AI Carousel Maker Pricing in 2026: Every Tool Compared (Updated Monthly)

How much does an AI carousel maker cost in 2026? For dedicated carousel tools, entry paid tiers cluster between $9 and $19 per month: CarouselMaker.co at $9, Carousel Studio at $10 on annual billing ($16 monthly), aiCarousels at $14.95, Carousify at $14.99, PostNitro, ContentDrips and DocHipo at $15, Krumzi, ContentIn, Canvora and Supaslides at $19, and CapCut Pro at $19.99. Where carousels are one feature inside a broader social media suite, expect $29 to $79 per month. Free tiers exist, but they are shrinking across the category. All prices in this post were last verified in September 2026, and the changelog near the end dates every recent change.

This page is a pricing index, not a feature review. We make one of these tools (Supaslides), we say so openly, and every number below comes from the vendor pricing pages we track for our comparison pages. If you want the feature-by-feature verdicts instead, start with the honest roundup of AI carousel generators and come back here for the dollars.

The market at a glance

One line per tool: the entry paid price, then what the free tier gives you.

• Supaslides: Pro $19/month for 20 carousels; free plan with 3 watermarked carousels a month.
• PostNitro: Starter $15/month ($12.50 on annual billing); free tier is 5 watermarked downloads.
• aiCarousels: Pro $14.95/month, so about $15; free tier is 3 watermarked carousels a month, no sign-up needed.
• ContentDrips: Starter $15/month; free tier is a one-time 50 credits.
• Canvora: entry at $19/month; a free plan exists and includes API and MCP access.
• Carousel Studio: Pro $16/month, or $120 billed yearly ($10/month), as a Canva app; free tier is about 20 one-time credits at signup with Carousel Studio branding on.
• CarouselMaker.co: Pro $9/month ($7.50 on annual billing); free tier is 10 credits, 3 downloads a day, watermark on.
• Predis.ai: Core $32/month, or $24/month billed annually; the free plan was discontinued, replaced by a 3-day trial that needs a card.
• Supergrow: the carousel maker requires Pro at $39/month; the $19 Starter does not include it; no free plan.
• Taplio: AI posts and carousels require the $69/month Growth tier ($49 annual, 250 AI credits); Starter is $39 with no AI credits; no free plan.
• Genviral: Creator $29/month ($290 a year, about $24); a free sign-up with no card, but no trial and no published free-tier limits.
• CapCut: Pro $19.99/month ($179.99 a year, about $15); the free editor exports without a watermark unless you use a Pro template.
• Carousify: Hobby $14.99/month; a free start with no card, but its caps are not published.
• WaveGen: Starter $29/month ($20 on annual billing); a free account gets 10 AI-generated posts with watermarked downloads.
• ContentIn: Essentials $19/month ($15 annual) with no AI; AI drafts and 4 carousels a month start at Growth $39; no free plan, 7-day card-required trial.
• Krumzi: Starter $19/month ($190 a year); no free plan, 7-day card-required trial with watermarked exports.
• DocHipo: Pro $15/user/month (about $12 annual); free tier is 5 documents with JPG/PNG downloads and no watermark.

The $9 to $15 budget band

The dedicated, carousels-first end of the market. You give up brand automation, scheduling or polish somewhere; in exchange the price stays low.

• CarouselMaker.co, $9/month ($7.50 billed annually). The price floor of the category, with unlimited fair-use generation, up to 20 slides and, unusually at this price, MP4 video export on the cheapest plan. The tradeoff is a very tight free tier and a template-first look. See the CarouselMaker.co comparison.
• Carousel Studio, $10/month on annual billing ($16 month to month). A Canva app rather than a standalone product: prompt in, slides out, finishing happens in the Canva editor. Pro brings 500 credits a month, premium themes and no branding. Brand setup is manual theme picking. See the Carousel Studio comparison.
• aiCarousels, $14.95/month ($10 on annual billing, $120 a year). Unlimited carousels, custom branding and watermark-free exports on Pro. The tradeoff is template-driven styling: the URL import pulls your text, not your colours and fonts. See the aiCarousels comparison.
• PostNitro, $15/month ($12.50 billed annually) for 30 downloads a month and 2 brands. The catch is scheduling, which needs its $25 tier. See the PostNitro comparison.
• ContentDrips, $15/month for 500 monthly credits, 3 brands and LinkedIn publishing (Instagram scheduling per its FAQ); unlimited brands cost $26 on Pro. Template-driven rather than generated, strongest for repurposing LinkedIn content at volume. See the ContentDrips comparison.
• Carousify, $14.99/month Hobby. A LinkedIn-first generator with scheduling, analytics and team workspaces from the entry tier, plus AppSumo lifetime deals from $49. The tradeoff is copy that reviewers say needs rewriting, and a free tier whose caps are not published. See the Carousify comparison.
• DocHipo, $15/user/month Pro (about $12 on annual billing). A budget Canva-style editor with hundreds of carousel templates and no watermark even on free. There is no AI that writes the deck for you, so it is a template tool at a carousel-tool price. See the DocHipo comparison.

