IMG.LY vs PrintUI

Looking for advanced web-to-print experiences with deep integration, scalability, and a flexible design editor? IMG.LY goes beyond static templates, enabling fully customizable design workflows. See why CreativeEditor SDK is a powerful alternative to PrintUI.

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What makes IMG.LY the best PrintUI alternative?

Fully-Featured Design & Video Editor

Our SDK delivers full design, layout, and video editing capabilities ideal for building custom creation workflows.

UI Customization & White-Labeling

Full UI customization and white-label capabilities to match your branding and use case.

Extensibility & Plugin System

Supports custom plugins and extensibility, enabling seamless integration of new tools, automation features, and industry-specific workflows.

Cross-Platform

Our SDK is optimized across platforms, ensuring consistent rendering and interoperability.

What Our Clients Say About Us

IMG.LY’s solution engineers did a deep dive on our business case and helped us implement a custom print kiosk UI.

André Albrecht
Digital Solution Manager
 @ 
Brother

Our customers create over a million personalized postcards each year choosing from over hundreds of templates with IMG.LY’s SDK. It’s the only solution that allows us to build our own specialized, on-brand UI that integrates seamlessly with our platform.

Jeanine Zaalberg
Product Manager
 @ 
Swiss Post

Our app has photo-editing at the very core of its experience and the editor has been invaluable in making that vision happen. There are no other tools on the market up to the quality of PE.SDK.

Toby Green
Lead Developer
 @ 
Elbi

IMG.LY vs. PrintUI at a Glance

Features

IMG.LY

PrintUI

Advanced Design Editing

Full-featured creative editor supporting smart layout constraints, advanced typography, dynamic placeholders, and interactive design workflows.

Limited to editing pre-made Adobe InDesign templates; user modifications restricted to allowed fields and areas set by the template designer.

Customization & White-Labeling

Fully customizable UI with theming and white-label options.

White-label option available for an additional fee; limited UI customization.

Templating & Automation

Advanced template workflows with dynamic placeholders and automation via headless APIs.

Templates created in InDesign; supports variable data publishing and automation through APIs, but no in-editor template creation.

Plugin System

Robust plugin system enabling developers to create and integrate custom plugins.

No plugin system; functionality is fixed to the provided features.

Framework & Platform Support

Cross-platform: Web, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Electron, macOS, Node.js.

Web-based; integrates with Adobe InDesign via desktop plugin.

Creative Automation

Supports automation through programmable project files and headless rendering.

Offers variable data APIs for automated customization of templates.

File Format Compatibility

Supports PSD, INDD, AI import; scene export for saving and re-editing designs.

Outputs high-resolution print and HTML formats but works only with InDesign templates.

Advanced Video Editing

Multi-track video editing with overlays, transitions, and automation.

No video editing capabilities; focuses on print and digital design customization.

Asset Libraries

Integrates with Unsplash, Getty Images, and custom libraries.

Supports uploading custom fonts; advanced image gallery hosting available as an add-on.

Enterprise Support

Dedicated support team, SLAs, custom onboarding, and rapid feature delivery.

Offers support via email; no dedicated enterprise support.

IMG.LY

PrintUI

Advanced Design Editing

Full-featured creative editor supporting smart layout constraints, advanced typography, dynamic placeholders, and interactive design workflows.

Limited to editing pre-made Adobe InDesign templates; user modifications restricted to allowed fields and areas set by the template designer.

Customization & White-Labeling

Fully customizable UI with theming and white-label options.

White-label option available for an additional fee; limited UI customization.

Templating & Automation

Advanced template workflows with dynamic placeholders and automation via headless APIs.

Templates created in InDesign; supports variable data publishing and automation through APIs, but no in-editor template creation.

Plugin System

Robust plugin system enabling developers to create and integrate custom plugins.

No plugin system; functionality is fixed to the provided features.

Framework & Platform Support

Cross-platform: Web, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Electron, macOS, Node.js.

Web-based; integrates with Adobe InDesign via desktop plugin.

Creative Automation

Supports automation through programmable project files and headless rendering.

Offers variable data APIs for automated customization of templates.

File Format Compatibility

Supports PSD, INDD, AI import; scene export for saving and re-editing designs.

Outputs high-resolution print and HTML formats but works only with InDesign templates.

Advanced Video Editing

Multi-track video editing with overlays, transitions, and automation.

No video editing capabilities; focuses on print and digital design customization.

