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# Page 5 - Reviews of Stencil

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Photographer  
Media Production  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Online image manipulation for social platforms."

April 29, 2019

5.0

For a small business free plan is really what you need. Sharing 2 images per week is ok for me as a startup. The pricing is ok and affordable if you want more features like collaboration.

Pros

It really workes nice for an online image manipulation service. Editing photos are really simple and with the help of filters, image editing is very fast. I love the click to import and drag and drop function. Sometimes it takes the whole area instead of selected but still, I need to learn it more. Templates and icons are really attractive and they are really useful when supplied for free.

Cons

I don't like the template construction as in search template. It really needed some more option to be enabled or added a search box for user input.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
SEO Outreach Manager  
Internet  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A worthy competitor in the image creation space"

July 18, 2019

5.0

Pros

It's a fantastic image creation tool to have in the tool belt because it comes with a lot of easy-to-customize templates.

Cons

There are some parts of the UI that are not intuitive. For example, there are no lines. You have to create your own lines out of shapes and then shape them to your preferences.

Alternatives considered

[Visme](https://www.capterra.com/p/153139/Visme/)[Canva](https://www.capterra.com/p/168956/Canva/)[designbold](https://www.capterra.com/p/157875/designbold/)

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DM

David M.  
Director  
Publishing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Incredible timesaver and creative inspiration"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Getting employees to create images even without much graphic design experience used to be difficult. Stencil has made it easy even for those with little graphic design experience to produce excellent images ready for me to use.

Pros

The ability to quickly build social images is amazingly helpful, but even more so the ocean of assets at your fingertips such as free images and searchable quotes.

Cons

I have no complaints at all, the software does all it promises and more.

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LS

Leann S.  
Exec VP of Sales and Marketing  
Executive Office  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Stencil Review"

July 25, 2023

5.0

I use Stencil for business and personal

Pros

The product was easy to use and the beginning version was free.

Cons

Takes a little while to learn all the functions. More training would be nice

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Raul F.  
Marketing Manager  
Retail  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Impressive product: I could finally do well on Instagram thanks to it"

February 15, 2019

5.0

I started to use a few months ago, and I got hooked to it.

Pros

I really like this tool. I was not expecting it so be so good. It has a very good pictures editor, with transparent logo backgrounds, many options to crop pictures on the forms that you desive and when ready it send an SMS with the picture so that is easy to publish with a few clicks on Instagram. And also on other social media . I am not used to social media, and less to instagram, and with this tool becomes natural and easy to publish everyday.

Cons

I think it is a very good tool. Specially one of the best image editors. At the same time, always can be more features added as social media tool. Probably they are on the way.

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YJ

Ye J.  
Growth Lead  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Blown Away by Its Huge Library of images and icons"

January 4, 2019

4.0

Saves time and money literally

Pros

As the title says, the image assets that can be used commercially is the buying factor that won us over. We're pretty heavy into social marketing and Stencil offers fast speedy ways to create our specified social materials ready to post. Use chrome extension to bring up stencil, choose the type of social posting (predefined dimension layout), plug in the images and text layer, post it. Pretty neat.

Cons

This request can be unfair to Stencil but if they really implement it, it could be a killer tip over the others. Ability to import vector formats like svg, eps, ai and photoshop format. Similar players are into content generation AI but to me Stencil is about graphic creation so they may like to look into this direction.

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sara S.  
Account Executive  
Aviation & Aerospace  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Powerful and consistent design software "

October 28, 2018

5.0

Pros

I am totally satisfied to use this tool, because it is completely easy to have access on it. Stencil is convenient and fast tool. I has amazing feature for editing the designs and i love to use background changing functions. It is also very easy to personalize the design sizes. Let me also tell about the customer support they are responsive.

Cons

What I should tell for the least thing It puts me in deeply thinking . because it rarely happens that I encounter any kind of issue. I would also say that It is inexpensive tool that is great for every user.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Solutions Consultant  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Stencil, An Attractive Alternative to Canva"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Stencil is a great alternative to Canva. As I have a lifetime plan, I don't have to pay for all the additional features that may not be available in the free version. I love that I can upload my own graphics/images, easily change the format of my creation with a single click and the preview functionality is awesome. Overall, I highly recommend Stencil as a premier tool in your creative toolbox.

Pros

Stencil is easy to use, intuitive, and provides a great number of templates for those of us that need a jumpstart in the creativity department.

Cons

I would like for there to be a way to preview images and icons before adding them to your canvas. Not a big deal as you can easily delete the image or icon if you don't want to use it. I would be nice to see an enlarged version prior to selecting.

