Comparison

A Vector Magic alternative for clean logo files.

Vector Magic traces on its site or in its desktop app. VecSnap draws your logo again as clean shapes in the browser, counts every anchor point and lets you edit each shape. Every Vector Magic fact below links to the page it was read on, with the date.

  • 3 images free to download, no plan needed
  • Each Vector Magic fact linked to its page
Vector Magic and VecSnap
What you getVector MagicVecSnap
Free downloads
Nonea plan to download
3 imagesevery format
20 images over a year
$119.40or $295 once, desktop
$10once, never expire
Largest upload
2 MPonline; 20 MP on Windows
16.8 MP4096 × 4096
Your results
Expireafter 2 weeks
Keptin your library
Editing tools
5
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Vector Magic is free only to try. It previews free and asks a plan to download: $9.95 a month online, in US dollars, or a $295 desktop license that works offline. VecSnap is a Vector Magic alternative made for clean logo files: each shape drawn whole, every anchor point counted before you pay. Your first 3 images download free, and you pay per image, never a subscription. For hundreds of images a month, or batches on your own computer, Vector Magic costs less.

Updated 10 sources ↓

What is free

Is Vector Magic free?

Only to try: you can upload and preview as many images as you like, but downloading one needs its monthly plan or its desktop license. VecSnap's preview is free as well, and your first 3 images download free, in every format.

Free on Vector Magic

  • Uploading, vectorizing and previewing, as many images as you likevectormagic.com · read Nov 2, 2026
  • Downloading its own sample filesvectormagic.com · read Nov 2, 2026
  • "Saving of results is disabled in the trial version, but there is full preview capability"vectormagic.com · read Nov 2, 2026
  • Downloading your own image: its online edition, billed monthlyvectormagic.com · read Nov 2, 2026
  • Saving from its desktop app: a license, bought oncevectormagic.com · read Nov 2, 2026

Free on VecSnap

  • Converting and previewing, with every anchor point on show
  • Each color change and every shape tool, before you spend a credit
  • 3 images to keep in any format once you sign up

Price

How much is Vector Magic, online or desktop?

In US dollars, its Online Edition is $9.95 a month for unlimited images, and its Desktop Edition $295 once, for two computers; other countries see other prices. VecSnap sells images: a few cost less here, and hundreds a month cost less on Vector Magic's unlimited plan.

Used for 30 months or more, the desktop license costs less than the monthly plan.

  • Up to 3 images

    Online Edition
    $9.95, a month's plan
    Desktop Edition
    $295once, for good
    VecSnap
    Free

  • 20 images over a year

    Online Edition
    $119.40 for a yearor $9.95 for each month you download
    Desktop Edition
    $295once, for good
    VecSnap
    $10 oncecredits never expire

  • 100 images a month

    Online Edition
    $9.95
    Desktop Edition
    $295paid once, nothing each month
    VecSnap
    $10 on Starter

  • 500 images a month

    Online Edition
    $9.95
    Desktop Edition
    $295paid once, nothing each month
    VecSnap
    $40 on Pro

  • Images you did not use

    Online Edition
    Nothing to carry: unlimited while you pay
    Desktop Edition
    Unlimited, on two computers
    VecSnap
    A plan's roll over, up to 3 months' worth; a pack's never expire

Prices in US dollars, before tax; Vector Magic's are its US prices. Vector Magic: vectormagic.com/pricing, read Nov 2, 2026.

Clean files

How does Vector Magic trace a logo, and how does VecSnap draw it?

Vector Magic traces at a detail level you pick, in every color it finds or a palette you set, and turns a gradient into bands of flat color. VecSnap draws each shape whole, a circle as a circle, with only the anchor points it needs, and counts them before you pay.

Vector Magic also traces photos; VecSnap redraws graphics, never photos. For a logo, an icon or an AI-made mark, fewer points make a file that edits, cuts and prints cleanly.

Vector Magic: vectormagic.com/support/tutorials/how-to-use-vector-magic, read Nov 2, 2026 · vectormagic.com/support/faq, read Nov 2, 2026 · vectormagic.com/support/compatibility, read Nov 2, 2026.

VecSnap's file
Anchor points
116
File size
2.6 KB

In the file

1 circle · 13 paths

VecSnap
116anchor points in the whole file

VecSnap, the roller mark: a true circle, each shape whole, no seam stroke

Try it

Will your logo come out as clean shapes?

Drop it here. VecSnap draws it again as shapes, a circle as a circle, and shows every anchor point before you spend anything.
OriginalVecSnap
Anchor points
116
File size
2.6 KB

No image at hand? Try one of ours

Now yours: is it clean?

Drop a logo of yours: VecSnap redraws it, shows each anchor point, and keeps your first 3 images free.

The editor

What can you edit in Vector Magic and VecSnap?

