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Flipp vs Issuu
Issuu is a publishing platform. Flipp is a tool that turns a PDF you already have into a flipbook with a link. If that is all you need, Flipp costs a fraction and gets out of the way.
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Price
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
$0, no account
$12/mo · $120/yr
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
$0
$19/mo billed yearly, $31 monthly
$188/mo billed yearly, $269 monthly
Flipbooks
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
One at a time
Unlimited
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
5
Capped
Unlimited
Pages per document
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
No limit
No limit
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
10
500
No limit
Upload size
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
50 MB
500 MB
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
50 MB
Larger
Larger
Ads shown to your readers
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
Never
Never
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
Yes, full-screen
Yes
No
Provider branding
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
Small badge on embeds only
None
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
On every page
On every page
Removable
Custom domain
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
—
Yes
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
—
—
Yes
Let readers download the PDF
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
Your choice
Your choice
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
—
—
Yes
Embed on your site
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
Yes
Yes, unbranded
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
Basic
Yes
Yes
Analytics
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
Views, readers, read time
Views, readers, read time
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
View counts
30-day window
Advanced
How long it stays online
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
2 years from the last view
Forever
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
While the account exists
While subscribed
While subscribed
Replace the PDF, keep the link
Flipp Free
Flipp Pro
—
Yes
Issuu Basic
Issuu Starter
Issuu Unlimited
—
—
Yes
| Flipp Free | Flipp Pro | Issuu Basic | Issuu Starter | Issuu Unlimited | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0, no account | $12/mo · $120/yr | $0 | $19/mo billed yearly, $31 monthly | $188/mo billed yearly, $269 monthly |
| Flipbooks | One at a time | Unlimited | 5 | Capped | Unlimited |
| Pages per document | No limit | No limit | 10 | 500 | No limit |
| Upload size | 50 MB | 500 MB | 50 MB | Larger | Larger |
| Ads shown to your readers | Never | Never | Yes, full-screen | Yes | No |
| Provider branding | Small badge on embeds only | None | On every page | On every page | Removable |
| Custom domain | — | Yes | — | — | Yes |
| Let readers download the PDF | Your choice | Your choice | — | — | Yes |
| Embed on your site | Yes | Yes, unbranded | Basic | Yes | Yes |
| Analytics | Views, readers, read time | Views, readers, read time | View counts | 30-day window | Advanced |
| How long it stays online | 2 years from the last view | Forever | While the account exists | While subscribed | While subscribed |
| Replace the PDF, keep the link | — | Yes | — | — | Yes |
Issuu figures are its public pricing and plan limits as of September 2026, in US dollars; Issuu also sells a Teams plan from $417 a month. Check issuu.com/pricing for the current numbers. Flipp figures are what this site enforces today.
Where Issuu is the better choice
- You want an audience you don’t have yet. Issuu is also a network: publications are discoverable on issuu.com, and readers browse there.
- Lead capture and team seats. Gating a publication behind a sign-up form, and several people managing one account, are Issuu features. Flipp has neither.
- Articles, stories and social clips generated from your document. Flipp only makes the flipbook.
Where Flipp is the better choice
- You have a finished PDF and want a link in under a minute. No account, no setup, no ads next to your brochure.
- Price. Removing provider branding, a custom domain and PDF downloads cost $12 a month on Flipp. On Issuu they start at the $188-a-month plan.
- Your readers are already yours. A brochure sent to clients, a prospectus on your website, a catalogue in an email: the flipbook is the product, not the platform around it.
- Long documents on the free plan. Issuu’s free plan stops at 10 pages; Flipp has no page limit, only a file size.
Moving a publication from Issuu
Export or locate the original PDF, upload it on the Flipp home page, and share the link. There is no import step because there is nothing to import: the PDF is the source. If you later fix a typo, Pro lets you replace the PDF behind the same link, so nothing you have sent out breaks.