--- description: Learn more about Stencil price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Stencil Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Graphic Design Software](/directory/31010/graphic-design/software) > [Stencil](/software/164335/stencil) # Stencil Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/164335/stencil Page: 1 / 20\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/164335/stencil?page=2) > Ridiculously simple image creation for social media marketers, bloggers and small businesses. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 460 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Stencil? Social media marketers, small businesses and bloggers ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 460 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Stencil - **Founded**: 2014 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$15,00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: $9 per month for Stencil Pro $15 per month Stencil Unlimited - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Available Countries**: Canada ## Features - CAD Tools - Design Templates - Image Editing ## Support Options - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Graphic Design Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31010/graphic-design/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The tool's editor is very simple to use and they have an impressive amount of design templates to work with. > > **Cons**: My only con was solved with the addition of the chrome extension to enable the editor from any page. > > I love that I can upload my clients complete branding including fonts.This tool helps me develop content to meet different campaign goals with my clients monthly social calendar. ----- ### "Value x10" — 5.0/5 > **Merry** | *18 April 2019* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Stencil is one of the easiest software platforms to use to create beautiful and interesting posts. It’s features have saved me so much time and money and the quality of the photos is excellent. It’s my go to software and I will be extending the subscription yearly. > > **Cons**: Nothing yet. I have been using a stencil for about two years now and I have not found anything that I am not happy with. The ease of using the software is excellent and I’m very happy with the end product. > > Stencil simply makes my life easier. I’m super busy so being able to create a post in a matter of minutes is valuable. ----- ### "Why this is my go-to design tool for a non-designer" — 5.0/5 > **Pedro** | *08 October 2020* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: As I said in the title, I am not a designer. But as a copywriter, I sometimes need to think about the visual aspect of my copy or my ads. And I sometimes need to test visuals and even create them. And for me, this is sometimes a huge pain. I used to have photoshop but I always felt I was only using 10% of it. And even the 10% I was using were too messy. I wanted a simple tool. Where I could have the designs ready and I would just need to edit. And Stencil is perfect for that. They have the templates ready where you just need to select the type of image you want to create and they automatically adjust it to the desired size. For instance, if I want to create the cover photo of a LinkedIn profile, I just click on the LinkedIn profile size template, and there it is. I just need to edit the template from there. It's really practical and simple. And they have the sizes for all major needs. From Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, you name it. It's just about creating a new file, pick the image size based on the template you want to edit, and start editing. For me, this is the best reason why I am a Stencil fan. Also, having access to Unplash images, it's easier to deploy my desired image without the need to download the image from Unsplash and add it there. No, everything is there, ready to produce what I need. As a non-designer, I've never needed Canva or Photoshop, after got Stencil. > > **Cons**: As with most platforms that offer templates, you always want more. For a few social media platforms, their template options are still not enough. When I am mentioning template options, I am not talking about the file size, as I was talking on the things I like the most. On Stencil, we can find ready to deploy templates of Facebook ads, Pinterest pins, etc., where we just need to edit the image, the copy, and it's done. Those templates, for most cases, I end up not doing much with them because they are still too limited for what I need. I typically end up needing to do everything from scracth. But fortunately, it's easy to do it, so it is still a no brainer for me to use Stencil. > > As a non-designer who sometimes need to make some designs, this is a perfect tool. Instead of speaking in inches and pixels, which I don't know a thing about, imagine using a tool where you would just say: "Facebook Group Cover Photo." And immediately have access to designed templates ready to use, or simply a blank Facebook Group Cover Photo blank image to fill-in at our free will. With an easy to use drag-and-drop system. Sorry designers, but for my needs, I am mostly independent now. ----- ### "Very simple and pretty addictive tool" — 5.0/5 > **Marcius** | *31 March 2022* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: The best thing about it, is it's simplicity. All you can do is just put an image, add some basic shapes, text, watermark and very basic style editing like filters, text color, shadows, transparency. There isn't much to do which really helps with time management. Just add the image and a text and it's done. Don't waste hours on end looking through different features to make things look worse. It's very intuitive to use. You won't get confused with this one, and it pretty sums it up for 80% of use-case for social-media postings. You have a great size-adjustment tool where the same image you've created gets resized based on what you want it for - instagram story or facebook cover? Of course, sometimes it's not that great output, but it beats having to redo it again on 10 different sizes. I see this tool mostly as a time management help tool that restricts you to do it simply, without deliberating for hours and then it resizes it for you with one click. It also has a great amount of photo selection from Unsplash which you can use for free and no hidden costs. > > **Cons**: Obviously some of the Pros I've listed, might be Cons for some people - like being too simple, not many features, etc. Obviously I have certain use-cases for it that does the job great, but if I need something more complex I use other tools. The resize feature also doesn't always have the best output, based on all the elements in your composition. > > One of the very first web-based image editing tool I've used, probably since 5 years ago. It's not a copy of something else, but it has it's pretty unique system, but not at all hard to figure out. Actually it's pretty intuitive to start using right away. Very simple usage as in adding an background image, a filter, some text and editing the colors. I prefer it over other more expensive and popular tools for a lot of use-cases. But mostly focuses on social media sharing and postings. I use it to add inspirational quotes to pictures and share on my twitter (I know, right?). In this regard the tool is pretty addictive because I manage to create a high amount of images in a relatively short amount of time. Recently acquired by NameCheap, which is interesting because I'm also using them, which might mean that it will integrate more and more with their tools and that it's here to stay. ----- ### "Great app for design but not enough pro" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *06 February 2018* | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like the most that you have millions of pictures to use for free. It's great to use with templates. Easy to use. You can export in different sizes and create your personal pictures perfectly sized for your social media networks. > > **Cons**: I don't like that I can't group the pictures or select all layers at the same time. It's hard for me that they don't have it. To much time lost. > > Easy creation of pictures, no need to install, double size when you export the picture and thousand and thousand of free pictures to use. ----- Page: 1 / 20\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/164335/stencil?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/164335/stencil) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data