Embird vs Perfect Embroidery Pro
Embird
embird.netPerfect Embroidery Pro
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| Figure | Embird | Perfect Embroidery Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 14 | 1 |
| Spec score · Embroidery Design Software | 8.8 (#4) | 7.5 (#21) |
| Founded | 1997 | 1987 |
| Maker history | The maker says Embird has been developed by BALARAD, s.r.o. since 1997. | OESD says it began as a family-owned home embroidery business in 1987 and joined the BERNINA Textile Group in 1997. |
| Purpose | Embird is modular software for machine embroidery digitizing, quilting, and customization. | The product is professional-grade full-feature embroidery software for creating professional-quality embroidery. |
| Support | The maker lists support and training resources, including text tutorials, video tutorials, and a contact page. | OESD provides a help and support knowledge base with downloading help, FAQs, and software articles. |
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
Perfect Embroidery Pro
- Perfect Embroidery Pro Software$999, 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.
Perfect Embroidery Pro
Perfect Embroidery Pro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.