Highlightly vs FigPad

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Highlightly compared with FigPad
Detail	Highlightly	FigPad
What it does	Turn articles, PDFs, and transcripts into source-backed social media graphics and captions	AI scientific figure generator for researchers
Stage	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free plan with 20 credits. Pro: $15/month with 200 credits/month. Creator: $39/month with 800 credits/month. Agency: $99/month with 3,000 credits/month. Annual billing saves 20%. Source ingestion costs 6 credits for Faithful Extract, 8 for Clean Rewrite, 10 for Research Brief. Article search costs 2	Starter Pack: $12 one-time for 95 credits (approx. 47 figures); Standard Pack: $39 one-time for 350 credits (approx. 175 figures); Heavy Pack: $99 one-time for 1,050 credits (approx. 525 figures); Lab Pack: $249 one-time for 3,000 credits (approx. 1,500 figures). One generation costs 2 credits, conv
Key features	Extract quotes, stats, and hooks from articles, PDFs, and transcripts Multi-format input: article URLs, PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, YouTube transcripts, text paste, and article search Pre-filled quote cards, stat cards, carousels, and screenshots Brand kit application across all assets Multiple export ratios for different platforms Platform-specific captions for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Reddit Screenshot capture, slicing, and annotation LinkedIn carousel sequence builder Session auto-save and cloud sync AI-powered carousel and graphic generation	Text-to-figure generation for mechanisms, pathways, and workflows Sketch-to-figure conversion from hand-drawn drafts and flowcharts Reference-guided styling to adopt publication figure styles Full editing canvas for labels, colors, and layout refinement Layered SVG export with independently editable elements PPTX export for direct insertion into presentations PDF and Word document conversion to posters Publication certificate for journal submission verification Multiple AI image models including Nano Banana Pro Credit packs that never expire
What makes it different	Real quotes and stats extracted from actual sources with no hallucination Source-backed extraction preserves attribution and credibility One source becomes a full content kit in under 60 seconds Automatic brand consistency applied across all assets Ready-to-edit templates reduce design time from 2 hours to seconds	Layered SVG output keeps text, arrows, and shapes separately editable unlike traced spline groups Publication rights included on all plans with verifiable certificates Significantly lower cost per figure than FigureLabs AI-native workflow generates figures in seconds versus manual assembly User content not used to train AI models with encrypted storage
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
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Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	16 −1 (down) since last check	22 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	21	6
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	27
Referring domains (Majestic)	85	42

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