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Watermark.ws vs Watermarkly

Watermark up to 5,000 photos, videos, PDFs and Word documents in one edit on our servers, with protect patterns, filters, frames and an API. Watermarkly's free plan stops at 10 photos a day.

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  • Updated Nov 5, 2026

Watermark.ws adds text, logo and signature watermarks to up to 5,000 photos, videos, PDFs and Word documents in one edit, processed on our servers rather than on your phone or computer. Watermarkly watermarks photos, PDFs and videos on your device; its free plan stops at 10 photos a day, with a Watermarkly logo added, and its paid plan costs $19.95 a year or $39.95 once. Watermark.ws goes further on what it takes and what it can do: Word documents that stay .docx, 25 RAW formats and HEIC, animated GIFs, a signature logo maker, 12 protect patterns, 18 filters and 15 frames in the same edit, videos up to 4 hours on Ultimate, plus an API, a command line and an MCP connector for AI agents. Watermark.ws is free to use, and never puts its own watermark on your files on any plan. Premium, $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year, is for batches: more than one file in one edit, up to 5,000.

Feature by feature

Feature Watermark.ws Watermarkly
Batches and speed
Files per edit Yes Up to 5,000, on our servers Up to 10 photos a day on the free plan, 10 at a time; no number stated for the paid plan
Where files are processed Yes On our servers, so a big batch or a long video never slows down your device; originals never changed, finished edits kept 24 hours On your device, at its speed; only saved templates are stored
Files
Photos Yes JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, SVG, HEIC, PSD and 25 RAW formats, up to 100 MB Common photo formats; HEIC and RAW through separate converter tools
Videos Yes MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, WMV, FLV, 3GP, MPG and M4V, up to 2 GB; up to 4 hours on Ultimate MP4, MOV, MKV and AVI; no size or length stated, processed on your device
PDFs Yes Every page on paid plans, the first page free Every page, selected pages, or behind the content
Word documents Yes DOCX in, DOCX out, watermark in the page header No
Animated GIFs Yes Stay animated, watermark on every frame Crop, resize and compress only
Mixed batches Yes Photos, videos, PDFs and Word files in one edit One tool per file type
Watermark
Fonts Yes 600+ in 13 scripts, or upload your own TTF or OTF 900+ built in, 12 on the free plan
Signature logo Yes Type your name in one of 30 handwriting styles, alternate letters, tagline Type it in a handwriting font, or import a signature image
Protect patterns Yes 12 patterns that cover the whole photo A tiled watermark
Effects on the watermark Stroke, shadow, background box, ©, ® and ™, tiling with your own spacing 36 effects, 90 colors and gradients, 490+ graphic elements
Your files carry only your watermark Yes On every plan The free plan adds a Watermarkly logo
Editing
Photo editing in the same edit Yes Crop to 12 social sizes, resize, straighten, perspective, color, 18 filters, 15 frames Resize and rename on export; crop, blur and compress as separate tools
Workflows Yes Save several steps as one template Watermark templates, synced across devices
Output format The upload's format back; HEIC and RAW as JPG Convert to JPEG, PNG or WebP; keep or strip metadata
Platform
Apps Any modern browser; installs from the browser on phones and computers Web, iOS and Android apps; Visual Watermark for Windows and Mac
Import from Yes Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Facebook Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox
API and AI agents Yes REST API, command line, PHP SDK and an MCP connector; $1 free credit An API for blurring faces and license plates only
Price
Plans Free for one file per edit. Batches of up to 5,000 files need Premium, $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year; videos up to 4 hours need Ultimate, $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year Free with a Watermarkly logo; $19.95 for one year or $39.95 once, up to 10 devices

Pick Watermark.ws for batches: a whole shoot, a product catalog or a folder of contracts in one edit, up to 5,000 files, processed on our servers. It also takes Word documents, RAW and HEIC photos and GIFs, adds filters, frames and protect patterns in the same edit, watermarks videos up to 4 hours on Ultimate, and can be called from code or from an AI assistant.

Watermarkly and Visual Watermark are two products from the same company: Watermarkly is the web and phone app, Visual Watermark the desktop app for Windows and Mac. Watermark.ws is compared with Visual Watermark on its own page.

