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Gradients Studio vs Xakto

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Gradients Studio compared with Xakto
DetailGradients Studio logo Gradients StudioXakto logo Xakto
What it doesMesh gradient generator with real grain Inspect and edit any website like a design tool, then hand the changes to your coding agent
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given NZ
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: $0 with 5 4K exports per month and 3 saved palettes. Pro: $39 for 12 months with unlimited 4K exports and 50 saved palettes, one-time payment. Week Pass: $9 for 7 days with unlimited 4K exports, one-time payment. Free: $0 forever, no card or account required. Pro: $59 a year (about $4.92 a month billed yearly), or monthly subscription available. Lifetime: $149 once, for the first six months or 200 buyers, includes every 1.x version and version 2 at half price. Team: $12 a seat, a month, from three seats, com
Key features
  • Three gradient styles: blobs, stripes, and clouds
  • Real grain rendering at export resolution
  • Pixel and dither finishes
  • 4K JPEG export with no watermark
  • Color, blur, contrast and saturation controls
  • Palette saving and reuse
  • MCP server integration for coding agents
  • Free and unmetered previews in MCP clients
  • Commercial use on all plans
  • Figma integration via export and background image
  • Inspect CSS, Tailwind, React and HTML
  • Edit the live page like a design tool
  • Check WCAG 2.2 AA and usability heuristics
  • Clone pages to React, Figma, PDF or HTML
  • Extract design system as DESIGN.md and W3C design tokens
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other coding agents
  • Full site scan
  • Annotations and reports
  • Page export to Figma, PDF, HTML, CSS, PNG, JPG
What makes it different
  • Grain is rendered into the image at full resolution, not pasted on top, so it survives JPEG compression, scaling and print
  • Preview matches the 4K export exactly; what you tune on a laptop is what lands on the monitor
  • Pay once, never auto-renews; no subscription required
  • Free tier is genuinely useful with 5 full-resolution 4K exports monthly
  • Hand changes directly to your coding agent over MCP
  • All work stays on your computer, no server reads your pages
  • Founding price locked for life, no surprise subscription increases
  • Pay once with Lifetime option including version 2 at half price
  • Full refund within 14 days, no questions asked
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)35 +2 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)80
Citation Flow (Majestic)1912
Referring domains (Majestic)131

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