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DECADE.promo vs Brilliant

DECADE.promo vs Brilliant

Brilliant is one of the newer entrants positioning itself as a modern alternative to legacy promo industry software. DECADE.promo competes on a similar modernization promise but ships with unlimited AI on the GOAT plan - the area where the comparison is most worth evaluating head-to-head.

Your file never hits disk
Anonymous uploads are parsed in RAM and dropped on the floor when the response sends.
No login. No watermark.
Use it once. Use it every day. Same output either way.
Built on a real shop floor
I run a promo shop. Every tool here exists because I needed it on a Tuesday.
Free, no asterisk
Sign up and the rate limit goes away. That’s the whole pitch.

What Brilliant is known for

  • Modern UX and design language
  • Positioning as an alternative to legacy industry tools
  • Newer codebase, web-first workflows

Based on publicly available marketing, documentation, and demos as of 2026-04-25. Visit brilliant.io for the current authoritative source.

What we built differently in DECADE.promo

Unlimited AI on the GOAT plan

AI mockups, Product Capture (browser-extension AI scraping of supplier sites), AI vectorization, and AI image upscale - all unlimited on one flat-price tier. No credit metering, no per-feature add-ons.

AI Product Capture extension

Browse any supplier website - SAGE, Hit Promo, Koozie Group, anywhere - click the browser extension, and our AI reads the page. SKUs, pricing tiers, setup fees, colors, lead times, and images are extracted in seconds and import directly to your products catalog.

Tightly integrated with SAGE

Bring your own SAGE Connect subscription. Search, adopt products, and pull pricing tiers without leaving DECADE.promo. Sales decks, quotes, and POs reuse the SAGE data automatically.

Transparent pricing

Free tier for solo distributors, flat per-distributor pricing for teams, and no per-seat tax. Customers always free. Suppliers always free.

At-a-glance

CapabilityDECADE.promoBrilliant
Unlimited AI mockupsYes (GOAT plan)Verify on their site
Browser-extension Product CaptureYesVerify on their site
AI vectorization includedYes (credits or unlimited on GOAT)Verify on their site
AI image upscaleYes (credits or unlimited on GOAT)Verify on their site
SAGE catalog integrationYes (bring your own SAGE Connect)Verify on their site
Free tier for solo distributorsYesVerify on their site
Customers always freeYesVerify on their site

"Verify on their site" cells deliberately defer to the competitor's own pricing and feature pages. Software changes - we don't want to publish stale or inaccurate competitive claims.

When Brilliant might be the better fit

You're evaluating modern promo SaaS options and the specific feature set Brilliant offers maps closer to your team's daily workflow than DECADE.promo's does. Sit through a demo of both before deciding.

The honest play: book a demo with both, run a real workflow through each, and decide based on what your team actually does day to day - not on a comparison page.

One platform. Two free accounts. One public layer for everyone else.

The tool you’re using is one feature in a much bigger app. Here’s the rest, by which side of the order you’re on.

Public tool
Free · No account
  • Every public tool on this site
  • 5 conversions a day per IP
  • One file at a time
  • Output dropped after the request
  • No account, no nag
For distributors
Free trial · Then plans from $0/mo
  • Every public tool, no rate limit
  • Batch 10 files at once
  • 30-day download history
  • AI vectorization (the $50-redraw replacement)
  • AI mockup generator, white-label proofs
  • SAGE catalog, 1M+ products
  • Quotes, POs, invoices, projects
  • Storefront under your brand
  • Blind-ship POs to suppliers
  • Saved thread palettes per customer
  • Email automation for every status
Start free trial
For customers
Always free · No credit card
  • Every public tool, no rate limit
  • Every order in one place
  • Approve proofs without email tag
  • Two-click reorder
  • Saved shipping + tax-exempt files
  • Real-time status pings
  • See and pay invoices online
  • Message your distributor inside the app
  • Always free. No card.
Create your account

See DECADE.promo in your workflow

Free tier, no credit card, no contract. Start with one project and see if it fits.

Distributor
Catalog, customers, quotes, POs, invoices, projects. Plus the AI tools, plus the public tools.
Customer
Free. Track orders, approve proofs, reorder. Your distributor invites you in.
Just visiting
Use the free tools above. Bookmark the page. We won’t make you sign up to use them.

No card. Cancel whenever. Or just keep using the free tools - I’m not going to email you.

About this comparison. Last reviewed 2026-04-25. All claims about Brilliant are based on their public marketing materials, pricing pages, and demonstrations as of that date. Brilliant is a trademark of its respective owner; we use the name here solely for identification under nominative fair use. We do not claim affiliation, endorsement, or partnership.

Spot something inaccurate or out of date? Email hello@decade.promo and we will update or remove the claim within one business day.