Honest comparison: PrintBlob vs Zakeke

How do PrintBlob and Zakeke compare at a glance?

	PrintBlob	Zakeke
What it is	A WordPress plugin; PrintBlob Pro is its paid add-on	A hosted service; its free WooCommerce plugin connects your shop to it
Where designs are made and kept	In your shop, on your server	On Zakeke’s servers, shown in your shop
Price	Free; Pro $69 a year or $99 once (limited-time offer until 31 December 2026)	Starter $59 a month billed yearly ($69.90 monthly); Grow $110 ($129.90); Scale $255 ($299.90); Enterprise on request
Fee on each sale	None	1.9% (Starter), 1.7% (Grow), 1.5% (Scale) of each customised product sold, at least $0.03
Products you can sell	The bundled t-shirt (free); your own products on your own photos (Pro)	10, 50 or 100 published products by plan
Print files	Pro: per printed side, a transparent PNG at 300 DPI, a vector PDF and an SVG at the print area’s exact size, and a CMYK PDF through your printer’s ICC profile	PDF, PDF with layers, PNG, DXF and BMP for engraving; CMYK and Pantone from Grow
3D and AR	Pro: a 3D view built from the product’s front and back photos	3D configurator, 3D models from a photo, AR viewer, virtual try-on
Templates and clipart	Pro: design templates, and a clipart library of your own art	Yes: templates, text effects, collage, artwork uploads in PDF, EPS and AI
Platforms	WooCommerce	WooCommerce, Shopify, PrestaShop and others from one account
Languages	43 languages	23+ languages in the customiser (its WordPress.org listing)
On WordPress.org	Listed since 16 October 2026	Listed since 8 June 2017: 1,000+ active installs, rated 4.7 out of 5 from 131 ratings

Where is Zakeke stronger?

• 3D, AR and try-on. Zakeke sells 3D configurators for made-to-order products, 3D models made from one product photo, an AR viewer and virtual try-on. PrintBlob Pro’s 3D view shows the garment with its design; it is not a configurator.
• Print production beyond PDF and PNG. Layered PDF, DXF and BMP for engraving and laser cutting, bleed and cut lines, Pantone as well as CMYK colour (Grow and up), and print files you can edit after the order.
• More for the customer to start from. Text effects, collages and uploads of PDF, EPS and AI artwork, beside templates with editable text and images.
• Many platforms and print-on-demand. One account serves WooCommerce, Shopify and other platforms, and Zakeke connects to Printful, Printeers and CustomCat.
• A long record. On WordPress.org since 2017, with 131 ratings averaging 4.7 out of 5.

Where is PrintBlob stronger?

• No monthly bill and no fee per sale. At 1.9%, a shop selling $5,000 a month of custom products pays Zakeke $95 in fees that month on top of its plan. PrintBlob Pro is $69 a year or $99 once (limited-time offer until 31 December 2026), whatever you sell.
• Everything stays in your shop. The designer runs in your WordPress; designs, previews, customers’ images and print files are kept with the order on your own server, with no outside account to keep paying for.
• A free plugin you can run for real. PrintBlob on WordPress.org takes front-printed t-shirt orders in every colour you sell and keeps each order’s design, with no time limit and nothing locked.
• Made for today’s WordPress. The most modern product designer for WooCommerce: built in 2026 for WordPress 7, block-theme native, 3D from your own photos, and no monthly or per-sale fees.
• Print files at the exact print size. PrintBlob Pro renders each printed side as a 300 DPI PNG, a vector PDF and an SVG at the print area’s size when the design goes into the cart, and for earlier orders from their saved designs.

What does PrintBlob not do that Zakeke does?

PrintBlob has no 3D configurator, AR or try-on, no layered PDF, DXF or BMP files, no Pantone colour, no uploads of PDF, EPS or AI artwork and no print-on-demand connection, and it runs only in WooCommerce. If your shop needs those, Zakeke or another tool on the alternatives page is the better fit.

Which should I choose?

• Choose Zakeke if you sell many kinds of made-to-order products, need 3D configurators or AR, engraving files or Pantone colour, or sell on several platforms, and the monthly plan and the fee on each sale work at your volume.
• Choose PrintBlob if you print garments yourself or with a local printer, want customers to design on your own product photos, and want a one-off or yearly price with no fee per sale and everything kept in your shop.

Sources

Every fact about Zakeke on this page comes from these pages; prices are in US dollars and change, so check them before you buy. PrintBlob’s facts come from PrintBlob’s pricing and its features.

• Zakeke pricing: plans, monthly and yearly prices, fees per sale, product limits, storage, Pantone and CMYK, templates, file uploads, 3D, AR and try-on, read 20 October 2026.
• Zakeke Interactive Product Designer for WooCommerce on WordPress.org: that it is a web service, its print file formats, print-on-demand connections and languages, read 20 October 2026. The listing says plans start at $29.90 a month; the pricing page above, read the same day, starts at $59, and this page quotes the pricing page.
• WordPress.org plugin API for Zakeke: version 4.3.11, 1,000+ active installs, a rating of 94 out of 100 (4.7 out of 5) from 131 ratings, listed 8 June 2017, read 20 October 2026.

The facts behind these comparisons, each with its source and the day it was read, are open on GitHub in the comparison data. If one is out of date, open an issue there with the page that shows the new one.