Vector Magic fixes the trace before it is drawn: you correct its regions by hand, then change the palette. VecSnap edits the shapes after it: combine them, offset, a sticker outline, align, order, flip, move, and every anchor point. Vector Magic can also crop first, which VecSnap cannot do yet.
ToolVector MagicVecSnap
Crop it before convertingThe image
Its background kept or removedThe image
Change a color everywhereColors
Fewer colors, redrawnColors
Hide or remove a shapeOne shapeDesktop
Simplify it, or make it a circleOne shapeNot listed
Round or sharpen its cornersOne shapeNot listed
Make it bolder or thinnerOne shapeNot listed
A sticker outline around itOne shapeNot listed
Turn a line into a shapeOne shapeNot listed
Split a shapeOne shapeNot listedNot yet
Make it exactly symmetricOne shapeNot listedNot yet
Merge two shapesTwo shapesNot listed
Cut one out of another, keep or remove their overlapTwo shapesNot listed
Move, scale, stretch or turn a shapePlaceNot listed
Align, order, flip or duplicatePlaceNot listed
Every anchor point shown and counted before you payPoints and wordsNot listed
Move or change one anchor pointPoints and wordsNot listed
Words recognized and set in their fontPoints and wordsNot listed

Not listed: its pages do not list it. Desktop: only its desktop edition lists it. Vector Magic: vectormagic.com, read Nov 2, 2026 · vectormagic.com/support/tutorials/how-to-use-vector-magic, read Nov 2, 2026 · vectormagic.com/support/faq, read Nov 2, 2026.

Your images

Does Vector Magic keep your images?

Its terms say uploads and results expire after 2 weeks, and its privacy policy keeps an account's processing records with no end date; its desktop app keeps everything on your computer. VecSnap keeps your original and each result in your account's library until you delete them.

Files and computers

Which files can each make, and where does it run?

Online, Vector Magic makes an SVG, an EPS and a PDF from an image of up to 2 megapixels; its desktop app takes images up to 20 megapixels on Windows, 5 on a Mac, and makes an SVG, an EPS, a PDF, a PNG, an AI on a Mac and a DXF on Windows. In your browser, VecSnap takes images up to 16.8 megapixels and makes an SVG, a PNG, a PDF and an EPS, and a DXF when the drawing can be cut.

  • You upload

    Online Edition
    JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF
    Desktop Edition
    JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF
    VecSnap
    PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, TIFF and SVG

  • Largest

    Online Edition
    2 megapixels
    Desktop Edition
    20 megapixels on Windows, 5 on a Mac
    VecSnap
    4096 × 4096 pixels, 10 MB

  • You download

    Online Edition
    SVG, EPS, PDF
    Desktop Edition
    SVG, EPS, PDF, PNG; AI on a Mac, DXF on Windows
    VecSnap
    SVG, PNG, PDF and EPS, and a DXF when the drawing can be cut

  • Runs on

    Online Edition
    Chrome, Firefox or Edge on a computer
    Desktop Edition
    Windows XP to 10, Mac OS X 10.7 and later
    VecSnap
    A web browser

  • Many at once

    Online Edition
    Not listed
    Desktop Edition
    Batch processing
    VecSnap
    Several images in one drop

  • An API

    Online Edition
    Not listed
    Desktop Edition
    Not listed
    VecSnap
    On Pro

Read on its own pages. Vector Magic: vectormagic.com/support/faq, read Nov 2, 2026 · vectormagic.com/desktop, read Nov 2, 2026.

Which to choose

Should I use Vector Magic or VecSnap?

VecSnap for logos, icons and AI-made marks you want clean, editable and paid per image. Vector Magic for hundreds of images a month on one plan, for photos, or for batches on your own computer.
  • VecSnapClean, editable logo files
    • Logos, icons and AI-made marks
    • Each anchor point counted before you spend
    • 3 images free, then a price per image
  • Vector Magic onlineVolume on one plan
    • Hundreds of images a month
    • Photos as well as artwork
  • Vector Magic desktopOffline, in batches
    • One license, two computers
    • Very large images on Windows
  • Either wayLook closely at the file
    • Outline view and a close zoom
    • An SVG, plus an EPS or a PDF for print
    Is it a real vector?

Questions

Vector Magic, answered.

Sources

Cedar Lake Ventures, Inc. makes Vector Magic and Vectorizer.AI and owns their names. VecSnap is not affiliated with them; their own pages are the facts that count.

Its About page says its technology grew out of an artificial intelligence research project at Stanford University. Of the same company's sites, its pages call Vectorizer.AI the one built on deep learning.

Where next

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From any logo image

Image Trace in Illustrator, step by step

The steps, the settings and Expand, and what to do when Image Trace is grayed out.

Guide · 3 min read

Drop an image. Check the file.

Converting is free. You see the whole result before you spend anything.