The $19 standard band

$19 is where the tools that automate branding, rather than hand you templates, tend to sit.

• Supaslides, $19/month Pro. 20 carousels a month, a brand theme built automatically from your URL, all platforms, and watermark-free static plus animated video export. More on what is included at the end of this post.
• Canvora, $19/month entry. Positions itself as an AI design department for freelance social media managers and micro agencies, with 150+ languages and API plus MCP access on every plan including the free one. Carousels are one of its 100+ formats rather than the whole product.
• Krumzi, $19/month Starter ($190 a year). An AI designer that builds each slide from scratch instead of a template, with 1,000 credits a month. Brand Kit and video start at Pro $39, and there is no free plan, only a card-required trial. See the Krumzi comparison.
• ContentIn, $19/month Essentials ($15 on annual billing). A LinkedIn ghostwriter with scheduling and analytics, but the $19 tier has no AI at all; AI drafts and 4 carousels a month start at Growth $39. See the ContentIn comparison.
• CapCut, $19.99/month Pro ($179.99 a year, about $15). A video editor rather than a carousel maker: its templates render a slideshow video, and a swipeable deck means exporting each still yourself. See the CapCut comparison.
• $19 stickers to read carefully. Supergrow lists a $19 Starter, but its carousel maker requires the $39 Pro tier. ContentIn and Krumzi both gate the features you would buy them for behind $39. Predis used to advertise about $19 per month, but its annual rate is now $24 and month-to-month Core costs $32, so it really belongs in the suite band below.

Suites where carousels cost $29 to $79

In these tools carousels are one feature among many, and the price reflects the whole suite, not the carousel maker.

• Genviral, $29/month Creator ($290 a year, about $24), with 200 credits and no Vira automation at all (automations start at Professional $49). Its carousels are TikTok-style slideshows rather than narrative, slide-by-slide written decks.
• WaveGen, $29/month Starter ($20 billed annually) turns one article into carousels, slideshow videos and captions and schedules them to six networks, capped at 30 AI posts a month. See the WaveGen comparison.
• Predis.ai, $32/month Core, $24 on annual billing, with 1,300 credits shared across posts, videos and carousels. The company has pivoted toward AI video ads, and carousels now read like a legacy feature. See the Predis comparison.
• Supergrow, $39/month Pro ($31 billed annually) is the tier that actually includes the carousel maker. It is a LinkedIn personal-branding suite first, a carousel tool second.
• Taplio, $69/month Growth ($49 billed annually, 250 AI credits) is where AI posts and carousels live; the $39 Starter includes zero AI credits, the old $65 Standard tier is gone, and the whole product is LinkedIn-only.
• Simplified, $79/month Starter ($59 billed annually) now sells campaign plans: 5 campaigns a month, 100K AI words, 100 AI designs and 7 social accounts, with extra campaigns at $10 each. The free tier is gone; a no-card trial replaces it. See the Simplified comparison.

Free tiers: recurring credits vs one-time credits

The most important shift of 2026 is not in the paid prices, it is in the free plans. Read the fine print on whether the credits renew.

