How Much Do Custom Pet Portraits Cost?
Here's the honest, no-asterisk answer up front: creating a custom pet portrait of you and your pet costs nothing. You only pay if you decide to turn it into something physical — and even then, prices start at $29. So the real question isn't "how much does a pet portrait cost?" It's "how much do I want to spend once I've already seen the one I love?"
That's a very different way to shop for art, and it's worth understanding before you spend a cent. Below is the full 2026 breakdown — what's free, what isn't, and what you should actually budget.
The short version
- Making your portrait: free. Unlimited tries, no credit card, no watermark.
- Wearing it (premium tee): $29.
- Hanging it (framed print): from $59.
- Gallery canvas: from $79.
- Hoodies: $54 (classic) or $79 (premium).
- Free shipping on orders over $99.
No subscription. No "starting at" bait. You see the finished portrait first, then choose whether to keep it as a free digital file or print it.
What you get for free
Most people are surprised by this part, so let's be clear: the portrait itself is free to generate, as many times as you want. You upload a photo of you and a photo of your pet, choose a style, and a finished portrait of the two of you together appears in under a minute. Don't love the first one? Make another. And another. There's no charge for any of it, and no watermark stamped across your face.
That alone is unusual. The traditional way to get a custom portrait — commissioning an artist — means paying upfront, describing what you want, and waiting days or weeks to see if it landed. Here, you see it first. The cost only enters the picture when you decide it's worth printing.
You also aren't locked into one look. There are three ways to make yours, and switching between them is free:
- Realistic — a warm, photo-real portrait, like the photo you wish you'd managed to take.
- Animated — a soft 3D, Pixar-style version of the two of you.
- Studio — hand-tuned art styles, from oil painting and watercolour to a classic Renaissance look.
Generate in all three if you want. You pay nothing until you print.
What you actually pay for
The cost of a custom pet portrait, in practice, is the cost of the thing you put it on. Here's the honest 2026 menu.
Framed prints — from $59. A studio-printed, ready-to-hang framed portrait in oak or matte black. Sizes run from a desk-friendly 8×10 ($59) up through a statement piece for the living-room wall (around $129 for the largest). This is what most people choose for a portrait of themselves and their pet — it's the one that ends up over the console table.
Gallery-wrapped canvas — from $79. Frameless, edge-wrapped canvas with a softer, more painterly feel. A little larger-format and lighter on the wall than a framed print.
Premium tee — $29. Heavyweight cotton with your bond portrait printed front-and-centre. The easiest entry point, and a genuinely good gift.
Hoodies — $54 or $79. A classic cotton-blend hoodie at $54, or the heavier premium hoodie at $79. Both wear your portrait without spelling it out.
The Animated Frame — $249 (early access). This is the one that's a little different: a real 7-inch wood-bezeled digital frame that ships pre-loaded with your animated portrait, looping quietly on a shelf. It's early-access pricing for now.
And shipping is free on orders over $99 — everything is studio-printed by our trusted print partners and ships worldwide.
What about animated and video portraits?
Still portraits — realistic, studio, or 3D — are free to generate in unlimited quantity. The one thing that uses credits is turning a portrait into a short animated video (the blink-and-breathe clips you can load onto the Animated Frame or share on socials).
Credits are a simple one-time purchase — no subscription — and packs start at $30. You get a free daily allowance to play with, so you can try an animation before you ever buy a pack. Each still image costs nothing; only the video animations draw from credits.
Why "free to make first" changes the maths
It's tempting to compare a custom portrait to a number — "is $59 a lot for a framed print?" — but that misses what you're actually buying.
With the old model of commissioning pet art, you're paying for hope: you hand over money and a brief, then wait to find out whether the result looks like your dog. If it doesn't quite, that's an awkward conversation (and sometimes a sunk cost).
Here, the order is reversed. You make the portrait for free, look at the real thing on your screen, regenerate until it's right, and only then decide what — if anything — to print. The $59 isn't a gamble. It's the price of a portrait you've already fallen for.
That's also why there's no pressure to buy. Plenty of people generate a portrait, keep the free digital file as a phone wallpaper or a print-it-yourself keepsake, and never spend a thing. That's completely fine.
How it actually works
There's no photoshoot and no single "perfect picture" required. You upload a photo of you and a photo of your pet — two ordinary phone photos are perfect — and we compose the two of you together into one portrait. It takes about 30 to 60 seconds.
The bond is the whole point. Most pet art renders the animal alone; AIPetz is built to put you and your pet in the same frame, the way the relationship actually feels. Older or slightly blurry photos usually work fine, so you don't need to stage anything.
So what should you budget?
If you're just curious: $0. Make as many portraits of you and your pet as you like and keep the digital files.
If you want to wear it: $29 for a tee.
If you want it on the wall: $59–$129 for a framed print, depending on size, or $79 for a gallery canvas — with free shipping once your order passes $99.
If you want the bond literally in motion: the $249 Animated Frame (early access), plus a credit pack from $30 for video animations.
That's the entire honest range. No hidden tiers, no surprise upsells at checkout — just a free portrait first, and a clear price only if you choose to make it real.
Make yours — free
The best way to answer "how much does a custom pet portrait cost?" is to make one and see. It's free, it takes a minute, and there's no card required.
Create your free portrait of you and your pet →
When you've made one you love, you can frame it, wear it, or browse the full range in the shop — entirely up to you.