyond a $0 free start, and team add-ons are Contact Sales. File ownership and portability sits at 3 with per-artboard export.

**Speaks for it:**
- Brand Studio stores logos, colours, fonts, graphics, visual style and tone of voice as multiple reusable Brands, importable from a store URL.
- Real-time co-editing, instantly synced comment threads and free viewer commenting are documented, with edit requests approved by the project owner.
- AI model providers — OpenAI, Google, ByteDance, Ideogram, Recraft, Black Forest Labs, Kling — are named, with token costs shown before each generation and refunded on failure.
- Pro, Expert and Max plans are stated to own generated images and videos outright and may sell them, with stock resale the stated exception.
- Export covers PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF and MP4 with DPI control, RGB or CMYK profiles and multi-artboard zips.

**Held against it:**
- We found no public information on where design files and AI prompts are hosted, on the contracting entity, or on a subprocessor list with locations and purposes.
- We found no public information on per-seat prices for the paid plans, while Team Workspaces, History & Time Machine and Custom Brand Management are Contact Sales.
- We found no public information on whole-file export with structure, a documented file format, or what happens to files after a downgrade or cancellation.
- We found no public information on reusable components, team libraries, auto layout or interactive prototyping.
- We found no public information on whether customer files train the AI models, on an opt-out, on admin switches or on processing locations.

**Best for:**
- You run a small business, agency or print-on-demand operation producing marketing and merch visuals from templates, with one brand kit applied across every artboard.
- You sell physical or digital products or do client work and need stated commercial ownership of AI-generated images and videos on a paid plan.
- Your clients and reviewers need to view and comment on designs without a paid seat.

**Avoid if:**
- You need a confirmed hosting region, data processing agreement or subprocessor list before unreleased client work enters the tool; we found no public information on these.
- You must compute a year's cost from public per-seat prices before committing.
- Your engineers need an inspect mode with measurements or code handoff rather than exported files.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The Product Designer | The Frontend Engineer | The Brand Marketer | The Agency Owner | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Design, prototyping & design systems | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Collaboration, review & developer handoff | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Brand assets & governance | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Files, formats & portability | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 |
| AI features & rights to the work | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| European sovereignty | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **1.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **1.5/5** | **1.5/5** |

### The judges

- **The Product Designer** (v1.0): Owns the design system of a B2B software product. Wants components with variants, tokens with modes, prototypes that test a real flow, and library releases that are versioned and reviewable — a design system is a product, not a page of nicely arranged buttons.
- **The Frontend Engineer** (v1.0): Turns the designs into code and gets the ticket when they disagree. Wants an inspect mode without a paid seat, tokens exported in a documented format, components mapped to the code ones, and an API that reads the whole file rather than a screenshot of it.
- **The Brand Marketer** (v1.0): Keeps the brand consistent across twelve sales offices that make their own flyers. Wants locked templates non-designers can use, guidelines inside the tool, licence and expiry dates on every stock image, and a clear answer on whether a generated image may go on a trade-fair stand.
- **The Agency Owner** (v1.0): Runs a design agency of fifteen and hands every project over to the client at the end. Wants files that export with layers and components intact, guests who are not billed as editors, and terms that say the client owns the work — and what happens to it after a cancellation.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Reviews every tool where unreleased products, customer screenshots and employee photos end up. Wants the contracting entity and hosting region named, the AI providers on the subprocessor list, and training on customer files excluded for the whole organisation in the terms — not behind a toggle each user has to find.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has read "free for viewers", "commercially safe AI" and "export anytime" on every page in this category. Reads instead for the click that turns a reviewer into a billed editor, the plan the IP indemnity actually covers, and whether the export keeps a single component.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Payment encryption: 256-bit [S2]
- Payment encryption: 256 [S2]
- User rights: yes · yes · yes [S3]

**Data**
- Collection: name · billing address · shipping address · payment information including credit card numbers · email address · phone number · web browser · IP address · time zone · cookies [S3]
- Retention order info: until deletion requested by user [S3]

