Refont vs Postshot
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Styled lettering images from typed text
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- Free access
- Refont: Free access
- Postshot: Free access
- Paid from
- Refont: USD 4.99 one-time, 100 credits
- Postshot: 26 EUR per month
- Plans listed
- Refont: 4
- Postshot: 3
- Public API
- Refont: Not confirmed
- Postshot: Not confirmed
Where Refont and Postshot differ
- Pricing checkSome prices or terms not confirmed for Refont; prices confirmed for Postshot.
- PlansRefont lists 4 plans and Postshot lists 3.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Refont | Fact | Postshot |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0, 12 credits per day | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · 0 EUR |
| USD 4.99 one-time, 100 creditsStandard · no auto-renewal | Lowest listed paid plan | 26 EUR per monthIndie · billed monthly · or 17 EUR per month, 204 EUR billed yearly |
| 12 free credits a day; one-time packs from $4.99 | Pricing model | Free non-commercial; Indie from 17 EUR/month billed yearly |
| 4 | Plans listedDiffers | 3 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not required |
| Not confirmed | Open source | No |
| What it is for | ||
| One-off lettering for posters, cards and social graphics | Built for | Turning photos or video of a real scene into a 3D splat |
| Images & design | CategorySame | Images & design |
| Platforms |
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| Not listed | Works with |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Some prices or terms not confirmed · Sep 28, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Refont
Some prices or terms not confirmed · Sep 28, 2026- FreeUSD 0, 12 credits per day
- StandardUSD 4.99 one-time, 100 creditsno auto-renewal
- ProUSD 9.99 one-time, 300 creditsno auto-renewal
- TTF font licencePrice not published
Postshot
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- Free0 EUR
- Indie26 EUR per monthbilled monthly · or 17 EUR per month, 204 EUR billed yearly
- Studio59 EUR per monthbilled monthly · or 39 EUR per month, 468 EUR billed yearly
Strengths and limits
Refont
Strengths
- Credits that do not expire: Purchased credits stay in the account permanently while it remains open.
- No subscription: Standard and Pro packs are one-time payments with no automatic renewal.
- Low-effort styling: Style presets produce finished lettering without typography software.
Limits to plan around
- Operator not identified: The terms name only refont.ai, give no company or jurisdiction and list a Gmail contact address.
- No refunds: All purchases are final once credits are used, even when results disappoint.
- Image output, not a font: Standard tools export JPG or PNG, so the lettering cannot be retyped as text.
Postshot
Strengths
- Content stays on your machine: The homepage says all processing and machine learning steps run on devices you control.
- No caps on input size: Every plan lists unlimited image count, video length and model size.
- Clear operator details: The imprint names Jawset Visual Computing in Munich with a VAT ID.
Limits to plan around
- Windows and NVIDIA only: No macOS, Linux or non-NVIDIA option is listed.
- Free is non-commercial: Commercial use, watermark-free renders and PLY export need Indie.
- Internet needed to run: The EULA says an internet connection is required to use Postshot.
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