TexturePacker License Comparison Essential Free for non-commercial use.
License Feature Included Type Free Updates included Number of installations 1 Concurrent running applications 1 Use in commercial projects No Usage Desktop / Laptop Operating systems Windows, macOS, Linux
Packing Feature Included Basic Yes Grid/Strip No MaxRects No Polygon No Size constraints (POT, squared, word-aligned) No Normal map packing No Scaling variants No Sprite filtering No Multipack No
Data formats Feature Included JSON, XML Yes Engine specific formats (Cocos2d, LibGDX, …) Yes Many additional formats (Unity, Phaser, …) No Custom data format No
Image formats Feature Included png, jpg Yes pvr, dds, ktx, pkm, atf, tga, bmp, webp No Pixel formats (RGB888, RGBA4444, RGB565,...) No Hardware compression (PVRTC2, ETC1, ETC2, DXT1, DXT5) No
Image optimization Feature Included PngQuant (png) No OptiPng (png) No Zopfli compression (png) No Index png (png-8) No Artifacts reduction No Premultiplied alpha No
Graphical user interface Feature Included Graphical user interface Yes Animation preview Yes Pivot point editor No 9 scale editor No Sprite sheet splitter No
Automation Feature Included Smart folders Yes Command line client Yes Batch processing of .tps files No
Single User For solo developers and small companies.
License Feature Included Type Perpetual Updates included 1 year / lifetime Number of installations 2 Concurrent running applications 1 Use in commercial projects Yes Usage Desktop / Laptop Operating systems Windows, macOS, Linux
Packing Feature Included Basic Yes Grid/Strip Yes MaxRects Yes Polygon Yes Size constraints (POT, squared, word-aligned) Yes Normal map packing Yes Scaling variants Yes Sprite filtering Yes Multipack Yes
Data formats Feature Included JSON, XML Yes Engine specific formats (Cocos2d, LibGDX, …) Yes Many additional formats (Unity, Phaser, …) Yes Custom data format Yes
Image formats Feature Included png, jpg Yes pvr, dds, ktx, pkm, atf, tga, bmp, webp Yes Pixel formats (RGB888, RGBA4444, RGB565,...) Yes Hardware compression (PVRTC2, ETC1, ETC2, DXT1, DXT5) Yes
Image optimization Feature Included PngQuant (png) Yes OptiPng (png) Yes Zopfli compression (png) Yes Index png (png-8) Yes Artifacts reduction Yes Premultiplied alpha Yes
Graphical user interface Feature Included Graphical user interface Yes Animation preview Yes Pivot point editor Yes 9 scale editor Yes Sprite sheet splitter Yes
Automation Feature Included Smart folders Yes Command line client Yes Batch processing of .tps files Yes
Volume Companies with multiple users. Easy to manage.
License Feature Included Type Perpetual Updates included 1 year / lifetime Number of installations as purchased Concurrent running applications number of seats Use in commercial projects Yes Usage Desktop / Laptop Operating systems Windows, macOS, Linux
Packing Feature Included Basic Yes Grid/Strip Yes MaxRects Yes Polygon Yes Size constraints (POT, squared, word-aligned) Yes Normal map packing Yes Scaling variants Yes Sprite filtering Yes Multipack Yes
Data formats Feature Included JSON, XML Yes Engine specific formats (Cocos2d, LibGDX, …) Yes Many additional formats (Unity, Phaser, …) Yes Custom data format Yes
Image formats Feature Included png, jpg Yes pvr, dds, ktx, pkm, atf, tga, bmp, webp Yes Pixel formats (RGB888, RGBA4444, RGB565,...) Yes Hardware compression (PVRTC2, ETC1, ETC2, DXT1, DXT5) Yes
Image optimization Feature Included PngQuant (png) Yes OptiPng (png) Yes Zopfli compression (png) Yes Index png (png-8) Yes Artifacts reduction Yes Premultiplied alpha Yes
Graphical user interface Feature Included Graphical user interface Yes Animation preview Yes Pivot point editor Yes 9 scale editor Yes Sprite sheet splitter Yes
Automation Feature Included Smart folders Yes Command line client Yes Batch processing of .tps files Yes
Docker/CI License for servers and CI systems.
