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Designrr Review: Price, Features and Score

Designrr at a glance: $297 a year, on web. Below are its plans, what its own site says it does for an author, its score and the products to compare it with. We did not test it ourselves; the data was checked on October 14, 2026.

Prices and data checked October 14, 2026 · Author Score computed by a published formula, not paid for

Designrr on the BookBird Author Score

Author Score · book formatting · #11 of 12 ·

Best for: Authors wanting a web-based ebook layout tool on a monthly subscription

BookBird Author Score5.4/10 #11 of 12 book formatting. Worked out from Designrr’s own pages, its price and US searches for its name, not typed in. Author jobs50 pts31.3/50Each of the 8 author jobs on the book formatting list is worth an equal share of 50 points, and counts only when Designrr’s own pages confirm it. 5 of 8 confirmed = 31.3 points. A job the vendor does not mention earns nothing.Cost25 pts5/25Designrr costs $297 a year on its cheapest plan. Free earns 25 points; the dearest book formatting product with a US price, Designrr at $297 a year, keeps 5; prices in between fall in a straight line. $297 = 5 points.Adoption25 pts17.4/25Searches, 20 points: 4,400 a month for “designrr”, against Adobe InDesign, the most searched in this category (22,200), on a log scale = 16.8. Trend, 5 points: down 38% (last three months against the first three of the year) = 0.6; a fall of half or more earns 0, no change 2.5, a rise of half or more 5. 53.6 of 100 points= 5.4 out of 10 The full method, with every product’s points →

Author jobs, from Designrr’s own pages

  • Yes: EPUB for ebook stores
  • Yes: Print-ready PDF in KDP trim sizes
  • Yes: Ready-made book designs
  • Not stated: Device and print preview (not stated)
  • Yes: Imports a Word file
  • Yes: Front and back matter
  • Not stated: Full-bleed images (not stated)
  • Not stated: Several editions from one file (not stated)

Designrr pricing

Subscription. The plans as Designrr’s own site listed them on October 14, 2026, in US dollars:

  • Standard: $29 a month (no EPUB/Kindle export listed on this tier)
  • Pro: $39 a month (adds Kindle/iBooks/EPUB export and cover designs)
  • Premium: $49 a month (pricing page figure; the checkout linked from the same page shows $37/month. Print books (KDP) are Premium-only per the help center)
  • Premium (annual): $297 a year (shown only on the checkout page linked from pricing, marked a 48% discount)
  • Business: $99 a month (contact-us button)
  • Agency Premium: $249 a month (5+ seats, client interface; contact-us button)

Pricing page lists monthly prices only (an Annual tab exists but holds no prices). The Premium checkout page shows $0 due today, $37/month or $297/year, all in USD, which conflicts with the $49 on the pricing page. Pricing page mentions cancelling a trial but never states its length. 30-day refund window per the help center.

What Designrr offers

From Designrr’s own pages, checked on October 14, 2026:

  • Imports content from Word DOCX, Google Docs, web pages and PDF
  • 100 to 300+ project templates depending on plan, 200+ cover designs
  • One-click table of contents with nested headings and page numbers
  • PDF and EPUB output; EPUB export starts on the Pro plan
  • Print books for KDP on Premium: 6x9 default and other KDP trim sizes, interior PDF plus wrap cover with spine
  • Hosted flipbooks and live ebooks with embedded audio and video
  • Wordgenie AI content writer and, on Premium, an AI image generator
  • Video and audio transcription hours on Premium and higher

Runs on: web. Exports: PDF, EPUB and HTML. Needs an internet connection. Launched: 2016.

Who Designrr suits, and what its pages do not say

Best for: Authors wanting a web-based ebook layout tool on a monthly subscription.

Not confirmed on Designrr’s pages when we checked: device and print preview, full-bleed images and several editions from one file. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.

About 4,400 people a month search Google in the US for “designrr”, down 38% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).

Designrr alternatives

SoftwareScorePrice fromBest for
Draft2Digital9.0Free planAuthors wanting free EPUB and paperback PDF, publishing wide or not
Atticus8.9$147 one-timeSelf-publishers who write and format in one app, any OS
Kindle Create8.6FreeKDP authors wanting free, simple formatting for text-heavy books
Vellum8.6$199.99 one-timeMac-based authors formatting many books for a one-time price
Bookow7.4$80 one-timeAuthors wanting a typeset KDP-ready interior per book, no software

Compare: All book formatting · All software for authors

Designrr questions

How much does Designrr cost?

$297 a year. Designrr lists 6 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.

What does Designrr run on?

web, according to its own site.

What file formats can Designrr export?

PDF, EPUB and HTML, according to its own site.

How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Designrr’s own site on October 14, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.