**Hosting**
- Payment processor: Stripe [S2]

**Integrations**
- AI models: OpenAI · Google · ByteDance · Ideogram · Recraft · Black Forest Labs · Kling [S1]
- Mcp: yes [S1]
- Mcp: yes [S1]
- Payment methods: Visa · Mastercard · PayPal · Google Pay · Apple Pay · Amex [S2]
- Payment methods: Visa · Mastercard · PayPal · Google Pay · Apple Pay · Amex · stripe [S2]

**Legal**
- Address: Saarbrücker Straße 37, 10405 Berlin, Germany [S3]
- Contract term: indefinite [S5]
- Disclosure basis: Section 5 TMG [S4]
- Dispute resolution: no [S5]
- Entity: Kittl Technologies GmbH · Germany [S3]
- Entity: Kittl Technologies GmbH · Saarbrücker Straße 37, 10405 Berlin, Germany [S5]
- Entity name: Berlin · Kittl Technologies GmbH · Saarbrücker Straße 37 · Germany · 10405 [S4]
- Governing law: Berlin · yes · Germany [S5]
- Jurisdiction: German copyright law [S4]
- Licensing: Licensing · Legal Details [S1]
- Minimum age: 18 [S5]
- Order text not stored: no [S5]
- Termination: Users can terminate at any time without notice period, including by deleting their account [S5]
- Terms and privacy: Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · Cookie Policy [S1]
- Terms change notice: 4 [S5]
- VAT number: DE328905639 [S4]

**Pricing**
- Annual savings: 204 [S2]
- Annual savings: 204 [S2]
- Auto renewal: yes [S5]
- Billing options: monthly · annual · 204 [S1]
- Compare AI tokens: 12,000 per month per editor · 2,000 per month per editor · 100 one-time · 6,000 per month per editor [S2]
- Compare daily tokens: 600 · 0 · 0 · 200 [S2]
- Compare projects: Unlimited · Unlimited · 5 · Unlimited [S2]
- Compare storage: 1 TB · 10 GB · 500 MB · 100 GB [S2]
- Expert: 26 · 35 · 12000 [S2]
- Expert price: up to 2,400 images or 100 videos · annual · 26 · 35 · 12000 [S2]
- Expert tier: Up to 2,400 images or 100 videos · 35 · 200 · 12000 [S1]
- Expert tokens: editor · expert · 12000 · 200 · 6000 [S7]
- Extra tokens add timing: purchased tokens added immediately after checkout, shown as Extra Tokens [S7]
- Extra tokens availability: pro · expert · max · yes [S7]
- Free conversions: trial_conversions · 3 [S12]
- Free price: up to 20 images or 1 video · 100 one-time · free forever · 0 [S2]
- Free tier: Up to 20 images or 1 videos · 100 · 0 · one time [S1]
- Free tier license: standard · standard [S1]
- Free tokens: free · 100 · no [S7]
- Max: 48 · 65 · 30000 [S2]
- Max monthly saving: 204 [S2]
- Max price: up to 6,000 images or 250 videos · annual · 48 · 65 · 30000 [S2]
- Max tier: Up to 6,000 images or 250 videos · 65 · 600 · 30000 [S1]
- Max tokens: editor · max · 30000 · 600 · 12000 [S7]
- Payment methods: credit_card · monthly · annual [S5]
- Price page: https://www.kittl.com/pricing [S5]
- Pro: 12 · 15 · 2000 [S2]
- Pro monthly saving: 36 [S2]
- Pro price: up to 400 images or 20 videos · annual · 12 · 15 · 2000 [S2]
- Pro tier: Up to 400 images or 20 videos · 15 · 2000 [S1]
- Pro tokens: editor · pro · 2000 · monthly [S7]
- VAT treatment: no [S5]

