A template editor plus an API, with strong marketing-tool integrations.
Placid has a polished layer editor, a lot of ready integrations and credits that roll over to the next month — for a team without a developer that is a real advantage, and not one we try to imitate.
| What | Placid | Image API |
|---|---|---|
| Price per 1,000 images | About $15.60 ($39 for 2,500) | $4.50 ($9 for 2,000) |
| Free tier | Trial credits | 100 images every month |
| Visual editor | Yes | No — HTML and CSS |
| Layer-based templates | Yes | No, a full HTML document |
| Preview without using quota | Limited | Yes, a dedicated endpoint |
| Unused credits | Roll over | Do not roll over |
Placid pricing ($39 / mo, 2,500 credits) comes from their own public page, checked 2026-10. If something has changed — tell us and we will fix it.
You want to build templates with a mouse and wire them into marketing tools without writing code.
You would rather keep the template in your repository, versioned with the code, and pay for renders instead of an editor.
You rewrite the template once, as HTML and CSS. Preview costs no quota, so getting the layout right is free. Then you swap a single call on your side.
curl -X POST "https://imageapi.dev/v1/images?wait=true" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"template":"blog-og","modifications":{"title":"...","author":"..."}}'Bannerbear · HTMLCSStoImage · Orshot · @vercel/og · Cloudinary