What Chuangkit does

Chuangkit (创客贴), legally Beijing Yiyuanku Technology Co., Ltd. (北京艺源酷科技有限公司), is a Beijing-based cloud-based visual design and marketing content platform founded in 2014. The company operates a freemium online design platform that enables individuals, small and medium businesses, and enterprise teams to create professional-quality graphic designs — including posters, social media graphics, resumes, PPTs, logos, business cards, and print materials — through a drag-and-drop template interface backed by a library of 100 million+ original templates, 1 billion+ copyright-eligible materials, and 150,000+ illustration elements.

The platform's technology stack integrates generative AI (text-to-image, image-to-image, AI logo, AI product images, one-sentence design generation), computer vision (batch background removal, intelligent object elimination, image clarity enhancement, watermark removal, lossless resize), and workflow automation (brand compliance detection, multi-user collaboration, approval workflows). These capabilities are organized around three product pillars: the core consumer/SMB design platform with the AI Toolbox, the Enterprise Flagship Version / Content Middle Platform serving 150+ Fortune 500 customers, and supporting services including Chuang Haowu (创好物) printing customization, custom design services, and the Open Platform API integrated by 5,000+ partner platforms.

Chuangkit generates revenue through four streams: tiered subscriptions (Free, General, Collaboration, Flagship), professional custom design services, print production and merchandise sales through Chuang Haowu, and API/platform licensing to third-party SCRM, live streaming, e-commerce, and marketing automation partners. The company has raised approximately $14.3 million in disclosed equity funding across rounds in 2016, 2019 ($4.33M led by Gobi Partners), 2020 ($10M led by WPS Office), and 2022, with a headcount of 11-50 employees and a customer footprint of 100 million+ registered users, 200,000+ enterprise business users, and 150+ enterprise logos spanning media, banking, energy, automotive, real estate, FMCG, and education verticals.

Name

Chuangkit

Legal name

北京艺源酷科技有限公司

Website

https://chuangkit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chuangkit (创客贴) is a Beijing-based cloud-based visual design platform offering AI-powered graphic design tools, template libraries, and an enterprise content platform to individuals, SMBs, and 150+ Fortune 500 customers, with revenue from subscriptions, custom design services, printing, and an API used by 5,000+ partner platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Graphic Design Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Creative, Content Production & Ad Ops Tools (BPAMALAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Content & Creative Studio for Creators (Concepting/Production) (MPAAAHAD)

Keywords

• Online graphic design
• AI design tools
• Template design platform
• Visual content creation
• Enterprise design collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscription Membership: Tiered subscription model with Free, General (通用版), Collaboration (协作版), and Flagship (旗舰版) tiers. Free version for basic use, paid tiers unlock watermark-free downloads, team collaboration, brand management, and broader commercial licenses.
2. Custom Design Services: Professional custom design services for enterprises including brand design, marketing materials, packaging, and print production. Features dedicated project managers and design teams.
3. Print Production: One-stop printing and production services for designed materials including marketing collateral, packaging, and promotional items.
4. Open Platform API: API access and platform licensing for enterprise partners to integrate Chuangkit's design capabilities into their own products and platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Chuangkit operates a cloud-based visual design and marketing content platform that lets users create professional-quality graphic designs (posters, social media graphics, PPTs, logos, print materials) via drag-and-drop templates augmented by AI-powered generation, image editing, and copywriting tools. It serves individuals, SMBs, and enterprise teams through tiered subscriptions, and extends its capabilities to third-party platforms via an open API and to enterprise customers through custom design services and an integrated Content Middle Platform.

Product overview

Chuangkit (创客贴) is a cloud-based visual design and marketing content platform positioned as a one-stop solution for individuals, SMBs, and enterprise teams. The core platform is the online design tool enabling drag-and-drop creation of posters, social media graphics, resumes, PPTs, business cards, and print materials using 100万+ templates. The product portfolio is organized around three pillars: (1) the core design platform with AI-enhanced tools (AI工具箱 including smart cutout, AI product images, AI logo, AI collage, image translation, and batch design); (2) enterprise solutions under the 企业旗舰版 (Content Middle Platform / 内容中台) featuring 创意供给平台, 智能创意生产, 创意资产管理, 工作流协同, 创意内容分发, 品牌合规检测, 全员营销, plus the 聚屏赋能 screen marketing module and 视频协作 video collaboration module; and (3) supporting services including 定制设计 custom design service, 创好物 printing and AI creation platform, 开放平台 API for third-party integrations, and 渠道合作 channel partnership program. The platform integrates generative AI for design automation, computer vision for image processing, and workflow automation for enterprise content governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 创好物: One-stop printing customization and AI creation platform under Chuangkit, offering printing, packaging, and cultural creative products
• 创客贴企业旗舰版 (Chuangkit Enterprise Flagship)
• 创客贴AI