**Product**
- Accepted formats: JPG · PNG [S12]
- Access removal: yes · yes [S9]
- AI commercial rights paid: Pro · Expert · Max · full ownership, can sell freely [S15]
- AI commercial use: yes [S12]
- AI design tools: AI Remix Images · AI Video Generation · AI Flows · AI Erase & Fill · AI Image Style · AI Background Remover · AI Image Upscaler · AI Chat · AI Product Backgrounds · AI Text Generator [S2]
- AI editing tools rights: does not affect design rights; exclusive rights retained unless published to Kittl community · AI Background Remover · AI Image Upscaler [S14]
- AI image generation: yes [S1]
- AI models: OpenAI · Google · ByteDance · Ideogram · Recraft · Black Forest Labs · Kling [S1]
- AI modules: AI image styles · AI Image Generator · Kittl Video · Kittl Flows · Agentic AI · AI Background Remover · AI Image Upscaler · AI Erase & Fill · Image Vectorizer · Reframe · Edit Cutout · Edit Area · Chat in editor · MCP connector [S15]
- AI modules: Image Generation · Vector Generation · Vectorizer · Background Remover · Upscaling [S12]
- AI ownership paid: paid users own AI-generated images and can sell designs freely · Pro · Expert [S14]
- AI tokens editors: month per editor · 2000 · 100 one-time · 12000 · 6000 [S2]
- AI tools: ai_vectorizer · ai_image_generator · ai_vector_generator · ai_background_remover [S12]
- AI tools: AI Remix Images · AI Video Generation · AI Flows · AI Erase & Fill · AI Image Style · AI Background Remover · AI Image Upscaler · AI Chat · AI Product Backgrounds · AI Text Generator [S2]
- AI tools: AI Image Generator · AI Vector Generator · AI Background Remover · AI Vectorizer [S12]
- AI video generation: yes [S1]
- App list: Pinterest · Shopify · Dropbox · Google Drive Picker · Pixabay · Meta Ads · Printify · Google Ads · Instagram · Facebook · WooCommerce · Google Drive · AI Vector Generator & Editor (QuiverAI) · TikTok [S3]
- Apply brand workflows: yes [S10]
- Audiences: POD Sellers · Small Businesses · Agencies [S1]
- Background removal: yes [S10]
- Background removal: one_click · yes [S12]
- Background removal: one_click_background_removal · yes [S12]
- Background remover: yes [S1]
- Balance editor check: editor bottom toolbar · expert · max [S7]
- Brand add from canvas: yes [S11]
- Brand AI workflows: yes · yes [S11]
- Brand application: yes [S2]
- Brand apply: whole artboard · colors · fonts [S11]
- Brand capability: Store logos, colors, fonts, graphics, visual style, and tone of voice as a reusable Brand applied across projects [S11]
- Brand completion tracker: yes [S11]
- Brand editor panel: yes [S11]
- Brand import URL: Shopify · Etsy · WooCommerce · most product stores · yes [S11]
- Brand logo formats: PNG · JPEG · SVG · WEBP · yes [S11]
- Brand mobile: yes [S11]
- Brand multiple: yes [S11]
- Brand preset copy complete: logos · colors · fonts · graphics · visual style [S11]
- Brand presets: yes [S11]
- Brand studio import: imports brand kit (colours, fonts, logo) from a website URL [S10]
- Brand visual style: yes · 5 [S11]
- Brand visual style output: Setting · Art direction · Rules & boundaries [S11]
- Bulk mockups: yes [S2]
- Business addons: Team Workspaces · Multiple Users in One File · History & Time Machine · Custom Brand Management · Custom Design Requests · 24/7 Advanced Support · yes [S2]
- Business addons: Team Workspaces · Multiple Users in One File · History & Time Machine · Custom Brand Management · Custom Design Requests · 24/7 Advanced Support · Contact Sales [S2]
- Campaign tokens: Extra Tokens · no [S7]
- Capabilities: AI video generation · customisable templates · text effects · mockups · AI image generation · background remover [S1]
- Collaboration: yes [S1]
- Collaboration invite methods: yes · yes [S9]
- Color editing: SVG colors editable via Uploads in editor [S12]
- Color modes: Monochrome · Full Color · Vectorize [S12]
- Comment tool: C [S9]
- Comments panel: yes · yes [S9]
- Content library: Premium Templates · Premium Mockups · Premium Fonts · Premium Illustrations · Premium Photos · Premium Textures · Premium Color Palettes [S2]
- Creative user base: 10M+ [S2]
- Custom fonts artboards: Custom Fonts Upload · Custom Artboard Sizes · Transparent Exports [S2]
- Customisable templates: yes [S1]
- Daily credits disclaimer: promotional, limited time, subject to change [S2]
- Daily token reset: midnight UTC · anniversary of subscription date [S7]
- Daily tokens: 600 · 0 · 0 · 200 [S2]
- Design sharing: Users can publish and share User Generated Designs with other users [S5]
- Edit access request: yes [S9]
- Editor export: direct SVG download · edit in Kittl Editor and export in different file formats [S12]
- Editor features: Vector Editing · Text Effects · Collaboration · Infinite Canvas [S12]
- Editor vector editing: yes [S1]
- Editor vectorizer controls: yes · yes [S12]
- Expert image generation: unlimited [S2]
- Expert other tools: unlimited · unlimited [S2]
- Expert video generation: expert · 42 [S2]
- Export clipping: Only elements clipped to the artboard are exported [S13]
- Export color profiles: RGB · CMYK [S13]
- Export dpi control: no [S13]
- Export filename: [project name] - [artboard name]; zip named after project [S13]
- Export formats: PNG · JPEG · SVG · PDF · MP4 [S13]
- Export size limit paid: 300 · Expert · Max · Pro · 10800 [S13]
- Export units: pixels · inches · millimetres [S13]
- Failed generation refund: yes [S7]
- Footer features: Flows · Image Generation · Vector Generation · Vectorizer · Background Remover · Upscaling · Vector Editing · Text Effects · Collaboration · Infinite Canvas [S1]
- Free projects: 5 · unlimited [S2]
- Free tier: yes [S1]
- Free tier exists: yes [S1]
- Free version: yes · no [S5]
- High res exports: yes [S2]
- Infinite canvas: yes [S1]
- Invite pending status: yes [S9]
- Invite roles: can_view · can_edit [S9]
- Jpg to svg: yes [S12]
- Link access levels: view · edit · only_invited [S9]
- Logo maker: yes [S10]
- Logo vectorizer: yes [S10]
- Marketplace focus: positioned for marketplace sellers [S1]
- Mixed AI content selling: Pro · Expert · none · no · yes · yes · yes [S14]
- Mockups: yes [S1]
- Multi artboard export: yes [S13]
- Owner approve deny: yes [S9]
- Pdf combine artboards: yes [S13]
- Png to svg: yes [S12]

