$12 covers a channel
30 credits a month on the smallest plan: one thumbnail for every upload of a channel that posts daily. VisualKit starts at $20 a month.
VISUALKIT ALTERNATIVE
WThumb vs VisualKit
VisualKit sells credits from $20 a month, scores each thumbnail and exports 1280 × 720. WThumb starts at $12 a month and returns the landscape and the Shorts version from one brief at 2048 × 1152, with your face or none.
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AT A GLANCE
- Price to start
- WThumb: $12 a month
- VisualKit: $20 a month
- Output size
- WThumb: 2048 × 1152, no upscale needed
- VisualKit: 1280 × 720
- 16:9 and 9:16 from one brief
- WThumb: Yes, both at once, recomposed
- VisualKit: Not stated
- Faceless from a reference with a person
- WThumb: Yes: the person is taken out
- VisualKit: From a description; from a reference, not stated
- Your face in the thumbnail
- WThumb: At generation, no extra cost
- VisualKit: Upload your photo
WThumb and VisualKit, side by side
| What is compared | WThumb | VisualKit |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | $12 a month for 30 credits (1 credit = 1 thumbnail), or $9 a month billed yearly | Starter: $20 a month for 500 credits ($15 billed yearly) |
| Largest plan | $56 a month for 300 credits | Ultra: $80 a month for 4,000 credits ($60 billed yearly) |
| How use is counted | One finished thumbnail uses 1 credit, whatever it shows | 10 credits per standard thumbnail, 25 at best quality; an edit 5 or 20, an analysis 2, a title suggestion 1; the same credits pay for social posts, logos and app icons |
| Price per thumbnail | $0.40 on the smallest plan, $0.23 and $0.19 on the larger ones (monthly) | $0.40, about $0.27 and $0.20 a standard thumbnail by plan (monthly); $1.00, about $0.67 and $0.50 at best quality |
| Output size | 2048 × 1152 (16:9) or 1152 × 2048 (9:16), straight from generation | 1280 × 720 |
| 16:9 and 9:16 | 16:9, 9:16 or both from one brief, each recomposed for its frame | 16:9 thumbnails and 9:16 Shorts artwork; one brief making both is not stated |
| Faceless from a reference with a person | Yes: the person is taken out and the frame rebuilt without anyone | Faceless designs from a description of the video; taking the person out of a reference is not stated |
| Your face | Your photo goes in as the thumbnail is made, at no extra cost; save 1, 2 or 5 personas by plan | Upload a photo of yourself; keeping it for later thumbnails is not stated |
| Library with outlier scores | Thousands of thumbnails from popular channels, each with its outlier score; free with an account, Recreate in one click | Niche templates and a gallery of thumbnails made with it, without performance data |
| Start from | A YouTube link, any image, or a plain description | A title or description, your photos or a screenshot, or a YouTube link or image as a reference |
| Free to try | 2 free credits, no card | A free trial button; its size is not stated, and its FAQ says paid plans start at $20 a month |
| Rights to your thumbnails | Yours to use commercially, including on a monetized channel | Yours, but its terms keep a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use them for marketing and other business purposes |
| Refunds | A payment back in full within 30 days if no credit was used since it | Its terms make every purchase final and non-refundable, except where the law requires otherwise |
| Changes after generation | Describe a change in plain words for a new version, 1 credit each | Plain-words edits, 5 credits standard or 20 at best quality |
VisualKit prices and plans are from VisualKit's own pages (its home, pricing, faceless and Shorts pages and its terms on visualkit.app), as read on September 30, 2026. The WThumb column comes from WThumb pricing and the product. If something here is out of date, tell us from the help button and we will correct it.
WHY WTHUMB
More for your money, in both formats
Less per thumbnail as you grow
$0.23 a thumbnail on the Creator plan and $0.19 on Studio, your face and the full size included. On VisualKit a standard thumbnail is 10 credits, about $0.27 on Pro and $0.20 on Ultra, and one at its best quality 25.
Full HD+ with no upscale
Every thumbnail comes out at 2048 × 1152 (1152 × 2048 for Shorts), sharper than 1080p, straight from generation. Nothing to upscale and nothing extra to pay. VisualKit exports 1280 × 720.
Landscape and Shorts from one brief
Ask for 16:9, 9:16 or both at once. WThumb recomposes the idea for each frame instead of cropping, so a landscape reference becomes a real Shorts thumbnail and the other way round. VisualKit makes 16:9 thumbnails and 9:16 Shorts artwork; its pages do not say one brief makes both.
Faceless, even from a reference with a face
Skip the photo and WThumb takes the person out of the reference and rebuilds the frame without anyone. Any winning thumbnail can become a faceless one: made for faceless channels and for creators who automate their uploads. VisualKit designs faceless thumbnails from a description; its pages do not say it takes the person out of a reference.
A library of thumbnails that won
Thousands of thumbnails from popular channels, each with its outlier score: the video's views over its channel's median. Sort by it, press Recreate, and the winner becomes your brief. Free with an account. VisualKit offers niche templates, without performance data.
What VisualKit has that WThumb does not
- A score before you post: each thumbnail scored out of 100 with a one-click fix, an analyzer for thumbnails you already have and a tester to compare a few, from 2 credits an analysis.
- More than thumbnails: several options from one description, title suggestions at 1 credit, pages for a dozen games, and social posts, logos and app icons on the same credits.
Pick WThumb if
you want finished thumbnails at 2048 × 1152 in both formats, with your face or none, from a winner you picked, for less per thumbnail as you publish more.
Start freePick VisualKit if
you want a score for every thumbnail before you post, several options per request, and titles, social posts and logos on the same credits.
FAQ
What people ask before switching
To start, yes: $12 a month against $20 on September 30, 2026. VisualKit's $20 buys 500 credits, 50 standard thumbnails at 10 credits or 20 at its best quality at 25, where WThumb's $12 buys 30 credits, one thumbnail each, all at 2048 × 1152. On the larger plans a WThumb thumbnail costs $0.23 or $0.19, a standard VisualKit one about $0.27 or $0.20.
VisualKit's pages say it exports 1280 × 720. WThumb exports 2048 × 1152 for 16:9 and 1152 × 2048 for 9:16, straight from generation.
In WThumb, yes: ask for both and each is recomposed for its frame. VisualKit makes 16:9 thumbnails and 9:16 Shorts artwork; its pages do not say one request makes both.
Yes. Skip the photo and WThumb takes the person out of the reference and rebuilds the frame without anyone. VisualKit designs faceless thumbnails from a description of the video; its pages do not say it takes the person out of a reference.
Its pages offer a free trial without stating its size, and its FAQ says paid plans start at $20 a month. New WThumb accounts get 2 free credits, one thumbnail each, with no card.
VisualKit's terms say you own your outputs and keep for VisualKit a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use them for marketing, research and other business purposes, and they make every purchase final except where the law requires a refund. WThumb's terms let you publish, edit and use your thumbnails commercially, including on a monetized channel, and a payment comes back in full within 30 days if no credit was used since it.