Boldbobbin vs StitchConsole

Boldbobbin is an embroidery digitizing workspace for creating and editing machine-ready designs. Its auto-digitizing tool turns images into editable embroidery designs, and the software also offers photostitch and a pixel art editor. The editor supports parametric modeling, running stitch, satin columns, tatami fill, and special fills. Users can import their own fonts and adjust how each letter stitches. Exports include machine formats such as PES, PEC, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, and U01, as well as SVG and PNG. The site lists compatibility references including Brother, Bernina, Janome, Elna, Pfaff, Husqvarna Viking, BAI, Tajima, Ricoma, and Baby Lock. Designs can be stored in the cloud and shared by URL for browser viewing. The free Personal plan is for non-commercial use, with six fonts and cloud storage for ten designs; image and video exports have a watermark, but machine files do not. Pro permits commercial sales of embroidered goods and exported machine files, but native.vemb project files cannot be resold standalone. Pro is $21 per month, billed yearly at $252.

StitchConsole is a browser-based studio for creating and editing embroidery designs. Its free plan includes run, satin, and fill stitch tools, editable pen and Bezier paths, underlay, pull compensation, density controls, and object auto-splitting. The image converter turns artwork into editable stitch objects; the first ten conversions are free, and images are read in the browser. It opens around thirty embroidery machine formats and exports DST, PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, PEC, XXX, U01, TBF, and PMV. Users can inspect stitch simulation, measurements, colour lists, and stitch counts before export. The free plan allows unlimited designs, with ten designs synced at a time and ten image conversions. Pro costs $19 a month and adds lettering, appliqué, motif fill and run, program split, unlimited auto-digitize, AI Assist, optimisers, bulk export, and an unlimited cloud library. The app runs in a browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS without an installer or plugin. Auto-digitizing works best with flat artwork; gradients and photographs do not convert well.