Flocksy vs Design Force – which is right for you?

Both Flocksy and Design Force sell a dedicated creative team on a monthly subscription, and both price capacity in hours rather than in finished assets. The differences are in what each plan covers and what the ladder costs.

The biggest difference is breadth. Flocksy is design-led and covers graphic design, video editing, motion graphics, illustration and web design inside the same hours, with copywriter support alongside the design work. Design Force splits its coverage across three plan families.

Keep reading to learn more about the pros and cons of each platform and decide which is the better fit for your business. 

Which one should you choose?

Flocksy

Flocksy was created in 2016 as an all-in-one creative service platform, offering businesses access to a dedicated team of professionals for a variety of design and content projects.

With services including graphic design, video editing, copywriting, motion graphics, and web design, Flocksy provides a flexible and cost-effective alternative to traditional design agencies.

Clients choose a number of dedicated hours per business day. Revisions are unlimited, and Unused hours roll over for up to 30 days while the plan is active, so capacity banks rather than burns.

Design Force

Design Force provides a fully managed creative team specializing in marketing materials, UI/UX design, branding, and motion graphics.

With trained professionals and a structured workflow, they offer a variety of design solutions for marketing and web-based needs.

From Concept to Creation: The Design Process

Ease of Use

1. How it Works

Both assign a dedicated team and both meter the work in hours, but they differ in how you brief and how fast work comes back.

With Flocksy, you get a simple and intuitive platform. You can easily manage projects, save brand details for future use, and communicate directly with your project manager via phone call, Slack, Trello, Loom videos, or email. 

Design Force requires a scheduled call for onboarding, uses in-platform communication, and has a more structured process for revisions.

Flocksy 

Most requests come back the same business day, and Flocksy says a first request starts in under 24 hours. Larger builds run across several days. No guaranteed turnaround is published. The process runs like this:

1. Schedule a demo to experience how the platform works and get a feel for the process.

2. Choose the plan that works best for you. Plans start at $1,199 a month billed annually, or $1,699 month to month.

3. Submit your design requests on the platform.

4. Communicate with your dedicated creative team directly through the platform.

5. Receive the work inside the hours you bought, with unlimited revisions for the duration of your subscription.

Design Force

Design Force also has a similar process to Flocksy. However, projects (including revisions) can only be worked on for the number of hours you pay for in your subscription. To start running projects through the platform, you can: 

1. Join a call to discuss your design goals.

2. Choose the plan that’s the best fit for your business (plans start at $1,600/month).

3. Work closely with a dedicated production team and submit your design requests.

4. Communicate directly through the platform.

5. Receive and review your completed designs. Design Force publishes a turnaround of 48 to 72 hours for most projects.

Design Quality

2.  What You Get

Design Force design team members go through the Design Force Academy. This is a specialized training program for their designers that helps them improve their skills. All designers for the company go through foundational design modules to make sure they have a solid design foundation and can produce quality content for clients. The team is remote, with employees from several different countries. 

Flocksy is also made up of a remote creative team. There are talented creatives on the team from multiple global locations with unique backgrounds that qualify them for their roles. Since team members each have different backgrounds, different team members may be better fits for different clients and have a more specific background in the area of work they need.

Flocksy 

Flocksy covers graphic design, logo and brand work, video editing, motion graphics, custom illustration and web design, with copywriter support alongside it. Work is metered by the hours in your plan rather than by a queue position, every minute is logged in the portal, and the same dedicated team stays on the account and builds up knowledge of your brand.

Flocksy also makes it super easy to save brand information to pass on to creatives during each new project. All brand information can be saved in Brand Profiles, so you won’t have to keep uploading the same guides for each new project.

There are many talented Flocksy creative members from around the globe. However, if you are not satisfied with their work, all Flocksy plans also come with a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Design Force

Design Force has more limitations on the projects that clients can run. Each of their subscriptions has different features. Some packages offer graphic design, web development, custom illustrations, and motion graphics, but it depends on the specific subscription you choose. Copywriting is sold as a paid add-on rather than being included in a plan. 

Clients can choose from a marketing-focused subscription (Marketing Force), a web-based design subscription (Pro Force), or a subscription that includes all of these features (Full Force). They also have a talented global creative team. All Design Force plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Contest Pricing

3. What it Costs

Flocksy subscriptions start at $1,199 a month billed annually, or $1,699 month to month, and come with graphic design and custom illustration projects, a dedicated creative team, and easy communication. Unlimited revisions are included, and the hours in your plan set how much work moves each day. Every minute is tracked and visible in the client portal. 

Clients are assigned a dedicated team. Flocksy offers a 14-day money-back guarantee for unsatisfied customers. Billed monthly, quarterly or annually. Annual billing saves 29% or more, quarterly 18% or more, against the month-to-month rate. Cancel at any time. There are no contracts on month-to-month billing. 

Design Force subscriptions start at $1,600 if no extra hours of work time are added. Unlimited revisions are also included. However, this will count as part of the hours being used each month. 

Design Force members are given a project manager, an art director, and designers. Unsatisfied customers have 30 days to get their money back. 

	Flocksy	Design Force
Lowest Price Subscription:	$1,699 a month	$1,600
Highest Price Subscription:	$5,899 a month	$3,200 for Full Force
Additional Costs:	No	Possible Added Hours to Each Subscription
Dedicated Team:	Yes	No
Money-Back Guarantee:	Yes	Yes

The Final Verdict

Both provide a dedicated team on a monthly subscription metered in hours, but what each plan covers sets them apart. Flocksy covers graphic design, video editing, motion graphics, illustration and web design in one plan, with copywriter support alongside the design work, while Design Force structures its plans around specific design needs, with entry pricing close to Flocksy and a lower ceiling.

If you’re looking for versatility, cost-effective pricing, and access to a wider range of creative services, Flocksy is the better choice. With a dedicated team, minute-level time tracking, rollover of unused hours for up to 30 days and a 14 day money-back guarantee, it is a straightforward way to keep design moving. Capacity is still capped by the hours you buy.