Design PickleReviews of designpickle.com

I have over 15 years of experience in the field, with multiple industry awards. I’ve applied to positions with this company four times. Each time, I received the same generic message: “Due to high demand, we’re unable to provide individual feedback. We’ve decided to move forward with other candidates, but feel free to reply if you'd like more details.” I applied to mid- to lower-tier roles, with the most senior one being a Design Director position, which matched my profile. Not only was I rejected without any feedback, but when I replied requesting further clarification—as they themselves offered—they never responded. Even more concerning, the exact same position was reposted at least 20 times throughout the year, clearly indicating that they’re using these listings to build a talent database rather than fill real roles. Recently (this month), they relaunched the same position under a new title: “Art Director.” The most absurd part? The compensation. They’re offering $21K/year for a Director-level role—something that wouldn’t even attract a Junior UX/UI Designer in most markets. Their entire approach feels misleading, and the roles they advertise come across as pure smoke and mirrors.

Used DesignPickle for about six months. Not the best (slow, inaccurate). We did like the graphic stock, though (FreshStock). FreshStock stood alone as a separate service and we went with that on a lifetime license. DesignPickle took payment, then firewalled the graphic stock behind payment services, rendering the lifetime license obsolete. Why anyone would trust this organization is beyond us - lesson learned. Is there any way to give this terrible company less than one star? They're trying to pass over their screw job on to another company - Design Pickle dumped all their users - this had nothing to do with AppSumo.

We have been using Design Pickle for over 6 years now. I can tell you that they started out very good, and gradually, the service is getting worse, and the pricing continues to go up. It takes week/weeks to finish the most basic tasks. Keep on messing up our designs. This is our last year with them. Not worth the headache or the expense.

I used DP at a previous company, and had a great experience. This time - not so much. The people and support are friendly, but the designs, overall, miss the mark. If you sign up, I would highly recommend making double-sure that you are on a monthly agreement that allows you to evaluate and cancel when you want. I would also highly recommend checking out other vendors.

Fraudulent company, scammed users with a lifetime deal while the company is still alive.

This is one of the worst companies I've dealt with in 25 years of business. They auto-renewed a contract for nearly $13k that I wasn't using and then refused to refund. Unethical business STAY FAR AWAY!

Unfortunately, it's a scam company. Design Pickle sold a lifetime deal for their media library, Freshstock. But now, they have removed all people's access, even though it was sold as a lifetime deal. The excuse is that their system no longer supports "Freshstock" only accounts. So now, you have to subscribe to a Design Pickle subscription to be able to access your lifetime deal for their media library, they call Freshstock. To be clear, it has always been the same company.

Shocking quality of work. Sales team is A+, quality of work is beginner level. I assume it's because their designers have so much work to do at once they just use templates and generic designs. Very disappointed. Complete waste of money and time for us as a whole.