Shopify product personalizer comparisonKastomise vs Zakeke
Zakeke is the most complete platform here: a 2D designer with a live 3D preview, a 3D configurator, AR, AI tools and over 80 languages across a dozen platforms, from US$69.90 a month plus 1.5–1.9% of every item sold. Kastomise does less, for less: a free plan, no fees on your sales, CMYK print files with an embedded colour profile on every plan, and a 3D view of the finished design on Pro.
Zakeke details checked 12 October 2026 on its own website and Shopify App Store listing — sources.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Kastomise if…
- You don’t want a percentage of every sale going to your personalizer: Kastomise has no per-order fees.
- You want CMYK PDFs with an embedded colour profile on every plan, not only the higher tiers.
- You want a free plan to start, and to pay by product configs rather than by revenue.
- Designs must stay on brand: your fonts and layouts, on an exact print area with cutouts or fixed items.
- You run a headless Hydrogen storefront and want a ready-made React component.
Choose Zakeke if…
- You want the 3D model to update live while shoppers design, or a 3D configurator for parts and materials.
- You want AR or virtual try-on.
- You need AI tools, clipart, templates, conditional pricing rules or many storefront languages.
- You sell natively on many platforms, from WooCommerce and PrestaShop to Amazon.
- You fulfil through Printful, CustomCat or other print-on-demand partners.
Kastomise vs Zakeke at a glance
| Feature | Kastomise | Zakeke |
|---|---|---|
| Paid plans | Core from A$69 a month (US$50 through Shopify), Pro with 3D from A$179 a month (US$127 through Shopify), Studio with the 3D teaser from A$319 a month (US$223 through Shopify). Priced by the number of product configs. | Starter US$69.90 (10 products), Grow US$129.90 (50 products) and Scale US$299.90 (100 products) a month, or 15% less billed yearly. Enterprise is quoted. |
| Per-order fees | None. | Yes: 1.9% (Starter), 1.7% (Grow) or 1.5% (Scale) of each item sold through Zakeke, excluding tax and shipping. None on Enterprise. |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan: one product config, no time limit, no card. Paid plans have no separate trial. | 14-day free trial, no card. Its free plan is for Shopify development stores only. |
| Where it works | Shopify, as a theme app block with no code. Any other store or marketplace (WooCommerce, Etsy, Wix, BigCommerce) through a Kastomise-hosted page and a design code. | Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, PrestaShop, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, Etsy, Amazon and more, plus an API. |
| Headless Shopify (Hydrogen) | Yes: one React component and a cart route. | Hydrogen isn’t mentioned; its API page says it works with headless set-ups. |
| Photo upload | JPG, PNG or HEIC. One photo, two side by side, or a grid of four; drag and zoom. No rotate or filters. | JPEG, PNG, SVG, PDF, EPS or AI files up to 50 MB, with filters, adjustments, frames, shape masks and rotate. |
| AI photo tools | None. | Background remover, image and design generators and a vectoriser, paid for with AI credits. |
| Text and fonts | Shoppers type their text and pick its colour and alignment, within your character limits. You set the font, including your own uploaded fonts. | You upload fonts and choose which appear; shoppers pick fonts, curve text and add strokes, gradients, shadows or TextArt. |
| Clipart and design templates | None. | An image and clipart gallery, editable design templates, and a premium stock-photo library. |
| Live preview | Live 2D preview on your real print area, with cutouts and fixed items (like a medal) shown. | Live 2D designer, with a 3D preview that updates as the shopper designs. |
| 3D and AR | Pro: the finished design on a 3D model of your product, with a colour picker for each area. Studio adds a 3D teaser in your product gallery. You supply the .glb or .gltf model. No AR. | On every plan: live 3D preview, a 3D configurator for parts, colours and materials, and AR on supported phones. Virtual try-on is a paid add-on. You supply the model (glTF/GLB, FBX or OBJ) or ask Zakeke for a modelling quote. |
| Print-ready files | A CMYK PDF for each print area, with an embedded colour profile and a transparent background, at 72–600 PPI (300 by default). Download from the dashboard. | PDF, PNG, SVG and DXF at 300 DPI by default, adjustable per printing method. CMYK or Pantone output with an embedded ICC profile needs Grow or above. |
| Print areas | Several print areas per product, in any shape, with cutouts or fixed items the design must avoid. | As many sides and print areas as you like, with irregular shapes from a mask or a PDF. |
| Options, conditional logic, add-on pricing | Shoppers choose between the customisation types you set up. No conditional logic or add-on pricing; charge for personalisation through a Shopify variant. | Extra options with conditional show-and-hide and price changes; pricing rules (by text length, colours, sides, size) on Grow and above; conditional rules on Scale. |
| Print-on-demand integrations | None: you print from the files. | Printful, CustomCat and Printeers built in; Gelato, Printify and others through Order Desk. |
| Languages | English. You can rename the Customise button and write your own label for every step. | Over 80 languages, with the customizer following your store’s language. |
| Done-for-you setup | Yes, as a paid service, quoted separately. | Its support team can help with configuration; 3D modelling is quoted. Enterprise includes an account manager. |
| Shopify App Store reviews | New: listed in September 2026, no reviews yet. | 4.5 from 101 reviews. Listed since November 2017. |
The differences that decide it
A share of every sale or a flat plan
On top of its monthly plan, Zakeke takes 1.5–1.9% of each item sold through it, so US$10,000 of personalised sales in a month adds US$190 on Starter. Kastomise has no per-order fees on any plan.
3D: Zakeke goes further
Zakeke’s 3D preview updates while the shopper designs, its 3D configurator handles parts and materials, and it supports AR. Kastomise shows the finished design on a 3D model at the review step, with a colour picker for each area (Pro), and a 3D teaser in your gallery (Studio).
Colour-managed print files on every plan
Every Kastomise plan produces a CMYK PDF for each print area, with an embedded colour profile, at the resolution you set. Zakeke’s files are RGB unless you’re on Grow (US$129.90 a month) or above, where CMYK or Pantone output with an ICC profile is available.
Breadth: AI tools, templates and languages
Zakeke includes AI tools, clipart, editable templates, pricing rules, print-on-demand links and over 80 languages. Kastomise has none of these and is in English; it focuses on placing the shopper’s own photos and text accurately on your print area.
Products or configs
Zakeke’s plans count published products: 10, 50 or 100. Kastomise counts product configs, and one config can be linked to as many products as you like, so a range of sizes or colours can share one.
Where each one works
Zakeke connects natively to about a dozen platforms and offers an API. Kastomise runs natively on Shopify, including headless Hydrogen stores, and its hosted page works with any other store through a design code.
Pricing compared
Zakeke’s plans are US$69.90 a month for 10 products (Starter), US$129.90 for 50 (Grow) and US$299.90 for 100 (Scale), or 15% less billed yearly, plus 1.9%, 1.7% or 1.5% of each item sold through Zakeke, excluding tax and shipping. Its 3D, AR and configurator tools are included in those prices, and its trial lasts 14 days. Kastomise is free for one product config, then starts at A$69 a month (US$50 through Shopify) for 5 product configs; its 3D view is on Pro, from A$179 a month (US$127 through Shopify). No Kastomise plan takes a fee on your sales.