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KK

Katy K.  
Productivity Specialist  
Professional Training & Coaching  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Love this product"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Love everything about Stencil. It has been a life saver with my graphics all across my business! Well worth the investment.

Pros

Love the ease of placements. So many pics and quotes to choose from and they are always adding more. I love that I can import my own photos, watermark, use my own quotes. It’s just an amazing product.

Cons

I would like to have the option to warp the words on the graphics. Such as arches, waves, etc.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Owner  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Ease of use and my Daily go to for ads"

April 18, 2019

5.0

We use stencil every day for post creation and logo watermarks

Pros

Just how easy it was and large access to stock photos and templates

Cons

Sometimes load times but thats my impatience

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Marketing Communications Specialist  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Quick Pix for Social Sharing"

April 18, 2019

4.0

Fast and easy way to crank out images for sharing on social media.

Pros

I can quickly resize images for practically any social platform and can create custom image sizes, as well. Excellent selection of free images, plus the ability to upload my own images.

Cons

Sometimes the images turn out a bit blurry, compared to other consumer-level image creation software. The pre-existing templates aren't great.

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MG

Michelle G.  
Owner  
Retail  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "GREAT customer service"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Customer service is excellent! I always get an extremely fast response and whatever my issue it is resolved.

Pros

Its ease of use and library of photos! I even use the Chrome extension to pull photos directly from my website for my posts and when I need a photo they have plenty to choose from. They also have a ton of preset sizes to choose from and I can save my own sizes for future use. Overall intuitive to use, easy, fast and saves me a TON of time. Highly recommend.

Cons

The resizing an image I have imported tends to make it blurry, probably user error.

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DW

Deb W.  
Site Owner  
Writing and Editing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I love it!"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Thanks for a great product!

Pros

I think Stencel is super easy to use. I selection of photos is great. I like the ease at which I can change formats and I especially like the new cropping feature. I have several friends who use Canva and I have no desire to change.

Cons

None really. I guess if there were one thing I would love to have more photo editing options for the photo itself.

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SA

Spoorthy A.  
Designer  
Design  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Design Tool for everyone"

June 5, 2019

5.0

Works great for your wordpress sites you don't need to leave your wordpress for editing the image. And posting to facebook right from their platform is one thing I like the most.

Pros

They have amazing templates, millions of quotes ready for a design and you can post it directly to your social account. Saves a lot of time skipping the process of downloading and posting it to your facebook. Pretty simple and clean UI makes it the best app to design social media posts. Their wordpress plugin works like a charm. Edit images directly from the post itself .

Cons

I thought they had the quotes designed already so that i can post them without any other work. But they have just provided you the quotes and you need to design them.

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ND

Nancy D.  
CEO  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Robust, Easy to Use, Value Added"

May 2, 2019

5.0

Stencil solves a ton of issues -- there are templates, quotes, background. The different platform sizinges saves me tons of time. My fave? I'm able to brand images with our uploaded logo.

Pros

Everything. Does everything count? I use Stencil on a daily basis to create imagery for all of our clients. I teach social media marketing at a university and show Stencil to all of my students and they love it as much as I do. Having the auto-sizing templates is a godsend.

Cons

Some of the quotes aren't professional, so I take care to ensure that any quote I choose is a good fit.

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PS

Peggy S.  
Happiness Coach/Mentor/Consultant  
Professional Training & Coaching  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The Only Meme-creator I Use"

April 19, 2019

5.0

I use Stencil mostly for creating memes for my business Instagram and Facebook pages.

Pros

I bought this during the early years and have always found it much easier to use than the other two (popular) packages I have access to. Updates are always being added, which increase Stencil's usefulness in many ways. I like the ability to add my own fonts and photos, but the thing I like the most is the thousands of photos that are available for use at no additional cost.

Cons

Trying to size a font is based on a slider, so it's not as accurate as some other packages and takes a steady hand to master. I'd like to have the option of creating a poster using portrait mode. It might be available, but so far I haven't found that pre-sized template.

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SF

Sally F.  
Managing Director  
Professional Training & Coaching  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "I am in LOVE with Stencil"

April 18, 2019

5.0

It has made my life so much easier. Before a designer had to resize all images and it was slow and frustrating. I LOVE Stencil ....thanks !!

Pros

It has made my life so much easier. The image size conversion is so easy and the image quality is outstanding. I recently did a TEDx talk and so contacted Representative directly to ensure images could be used. He was amazing and replied immediately. I am in LOVE with Stencil as it simply makes life simple and you can be creative at the click of a button!

Cons

No issues with it at all. Sometimes I do a word search and no images appear- maybe a function to let Stencil know as they could then source images ....but I usually rethink and type another word and BOOM!