Watermarkly's features and prices as stated on its site on Nov 5, 2026: home page, pricing, video, PDF, free plan limits.

How it works

  1. Step 1: Upload Your Files

    Drag photos, videos, GIFs, PDFs or Word documents onto the page. Nothing to install.

  2. Step 2: Design Your Watermark

    Choose a text, logo or signature watermark. Set the font, size, opacity, position and tiling, and save it as a template.

  3. Step 3: Download Your Files

    Apply your watermark to all files at once, move it on single files where needed, then download everything as a zip.

Where Watermark.ws goes further

Word, RAW, HEIC and GIFs

Word documents stay .docx with the watermark in the page header, RAW and HEIC photos come back as JPG, and animated GIFs stay animated. Watermarkly's watermark tool takes photos, PDFs and videos.

Protect Patterns and Edits in One Go

Cover a photo with one of 12 patterns a crop cannot remove, or crop, resize, frame and filter it in the same edit as the watermark, and save the steps as a workflow for next time.

An API and an MCP Connector

Call the same processing from code with a REST API, a command line and a PHP SDK, or let Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant do it through the MCP connector. Watermarkly's API blurs faces and license plates only.

What Watermark.ws adds

  • Word documents stay WordUpload a .docx and get a .docx back, with your watermark in the page header, next to your photos, videos and PDFs.
  • RAW and HEIC straight from the cameraUpload 25 RAW formats, from CR2 and NEF to ARW and DNG, plus HEIC from a phone. They come back as JPG with your watermark, with no converter in between.
  • Protect patterns12 patterns that cover the whole photo, from fine lines to guilloché, so a crop cannot remove your mark.
  • Signature logos built inType your name, pick one of 30 handwriting styles, swap in alternate letters and add a tagline, without making the signature in another app.
  • Filters, frames and crops in one editAdd one of 18 filters or 15 frames, crop and resize in the same edit as the watermark, and save the steps as a workflow.
  • An API and an MCP connectorWatermark from your own code with the REST API, the command line or the PHP SDK, or let Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant do it through the MCP connector, with $1 of free credit.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between Watermark.ws and Watermarkly?
Watermark.ws watermarks up to 5,000 photos, videos, PDFs and Word documents in one edit on its servers. Watermarkly watermarks photos, PDFs and videos on your device, up to 10 photos a day on its free plan. Watermark.ws also takes RAW and HEIC photos and animated GIFs, adds filters, frames and protect patterns in the same edit, and has an API and an MCP connector for AI agents.
Is Watermark.ws a good Watermarkly alternative?
Yes. Watermark.ws takes up to 5,000 files per edit where Watermarkly's free plan stops at 10 photos a day, and it adds Word documents, RAW and HEIC photos, GIFs, protect patterns, photo editing in the same edit and an API, with no watermark of its own on your files on any plan.
Which is cheaper, Watermarkly or Watermark.ws?
Watermarkly costs $19.95 for a year or $39.95 once. Watermark.ws is free to use one file at a time; batches of up to 5,000 files need Premium, $49.99 a year, and videos up to 4 hours need Ultimate, $99.99 a year.
Does Watermarkly watermark Word documents?
No. Watermarkly watermarks photos, PDFs and videos. Watermark.ws takes a .docx and gives back a .docx with the watermark in the page header.
Does Watermarkly have an API?
Only for blurring faces and license plates. Watermark.ws has a REST API, a command line, a PHP SDK and an MCP server that Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants can use to watermark, resize and convert files.
Does the free version add its own logo?
Watermarkly adds a Watermarkly logo on the free plan. Watermark.ws never puts its own watermark on your files, on any plan. Its free plan downloads one file per edit, 30 seconds of a video and the first page of a document.
Are my files uploaded?
Watermark.ws uploads them and processes them on its servers; the originals are never changed and finished edits are kept for 24 hours. Watermarkly processes files on your device and stores only your saved templates.
Can Watermarkly watermark RAW or HEIC photos?
Its watermark tool does not list them; Watermarkly offers separate HEIC and RAW converters. Watermark.ws takes 25 RAW formats and HEIC directly and returns a watermarked JPG.

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