Imgflip GIF Maker vs makegif

Imgflip GIF Maker is an online tool for turning images and video into animated GIFs. It can use video files, URLs, YouTube, Vimeo, and Giphy, and offers text, stickers, drawings, cropping, rotation, resizing, sound, and motion. Prompt-to-GIF creation is not supported. Users can save GIFs to an Imgflip account when logged in, or share them through links, downloads, phone apps, social media, and Imgflip communities.

The free plan supports video GIFs up to 24 seconds, 160 frames, 360x360 dimensions, and 12M total resolution. Image-to-GIF creation allows up to 1600 frames and 500x500 dimensions. Pro raises video limits to 1600 frames, 240 seconds, unlimited dimensions, and 240M total resolution; it also lists unlimited image frames and dimensions, watermark removal or customization, and ad removal. Pro costs $11.95 a month with yearly billing or $14.95 a month. Sound on video-based GIFs requires Pro.

makegif is a free browser-based tool for creating and editing animated GIFs on the web. It can build GIFs from JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP files and screenshots, or convert short videos supplied as local files or direct video URLs. Video conversion includes controls for duration, size, frame rate and quality, with a 200MB maximum file size and a 5–30 fps range. Frame tools let users reorder or reverse frames, remove frames, and set one delay globally or different delays per frame. Separate cropper and resizer pages handle animated GIFs and list a 30MB file limit. Exports are watermark-free. Files used in browser tools are intended to stay local in the browser unless a feature says otherwise. The site may collect basic analytics, including visits, device type and referrer data. makegif is independently maintained, and its tools are provided as-is.