Asset Libraries

Integrates with Unsplash, Getty Images, and custom libraries.

Supports uploading custom fonts; advanced image gallery hosting available as an add-on.

Enterprise Support

Dedicated support team, SLAs, custom onboarding, and rapid feature delivery.

Offers support via email; no dedicated enterprise support.

Everything you need

Key Capabilities

Learn more about some of the functionalities of IMG.LY’s SDK

Editing

Transform

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Crop, flip, and rotate with ease. Preset crop ratios to common formats.

Filters

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Over 60 state-of-the-art filters allow users to control the style and mood of their creations.

Adjustments

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Fine-tune designs with an exhaustive set of adjustment operations such as brightness and contrast.

Effect & Blur

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Add a unique mood to designs with effects & blur.

Element Snapping

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Snap stickers and text to control points for more precise placements.

Blend Modes & Grouping

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Define the blending behavior and grouping.

Undo & Redo

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Allow users to undo and redo all editing operations.

Printing

Cutout Lines

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Create and customize cutout shapes for web-to-print.

CMYK/ Spot color support

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Integrate CMYK and Pantone color spaces, customized color libraries, including your brand's colors.

Templating

Design Templates

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Create role based design templates to jumpstart users’ creativity.

Text Variables

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Enable mass personalization and creative automation by embedding variables.

Placeholders & Lockable Designs

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Constrain templates to guide your users’ design and ensure brand consistency.

Configurable Presets

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Enforce a consistent aesthetic across all creations by using preset filters, adjustments, fonts, and crop ratios.

Customizability

Build Custom UIs

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Use the headless API powering all creative operations to implement an entirely custom UI.

Theming

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Change the editor theme to fit seamlessly with your app.

Media Libraries

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Set up custom libraries that are easily sortable.

Toolbar Customization

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Reposition toolbar elements, change icons, or rename tools to fit your use case.

Internationalization

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Add support for additional languages, and customize any button label.

Export Options

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Export designs in JPG, PNG, or PDF with custom quality, page ranges, and dimensions.

And there’s more

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FAQs

What’s the best alternative to PrintUI?

If you're looking for a flexible, modern solution for web-to-print workflows, IMG.LY is a strong alternative to PrintUI. It allows brands and SaaS platforms to offer highly customizable, scalable, and user-friendly design experiences without locking them into Adobe InDesign or specific desktop tools.

What are the key differences between IMG.LY and PrintUI?

PrintUI relies on Adobe InDesign for template creation, meaning designers must use InDesign plugins and workflows to build and update templates. In contrast, IMG.LY enables both developers and end-users to create and edit templates directly within the browser, using dynamic placeholders and smart layouts with no desktop software required.

Which platform is more user-friendly for non-designers?

IMG.LY offers an intuitive in-browser editing experience with smart constraints, dynamic templates, and easy drag-and-drop features, making it ideal for non-designers. PrintUI requires templates to be built in InDesign, which can create an extra technical barrier for teams without professional design resources.

Does either platform support creative automation for web-to-print?

Yes, but in different ways. IMG.LY provides headless APIs and automation tools that can generate thousands of variations programmatically, ideal for large-scale personalization in web-to-print. PrintUI focuses more on static template customization without native large-scale creative automation.

Which solution offers greater scalability for web-to-print applications?

IMG.LY is built for high-volume, enterprise use cases, with customers scaling to hundreds of millions of creations per month. It offers robust APIs, cross-platform SDKs, and dedicated enterprise support. PrintUI primarily focuses on small-to-mid-scale deployments integrated with InDesign-based workflows.

How do extensibility and integration options compare?

IMG.LY offers a plugin system and highly extensible SDKs, allowing developers to tailor the editor for web-to-print, marketing, and even video workflows. PrintUI does not support third-party plugins; integrations are mainly predefined around Adobe InDesign Server.

Can both solutions provide a fully white-labeled web-to-print solution?

Yes, with IMG.LY, you can fully customize the UI, white-label the experience, and deeply integrate the editor into your platform. PrintUI can also be branded, but it offers less UI flexibility since much of the templating logic is tied to InDesign files.

Which platform is better suited for businesses moving away from Adobe InDesign reliance?

If you want to reduce dependency on Adobe InDesign for template creation and updates, IMG.LY is a better choice. It allows teams to create templates natively in the browser, reducing software costs and speeding up template iteration cycles.