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DL

David L.  
Blogger  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "This Tool Make You A Designer"

November 6, 2018

4.0

Overall, it's still a great tool that I can use to easily creating images for my blog & social media post. I considered myself a happy customer.

Pros

Stencil is a tool that help non-designer like myself creating beautiful graphics & easily share it to your social media. Some of the features that I like are: - there are tonnes of royalty free images that we can use - integration with Buffer - ability to upload my own image - preset sizes for different social media, and - collection of quotes that I can choose from.

Cons

Comparing to other similar tools in the market, I really do hope that - they can improve the designs of their templates - improve on their design editing features.

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Response from Stencil

November 10, 2020

Thanks for the review David! Since you posted this, we've added millions of photos & icons, hundreds more templates, and a bunch more features. Glad to hear you're a happy customer. Feel free to email support@getstencil.com if you have any specific feature requests :)

Alex W.  
Owner  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A great and cheaper alternative to Canva"

July 18, 2019

4.0

I use it weekly for my client's social media posts and it helps bring attention to their posts.

Pros

I bought a lifetime deal on this tool over a year ago and still use it regularly. It has very similar features to Canva at a much better price

Cons

There a few things that could be a little more intuitive, but overall it is very easy to use.

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Sue B.  
Owner  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Game Changer for Marketers Who Want to Be Everywhere!"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Pros

You only need to try Stencil once to see what I mean. Everyone who is trying promote any kind of product or service online is faced with the same problem. You want to be on all the social platforms, but the problem is there is only so much time in the day. You just don’t have time to post everywhere. That’s where Stencil comes in. Imagine writing a blog post and then creating an image for it. Then imagine quickly repurposing the same image to create the right size image, with the same colors and fonts, for all of your other social profiles. Within a matter of minutes you have a complete set of branded images! And you can even post them to your social profiles right from your Stencil dashboard. There are other popular graphic design softwares out there, but Stencil was the first one that allowed you to create several different sized images without needing to start over from scratch each time. I love it. Highly recommend it.

Cons

Honestly, I can’t think of anything I don’t like about it!

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BP

Boyd P.  
Owner  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Love Stencil"

April 18, 2019

5.0

I've used it for years (since they first launched). They are responsive to ideas and improvements. I just love Stencil.

Pros

It is so easy to use. I use others like stencil but this is my go to program for ease of use and features I use most. I recommend Stencil to many and they love it too.

Cons

I would love it if they had a way to draw boxes and other images to highlight things.

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SG

Susan G.  
Wearer of All Hats  
Publishing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Make Graphics in Scant Minutes"

September 27, 2020

5.0

I love this software! I use it at least once a week to make thumbnails for my videos. It's also fantastic for creating social media images - easy to flip from one size to another. If you're looking to make quick and easy graphics, Stencil is perfect! I have other graphics software, but when I want/need something fast, Stencil is what I open to work in.

Pros

Easy to use (especially for those with limited graphics skills) Access to a vast library of images (royalty free for personal or commercial use) Excellent value (I did get it via AppSumo, but their normal plans are great value, and they have a free plan) Free plan option

Cons

Somewhat limited in features (which is why it's so easy, so it's a balance!) As your graphic skills grow, you may want something more robust.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Marketing manager  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Anyone could be a designer now"

January 13, 2019

4.0

I am using Stencil for most of my design needs now. No waiting for the freelancer to get back to me. Be it social media images, landing page graphics or simple infographics, I can design them myself and actually enjoy the process.

Pros

\- the quality of the templates - re-sizing features (e.g. from Facebook post image to Twitter image in a split second) - stock images included - Buffer integration

Cons

\- the folders are not that usable - a collage feature would be nice - sometimes the browser editor is stuck

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DS

Debra S.  
Owner Social Bee Marketing  
Online Media  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great Software & Value! "

April 19, 2019

5.0

I have a variety of clients from restaurants to real estate agents and Stencil makes it so easy to cover them all.

Pros

Stencil is my 'go-to' graphic design tool! I use it multiple times a day, as a Social Media Manager, creating content for clients. It is very easy and adaptable for every size of your graphic design needs. With tons of templates, photos, and fonts I can get in and get out and on to the next task.

Cons

I wish they had a tool for font spacing, not just line height and the only other thing I would really like to see is mulitple page design palate for IG Stories. As it is now you can only create one at a time unless I am just not seeing another option.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Director of Marketing and Communications  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Stencil is the design software for all skill levels"

April 18, 2019

5.0

Design, quick design and multiple users able to create design content on the fly.

Pros

The formatted social image specs, stock imagery that is readily available and variant options for text editing.

Cons

Limits on stock imagery, types of text and just creative options. More will be developed as time goes on though.

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