Lunacy vs MediBang Paint

Lunacy is a graphic design app and platform for power users and teams, with desktop and web use and online and offline modes. Its tools include auto layouts, real-time collaboration, components, variables, and prototyping. Built-in icons, illustrations, photos, and UI kits provide assets, while AI tools include an image upscaler, background remover, text generator, and avatar generator. Lunacy works natively with.sketch files and can import documents from Figma. Users can work with local documents without an internet connection or deploy its private cloud on-premises or on a VPS. Private-cloud controls include access management, single sign-on, detailed logs, data recovery, and administrator-approved updates. On-premises customers manage their own server and backups; VPS customers can manage backups or delegate them to Icons8 engineers. The free plan allows up to 10 cloud documents and 10 editors or exporters, with 30 days of version history. Paid plans include Personal cloud at $4.99 a month and Professional team at $4.99 a month. The features page says third-party integrations are not currently planned.

MediBang Paint is an illustration app for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Its tools support illustration and comic creation, including panel layouts, speech balloons, and a character library. Finished work can be exported in MDP, PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF, PSD, TIF, and WebP formats. A free plan is available, while paid plans add cloud storage. MediBang Premium (20GB) costs ¥300 a month, and the listed storage plans extend through 100GB, 300GB, 500GB, 1TB, and 1.5TB. The 1.5TB option costs ¥5,000 a month. These paid plans are listed at web prices with automatic renewal. The app includes illustration tools but does not offer a template library, presentation design, a brand kit, or real-time collaboration. MediBang Paint is the maker, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.