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If you want to see the price before a sales call, and leave at the end of any month, these subscriptions publish both.
Design Pickle alternatives with published monthly pricing and monthly cancellation include DigitalPolo (from $399), Design Shifu (from $549), Delesign (from $649), ManyPixels (from $699), Penji (from $995), Kimp ($1,397) and Flocksy. For a dedicated, full-time designer on your US, UK or Gulf hours, dpoint charges $600 to $1,400 a month, all-in, no recruiting fee.
Design Pickle’s pricing page describes a brand-trained team with a production coordinator and an art director, first drafts the next business day, and revisions with no per-change fees. It does not publish a price: plans are scoped to your needs and the number is set on a call. All plans are billed quarterly or annually. You can cancel any time before your next renewal, and the account stays active to the end of the period you paid for.
That suits teams happy to commit by the quarter. If you would rather compare prices first and keep the option to stop after any month, the providers below publish both.
Published terms
Prices quoted from each company’s own site, checked 2 October 2026; prices change. Monthly billing unless stated. Subscriptions are ordered by lowest monthly entry price, with a dedicated designer last for contrast.
| Published monthly price | Billing and cancellation | Design time per day | Refund or trial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Pickle | Not published; set on a call | Quarterly or annual billing; cancel before your next renewal | Not published | Not published |
| DigitalPolo | Partner $399, Soulmate $899 | Monthly, no contract; pause or cancel anytime | Partner: one active task, 48-hour delivery. Soulmate: parallel tasks, 24-hour priority. Hours not published | 7-day money-back |
| Design Shifu | Starter $549, Growth $749, Scale $1,099 | Monthly, or annual with 2 months free; pause or cancel anytime | Starter: 1 project per day, 24-hour turnaround. Hours not published | 14-day money-back |
| Delesign | Marketer Growth $649, Agency Booster $849 | Monthly; cancel anytime | About 2 hours a day; each designer works with an average of 4 clients | 15-day money-back |
| ManyPixels | Advanced $699, Business $1,199, Assigned designer $1,399, Design team $2,599 | Monthly, or discounted quarterly and yearly; cancel any time, or pause for $10 a month | 1 or 2 daily outputs; assigned designers are part-time, hours not published | Not stated on its pricing page |
| Penji | Essentials $995, Agency Partner $1,995, Dedicated Team $4,500 | Monthly, or 15% off quarterly and 20% off yearly; cancel anytime | 2 to 4, 5 to 7, or 10 to 14 hours a day, by plan | 30-day money-back |
| Kimp | Graphics $1,397, Video $1,397, Graphics + Video $1,697 (promotions may apply) | Monthly; cancel any time | 2 to 2.5 hours each business day, per service | 7-day free trial; no refunds for inactivity |
| Flocksy | 2 hours a day $1,699 up to 8 hours $5,899; $1,199 to $3,799 billed annually | Monthly or annual; cancel anytime | 2 to 8 hours a day, you choose | 14-day money-back |
| dpoint dedicated designer | $600 / $900 / $1,400 (junior / mid / senior), all-in | Monthly per person; notice agreed in your written quote | A full working day, one person who works only for you, on your hours | Trial before you commit; free replacement |
Read the small print
Monthly billing with cancel-anytime terms lets you stop at the end of any month. Quarterly or annual billing, as at Design Pickle, means you cancel before the next renewal and the account runs to the end of the period you paid for.
They are not the same thing. A free trial, like Kimp’s 7 days, costs nothing to test. A money-back guarantee, from DigitalPolo’s 7 days to Penji’s 30, refunds you if you ask within the window. Kimp states it does not refund for inactivity.
Providers count capacity differently: daily outputs at ManyPixels, hours at Flocksy, Kimp and Delesign, workstreams at Penji, active tasks at DigitalPolo. Compare like with like before you compare prices.
Delesign publishes that each designer works with an average of 4 clients. Most providers do not say. Ask, because it decides how quickly your requests move.
Pick by what you need
Every plan above sells a share of a design team’s time through a request queue. If you need design most days, want one person to learn your brand, or want to work live on calls and in Figma, a dedicated designer usually fits better. Through dpoint, a full-time designer costs $600 to $1,400 a month, all-in, works only for you on your hours, and is managed by an account lead. We work out the cost per design hour of each option in dedicated designer vs design subscription. See also the dedicated designer service and the designer cost guide. Need a bigger team without an annual contract? See Superside alternatives.
FAQ
Design Pickle does not publish its prices. Its pricing page says plans are scoped to your needs and the number is set on a call. All plans are billed quarterly or annually, and you can cancel any time before your next renewal date.
Of those we checked on 2 October 2026: DigitalPolo, Design Shifu, Delesign, ManyPixels, Penji, Kimp and Flocksy all publish monthly prices and say you can cancel anytime. Several also offer cheaper quarterly or annual billing if you want to commit.
Kimp offers a 7-day free trial, and you are not billed during it. Others use a money-back guarantee instead: DigitalPolo 7 days, Flocksy and Design Shifu 14 days, Delesign 15 days and Penji 30 days.
Yes, if you need design most days. A subscription gives you a share of a team’s time; a dedicated designer through dpoint works only for you, full-time, on your hours, for $600 to $1,400 a month, all-in, with a trial before you commit and a free replacement if the fit is wrong.
Of the published prices we checked, DigitalPolo’s Partner plan is lowest at $399 a month, with one active task at a time and 48-hour delivery. Design Shifu starts at $549 and Delesign at $649.
Sources, checked 2 October 2026: Design Pickle, DigitalPolo, Design Shifu, Delesign, ManyPixels, Penji, Kimp, Flocksy.
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