POLOTNO SDK VS DESIGN HUDDLE
Polotno SDK vs Design Huddle – embedded editor vs hosted creative platform
Neutral comparison of Polotno SDK and Design Huddle across philosophy, architecture, automation, rendering, features, industries, and pricing.
Polotno SDK embeds a customizable editor in your product; Design Huddle provides a hosted design platform with templates and generation tools. Use the editor when you need in‑product creation and schema‑driven automation. Use the hosted platform when you prefer managed templates and server‑side generation.
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Core philosophy
Polotno SDK centers on control in your app. You own UI, roles, and data. Projects are one JSON schema, so the same model powers editing and automation. Rendering can be in the browser, on your servers, or via the Polotno Cloud Render API without changing project data. Plans are on Request API key.
Design Huddle focuses on a managed environment with hosted templates and workflows. Teams create and manage assets in the vendor account and generate outputs via integrations or API.
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Architecture and integration
Polotno SDK runs as a JavaScript editor inside your product. Integrate auth, asset libraries, and custom logic. Rendering modes are interchangeable — browser, self‑hosted, or cloud — under one schema and API surface. For element‑level control, see the video element schema; the image element and the text element follow the same pattern.
Design Huddle integrates as a hosted service. Templates and rendering live on the platform; your app exchanges data and retrieves URLs.
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Automation and templating
Polotno SDK uses JSON to define every element and supports reusable [templates](https://polotno.com/docs/templates
). Create or modify projects from code, feed variables from your data, or integrate AI systems, then render locally, self‑hosted, or in the cloud.
Design Huddle automates by applying parameters to hosted templates and running generation server‑side.
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Rendering and export
Polotno SDK supports in‑browser, self‑hosted, and Cloud Render API. Export PNG, JPEG, PDF, PPTX, GIF, and MP4; see import and export for details.
Design Huddle renders on its infrastructure; generation capacity and formats depend on plan features.
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Feature scope
Polotno SDK
Embeddable editor for images, templates, documents, and video
Schema‑level motion, animation, and element styling
Export to PNG, JPEG, PDF, PPTX, GIF, MP4 via browser, self‑hosted, or cloud
Design Huddle
Hosted template management and asset creation
API and integrations for generation and delivery
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Use cases
Polotno SDK
SaaS and MarTech: in‑product editors and automated campaign creatives
eCommerce: PDP visuals, labels, and short video ads from catalog data
Social platforms: built‑in post and story creation with scheduled exports
Education and training: course visuals with self‑hosted rendering
Real estate and print/DAM: listing sheets, flyers, and documents with on‑prem or cloud export
Design Huddle
Marketing automation: create image variants from forms or feeds
Content ops: quick social graphics via hosted templates and export endpoints
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Feature comparison
Capability | Polotno SDK | Design Huddle |
|---|---|---|
Primary model | Embeddable editor + JSON schema | Hosted templates + platform workflows |
Editor inside your app | Yes (customizable UI) | No (hosted editor) |
Automation | Programmatic via schema and code | Template parameters and integrations |
Rendering modes | Browser, self‑hosted, cloud | Hosted service only |
Media types | Images, video, documents | Images (some video support varies by plan) |
Templates | Schema‑based in your product | Hosted in vendor account |
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Pricing and licensing
Polotno SDK
Polotno SDK is licensed as a self‑hosted, embeddable SDK. Self‑Serve license starts at $899. Enterprise licensing is a custom quote that typically starts in the low five figures. Pricing scales based on integration criticality and commercial surface area, not number of users. See Request API key.
Design Huddle
Subscription pricing for hosted usage; generation limits and features vary by plan.
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Conclusion
Polotno SDK gives you an embeddable editor and a single schema for editing and automation across browser, self‑hosted, and cloud rendering. Design Huddle provides a managed platform for template‑based creation and server‑side generation.