License Feature Included Type Subscription Updates included 1 year Number of installations unlimited Concurrent running applications as purchased Use in commercial projects Yes Usage CI systems only Operating systems Linux
Packing Feature Included Basic Yes Grid/Strip Yes MaxRects Yes Polygon Yes Size constraints (POT, squared, word-aligned) Yes Normal map packing Yes Scaling variants Yes Sprite filtering Yes Multipack Yes
Data formats Feature Included JSON, XML Yes Engine specific formats (Cocos2d, LibGDX, …) Yes Many additional formats (Unity, Phaser, …) Yes Custom data format Yes
Image formats Feature Included png, jpg Yes pvr, dds, ktx, pkm, atf, tga, bmp, webp Yes Pixel formats (RGB888, RGBA4444, RGB565,...) Yes Hardware compression (PVRTC2, ETC1, ETC2, DXT1, DXT5) Yes
Image optimization Feature Included PngQuant (png) Yes OptiPng (png) Yes Zopfli compression (png) Yes Index png (png-8) Yes Artifacts reduction Yes Premultiplied alpha Yes
Graphical user interface Feature Included Graphical user interface No Animation preview No Pivot point editor No 9 scale editor No Sprite sheet splitter No
Automation Feature Included Smart folders Yes Command line client Yes Batch processing of .tps files Yes
Pricing comparison Feature by Licenses Essential Single User Volume Docker/CI Pricing Free for non-commercial use.
For solo developers and small companies.
Companies with multiple users. Easy to manage.
License for servers and CI systems.
License Type Free Perpetual Perpetual Subscription Updates included 1 year / lifetime 1 year / lifetime 1 year Number of installations 1 2 as purchased unlimited Concurrent running applications 1 1 number of seats as purchased Use in commercial projects No Yes Yes Yes Usage Desktop / Laptop Desktop / Laptop Desktop / Laptop CI systems only Operating systems Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux Linux Packing Basic Yes Yes Yes Yes Grid/Strip No Yes Yes Yes MaxRects No Yes Yes Yes Polygon No Yes Yes Yes Size constraints (POT, squared, word-aligned) No Yes Yes Yes Normal map packing No Yes Yes Yes Scaling variants No Yes Yes Yes Sprite filtering No Yes Yes Yes Multipack No Yes Yes Yes Data formats JSON, XML Yes Yes Yes Yes Engine specific formats (Cocos2d, LibGDX, …) Yes Yes Yes Yes Many additional formats (Unity, Phaser, …) No Yes Yes Yes Custom data format No Yes Yes Yes Image formats png, jpg Yes Yes Yes Yes pvr, dds, ktx, pkm, atf, tga, bmp, webp No Yes Yes Yes Pixel formats (RGB888, RGBA4444, RGB565,...) No Yes Yes Yes Hardware compression (PVRTC2, ETC1, ETC2, DXT1, DXT5) No Yes Yes Yes Image optimization PngQuant (png) No Yes Yes Yes OptiPng (png) No Yes Yes Yes Zopfli compression (png) No Yes Yes Yes Index png (png-8) No Yes Yes Yes Artifacts reduction No Yes Yes Yes Premultiplied alpha No Yes Yes Yes Graphical user interface Graphical user interface Yes Yes Yes No Animation preview Yes Yes Yes No Pivot point editor No Yes Yes No 9 scale editor No Yes Yes No Sprite sheet splitter No Yes Yes No Automation Smart folders Yes Yes Yes Yes Command line client Yes Yes Yes Yes Batch processing of .tps files No Yes Yes Yes Choose your license Download TexturePacker Buy single user license Buy volume license Buy Docker/CI license
Some of the features (e.g. polygon packing, pivot point editor) are available in the paid licenses TexturePacker, but might not be supported by all game engines.