**Support**
- Affiliate program: yes [S1]
- Discord: yes [S1]
- Discord community: yes [S1]
- Help center: Help resources available [S1]

46 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/design/kittl

## Questions

### Is Kittl European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Kittl as EU-Made.

### Where does Kittl store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### Does Kittl have a free plan?

Yes. Kittl has a free plan, per [the vendor’s page captured 1 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/6292).

### What are the best alternatives to Kittl?

As of 16 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Penpot (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/penpot), [Sketch (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/sketch) and [Frontify (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/frontify) highest among the other 13 Design products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Penpot](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/penpot) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Kittl alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/kittl/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 48 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 8 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 legal fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 subprocessors fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.kittl.com/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Pricing page: https://www.kittl.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] Privacy policy: https://www.kittl.com/privacy (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] Legal notice: https://www.kittl.com/legal (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] Terms of service: https://www.kittl.com/terms (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Design, prototyping & design systems — found from sitemap: https://www.kittl.com/templates/layout (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Design, prototyping & design systems — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/ai-tools/tokens (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Collaboration, review & developer handoff — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/editing-and-design/sharing-options (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Collaboration, review & developer handoff — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/editing-and-design/real-time-collaboration (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S10] Brand assets & governance — found from sitemap: https://www.kittl.com/features/brand-studio (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S11] Brand assets & governance — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/editing-and-design/set-up-and-apply-your-brand (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S12] Files, formats & portability — found from sitemap: https://www.kittl.com/tools/svg-converter (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S13] Files, formats & portability — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/editing-and-design/download-settings (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S14] AI features & rights to the work — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/licensing/ai-design-rights (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S15] AI features & rights to the work — found from sitemap: https://help.kittl.com/ai-tools/ai-usage-rules (checked 2026-10-13)

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