Products and services

• Chuangkit Online Design Platform (创客贴) Web-based visual design platform enabling users to create professional-quality graphic designs — including posters, social media graphics, resumes, PPTs, logos, and print materials — using drag-and-drop templates without prior design skills. Targets individuals, SMBs, and enterprise teams.
• AI Toolbox (AI工具箱) Suite of AI-powered design tools covering image processing (background removal, object elimination, image clarity enhancement, inpainting, watermark removal, lossless resize, outpainting), smart design generation (one-sentence design, character posters, daily sign cards, product images, covers, collages), AI painting (text-to-image, image-to-image, photo-to-cartoon, picture book generation, character generation, line-drawing coloring, pose recognition), and AI copywriting.
• Enterprise Flagship Version / Content Middle Platform (企业旗舰版 / 内容中台) Enterprise-grade visual marketing platform for medium-to-large enterprises delivering content production, content management, content distribution, customized visual design, and AIGC intelligent design in a single platform. Modules include creative supply platform, smart creative production, creative asset management, workflow collaboration, creative content distribution, brand compliance detection, and full-staff marketing. Supports custom development and broad commercial licensing.
• Chuangkit Open Platform / API Public API platform enabling partner platforms and enterprise users to integrate Chuangkit's online design capabilities. Supports embedding via code snippets, partner-uploaded templates, and cross-platform design creation (PC, App, Mini-program, H5). Covers template editing, image generation, brand asset management, and design collaboration features for marketing tools, office software, e-commerce, and live-streaming platforms.
• Custom Design Service (定制设计) Professional custom design service for enterprise clients providing scalable, high-quality creative design by an in-house design team. Covers marketing posters, banners, brand design, e-commerce design, business presentations, IP/character design, UI/web design, and KV/long-form comic design.
• Chuang Haowu (创好物) One-stop printing customization and AI creation platform covering printing production, cultural creative merchandise, and print material procurement with online ordering. Operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary platform extending Chuangkit into print-on-demand services.
• Screen Marketing (聚屏赋能) In-store digital screen marketing tool enabling central management of store screens, remote content push, and dynamic digital signage for offline retail environments. Sold as part of the enterprise flagship offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• Content production efficiency increased significantly with AI design tools enabling 1-minute design creation
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Visual China (视觉中国)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for commercial image licensing. Visual China provides millions of commercial images for Chuangkit's platform, ensuring copyright compliance for users.
• Founder Fonts (方正字体)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for font licensing. Founder Fonts provides 800+ commercial fonts for Chuangkit's platform with proper licensing.
• NetEase Cloud Business (网易云商)majorTechnology or IntegrationSCRM product integrating Chuangkit API to provide marketing poster templates for SME customers within NetEase platform.
• Star Cloud Guest (星云有客)majorTechnology or IntegrationOmnichannel marketing platform integrating Chuangkit API to offer design capabilities to internet entrepreneurs and students.
• Qi Liang SCRM (企量SCRM)majorTechnology or IntegrationSCRM platform integrating Chuangkit for template center and asset library to help sales teams access and share marketing materials.
• Die Dai (蝶代)majorTechnology or IntegrationHealthcare operations platform for hospitals integrating Chuangkit API for marketing material creation.
• Lizhi Weike (荔枝微课)majorTechnology or IntegrationOnline education live streaming platform integrating Chuangkit for course cover creation and design tools.
• PolyV (保利威)majorTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise video streaming service integrating Chuangkit API for custom brand elements, event pages, and marketing materials.
• Weizan (微赞)majorTechnology or IntegrationLive streaming platform integrating Chuangkit for design templates and resources accessible via drag-and-drop interface.
• Weihou (微吼)majorTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise video marketing platform serving 350,000+ enterprise customers integrating Chuangkit for design collaboration and brand management.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gaoding Design (稿定设计): Beijing-based online design SaaS platform serving Chinese SMBs, e-commerce merchants, and enterprise teams with templates, AI tools, and team collaboration. Direct competitor to Chuangkit with very similar product surface, pricing tiers, and target customer base.
• Canva: Global category leader in online graphic design with a freemium template-driven platform, AI design tools, and team/enterprise editions (Canva for Teams). Competes head-on with Chuangkit in product concept, business model, and feature set.
• Meitu Design Lab (美图设计室): Meitu's online design platform targeted at Chinese SMBs and e-commerce merchants, offering AI image editing, templates, and batch design tools. Overlaps directly with Chuangkit's AI toolbox, e-commerce design use cases, and Xiaohongshu/Douyin creator audience.
• Adobe Express: Adobe's freemium online design and content creation tool, bundled with Creative Cloud and powered by Adobe Firefly generative AI. Competes with Chuangkit across templates, brand management, AI design, and team collaboration workflows.
• Fotor: Online photo editing and graphic design platform with AI-powered tools, templates, and team features. Comparable to Chuangkit on AI image editing, design templates, and SMB/marketing-creator target audience.
• VistaCreate (formerly Crello): Template-driven online design platform with freemium model, video and animation features, and brand kit tools. Closely aligned with Chuangkit's product offering for individuals, SMBs, and marketing teams.

Emerging players

• Visme: Online design platform specializing in presentations, infographics, and data visualization with brand management and team collaboration. Partial overlap with Chuangkit's enterprise design and content-platform positioning.
• ZCOOL (站酷): Major Chinese design community and creative resource platform with growing tools and template offerings. Partial overlap with Chuangkit on templates, design resources, and creator/marketer audience in China.

Broad incumbents

• WPS Office (Kingsoft): Major Chinese office productivity suite and strategic Series B lead investor in Chuangkit. Serves as both adjacent incumbent (broader productivity portfolio) and distribution partner for Chuangkit design capabilities.
• Microsoft Designer: Microsoft's AI-powered design tool integrated with Microsoft 365 and Copilot. A broad-incumbent threat leveraging enterprise distribution and generative AI, competing with Chuangkit for AI-driven content creation workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Chuangkit