• Recurring free allowances.aiCarousels gives 3 watermarked carousels a month with no sign-up, and Supaslides gives 3 carousels a month on its free plan. CarouselMaker.co lets free users export 3 times a day, with 10 credits, a 6-slide cap and a watermark. CapCut’s free editor has no export cap at all, but only Pro templates are watermarked and the output is a slideshow video, not a swipeable deck.
• One-time credits.ContentDrips gives 50 credits once, not monthly, so its free plan is effectively a trial you cannot repeat. PostNitro caps the free tier at 5 watermarked downloads. Carousel Studio starts you with about 20 credits at signup, no monthly allowance, with its branding on (the 50 credits you may see quoted are the 3-day Pro trial). WaveGen gives a free account 10 AI-generated posts with watermarked downloads. DocHipo allows 5 free documents, JPG/PNG only, with no watermark. Insta Posts’ free plan is now the manual builder only; AI generation needs Basic at $9. Carousify offers a free start with no card but does not publish its caps.
• No free plan at all. Predis discontinued its free plan in 2026 and now offers a 3-day trial that needs a card and charges when it ends. Simplified dropped its free tier for a no-card Starter trial. Taplio runs a 7-day trial with no card required. Supergrow runs a 7-day trial that pauses if you do not pay. Krumzi and ContentIn both run 7-day trials that need a card (Krumzi watermarks exports until you pay). Genviral advertises a free sign-up with no card but no trial, and does not publish its limits.

Watermarks: who removes them at what price

Every free tier in the dedicated band keeps a watermark on your exports, so what the entry tier really sells is often the removal:

• CarouselMaker.co removes it at $9/month, the cheapest watermark-free export in the category.
• Carousel Studio removes its branding at $16/month on Pro, or $10/month billed annually.
• aiCarousels removes it at $14.95/month, or $10/month billed annually.
• PostNitro removes it at $15/month on Starter.
• Supaslides removes it at $19/month on Pro, which also raises the free limit of 3 carousels a month to 20.
• Two exceptions: DocHipo puts no watermarkon downloads even on its free plan, and CapCut’s free editor exports clean unless you use a Pro-marked template.

What changed recently

A short changelog, so every claim on this page can be dated:

• September 2026: Taplio restructured its plans. The $65 Standard tier is gone; AI posts and carousels now start at Growth, $69/month ($49 annual) with 250 AI credits.
• September 2026: Simplified repriced to campaign plans: Starter $79/month ($59 annual), and the free tier is gone.
• September 2026: Piktochart Pro is now $15/month ($10 annual), with Brand Kit moved up to Business at $20.
• September 2026: Predis annual is $24/month, not $19, and the trial is now 3 days with a card required.
• September 2026:Carousel Studio’s monthly price is $16 ($10 annual), and the free plan is about 20 one-time credits rather than 50.
• September 2026: Insta Posts published Basic $9/month and Pro $29/month and dropped free AI generations; the free plan is the manual builder.
• September 2026: Canva Pro is $18/month month to month ($12 annual).
• September 2026: six tools added to the index: CapCut, Carousify, WaveGen, ContentIn, Krumzi and DocHipo.
• August 2026: two budget entrants verified and added to our index. Carousel Studio (about $10/month, sold as a Canva app) and CarouselMaker.co ($9/month), which sets the category price floor and ships MP4 video export on its cheapest plan.
• August 2026: a Predis re-check confirmed its free plan is gone and that monthly Core is $32, or about $19 on annual billing.
• July 2026: Genviral verified at $29/month ($24 annual).
• The broader drift: the suite side keeps repositioning around AI video and automation, with pricing in flux (Predis pivoted toward video ads, and Simplified, after showing signals anywhere between $20 and $79, settled on $79 campaign plans), while the dedicated side gained sub-$10 entrants. The market is splitting into a budget band and a suite band rather than rising uniformly.

How to think about price per post

The sticker prices only make sense divided by output. On Supaslides Pro, $19 buys 20 carousels a month, which works out to $0.95 per finished carousel, under a dollar per post. On PostNitro Starter, $15 buys 30 downloads, or $0.50 per download. On aiCarousels, $14.95 buys unlimited carousels, so the per-post cost falls toward pennies the more you publish.

The comparison that matters is not tool versus tool, it is tool versus your own time. If producing one carousel by hand takes you an hour, and an hour of your time (or a designer’s) is worth more than $19 to you, then a month of any dedicated tool on this page costs less than a single manual post. Whether the posts themselves earn their keep is a separate question, and we covered it in are carousels worth it.

Where Supaslides sits (yes, we make it)

Full transparency: Supaslides is our product, and this index exists because we track competitor pricing for our comparison pages anyway. The $19 Pro plan includes 20 carousels a month, 3 brands, all platforms, exports without a watermark, and animated video export, which is still rare at any price in this category. The free plan, 3 carousels a month, is enough to test the paste-a-URL flow on your own brand before paying anyone, us included.

If the numbers above are the deciding factor, try Supaslides free and judge the output next to any tool on this list. We re-verify this index on a rolling basis and record every price move in the changelog above.