Embird vs Embroidery Legacy Digitizing Software
Embird
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| Figure | Embird | Embroidery Legacy Digitizing Software |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 14 | 1 |
| Spec score · Embroidery Design Software | 8.8 (#4) | 7.6 (#18) |
| Purpose | Embird is modular software for machine embroidery digitizing, quilting, and customization. | The software is for creating custom embroidery designs through digitizing. |
| Refund policy | The maker advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee after the purchased software is deactivated. | The product page offers a 14-day, no-questions-asked full money-back guarantee. |
| Support | The maker lists support and training resources, including text tutorials, video tutorials, and a contact page. | Support is available by email and phone during weekday office hours, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. |
| System requirements | The product page lists Windows compatibility, at least 2 GB RAM and 1920×1024 display resolution; Mac use requires Wine or Parallels. | The vendor recommends a 64-bit, 2 GHz multicore Intel or AMD processor, 8 GB RAM and 1 GB of disk space. |
Plans
Embird
- Pre-digitized Alphabets$15, paid once
- Pre-digitized Alphabets$15, paid once
- Iconizer$20, paid once
- Iconizer$20, paid once
- Cross Stitch$75, paid once
- Cross Stitch$75, paid once
- Sfumato Stitch$90, paid once
- Sfumato Stitch$90, paid once
- Font Engine$145, paid once
- Font Engine$145, paid once
Embroidery Legacy Digitizing Software
- Embroidery Legacy Digitizing Software$1,399, paid once
In their own words
Embird
Embird is modular software for machine embroidery digitizing, quilting and customization. Its Basic program resizes, splits, edits, displays, prints and converts embroidery designs. The maker lists support for more than 70 embroidery file formats and 20 home and industrial machine brands. Optional plug-ins add digitizing, lettering, cross-stitch design and conversion of TrueType fonts into embroidery. Embird Basic costs $149, paid once, with plug-ins sold separately; listed plug-in prices range from $15, paid once for Pre-digitized Alphabets, billed per alphabet, to $150, paid once for Digitizing Tools. The demo runs for up to 30 days or 100 runs, and some plug-in demos restrict saving or available characters. Embird is a 32-bit and 64-bit Windows application; the download page lists Embird 2026 for Windows 11 and previous versions. For Mac OS X, the maker describes using the Windows software with Wine or Parallels Desktop. Support resources include text and video tutorials, training and a contact page. One license password may be used on two computers owned by the license holder if no one else uses the software on them.
Embroidery Legacy Digitizing Software
Embroidery Legacy Digitizing Software has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.