Recraft

Recraft V4.1

4.9/10
Maker
Recraft
Origin
United Kingdom
Released
May 14, 2026
Category
Image Generation

Strengths & weaknesses

  • Built for designers; controllable, brand-consistent commercial graphics
  • Strong for icon sets and cohesive visual systems
  • Typography and brand consistency must be checked across batches
  • Smaller community and fewer integrations than the bigger names

Evaluation

80% of weight measured

Scored on Recraft V4.1 (pro) · sources as of Nov 4, 2026

Confidence band 4.9–5.4 · a model inside this range isn’t meaningfully apart from this one

w = weight, each criterion’s share of the overall score. Missing marks don’t count for or against. How scoring works

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