Design Shifu vs Flocksy: Which Unlimited Design Subscription Fits Your Team?

TL;DR

• Design Shifu sells a project cadence. Every plan delivers 1 project per day from your queue, six days a week. Higher tiers add more types of work, not more projects.
• Flocksy sells dedicated time. You buy 2 to 8+ hours of creative time per business day. Higher tiers add more hours.
• Price: Design Shifu costs $549/month ($458/month billed annually). Flocksy's entry plan costs $1,699/month ($1,199/month billed annually).
• Video: Flocksy includes video editing and motion on every plan. Design Shifu includes motion design and animation on its Scale plan only.
• The same on both: unlimited revisions, unlimited brands and team members, no contracts, and a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Prices change from time to time. Before you decide, check the current rates on the Design Shifu pricing page and the Flocksy pricing page.

Project Cadence vs Creative Hours: The Real Difference

Both services call themselves unlimited, and on requests and revisions they are. The real difference is what limits how much work you get each month.

Design Shifu: you know how many projects move forward each day

Your requests go into a queue. Your team finishes 1 project per day and delivers first drafts within 24 hours, Monday to Saturday. You can keep the queue as full as you like, and projects are completed in order.

Your output is predictable whether a request is simple or detailed. That suits teams that send a steady stream of similar-sized work.

Flocksy: you know how many hours you get each day

You buy a block of dedicated creative time for each business day. Flocksy tracks every minute, and you can see where the hours went in your portal.

How many requests that covers depends on how long each one takes. A quick social graphic uses a small part of your day. A video edit can take several days. That suits work that varies a lot in size from one request to the next.

Full Plan Lineup

Design Shifu plans

Annual billing works out to two months free.

Flocksy plans

Flocksy also offers quarterly billing and custom plans above 8 hours a day.

How Do Video and Motion Compare?

Video is where Flocksy has a clear advantage.

• Flocksy puts a video editor and a motion editor on your team from the 2-hour plan up. Video and motion are among the 140+ services on every plan.
• Design Shifu lists motion design and animation on its Scale plan. If your main need is editing raw product or social video footage, ask the Design Shifu team whether it's in scope before you subscribe.

If you only need motion now and then, such as animated social posts or simple explainer animations, Design Shifu's Scale plan ($1,099/month) may be enough. If video makes up a large share of your work each week, Flocksy is built for that.

What Does That Look Like in Practice?

These two scenarios are hypothetical. The hours given for each task are our own rough examples for illustration. They aren't performance claims or quotes from either provider, and real times depend on complexity and revisions.

Scenario 1: About 20 social graphics and ad variations a month

• Design Shifu Starter ($549/month): 1 project per day, six days a week, covers about 24–26 projects a month, so 20 requests fit with room to spare.
• Flocksy 2 Daily Hours ($1,199/month annual): 42 hours a month. If each graphic took about an hour, this would also fit, and any unused hours would roll over.

Result: Both handle this workload. Design Shifu costs less.

Scenario 2: Four short product videos plus a few static assets a month

• Flocksy 2 Daily Hours: A video editor is included. If each video took 6–8 hours, the four videos would use most of the 42 monthly hours, and you might need the 3-hour plan.
• Design Shifu Scale ($1,099/month): Includes motion design and animation. Check with the team whether the videos you need count as motion design or as video editing.

Result: For video-heavy work, Flocksy is the more natural fit.

Which One Is Better For…

• Lowest cost: Design Shifu, at $549/month vs $1,699/month on monthly billing.
• A steady stream of graphic design work: Design Shifu. You get 1 project per day, every working day.
• Video editing and motion every week: Flocksy. Video is included on every plan.
• Work that varies a lot in size: Flocksy. Hours stretch to fit bigger requests.
• Saturday turnaround: Design Shifu. It works six days a week.
• Months when you need less design: Both, in different ways. Design Shifu lets you pause your plan. Flocksy rolls unused hours over for 30 days.
• UI/UX, email templates and Webflow/Framer: Design Shifu Growth ($749/month). Flocksy also lists web and digital design among its services.
• Agencies managing several brands: Both include unlimited brands and team members.
• Large teams that need an art director: Flocksy, from 6 daily hours.

The Bottom Line

It comes down to one question: do you want to plan in projects or in hours?

If your work is mostly graphic design at a steady pace, Design Shifu's project cadence keeps planning simple and costs less. If video and motion are central to what you produce, Flocksy includes them from the first tier.

Both come with a 14-day money-back guarantee, so you can try either one with little risk.

Want to see how one project per day works for your team? Compare Design Shifu plans and start with the 14-day money-back guarantee.