What is Switchboard Canvas?
Switchboard Canvas is an image generation API for automating visual content production. Switchboard Canvas supports branding, social media content, and multilingual assets through templates and programmatic requests. The service offers Creator, Agency, and Enterprise plans with different API allowances, image output limits, and content automation capabilities.
Switchboard Canvas defines an API call as a programmatic request to its servers that generates one or more image assets. Depending on the chosen plan, a request can produce different versions of a template. Those versions do not have to use different image sizes.
What Switchboard Canvas can do
Switchboard Canvas combines template-based image output with content replacement and plan-dependent automation features. QR codes and LUT support appear in every listed plan, while Agency and Enterprise add translation, batch processing, spreadsheet connections, PDF generation, and output to AWS S3. Output quantities and batch limits vary by subscription.
- Switchboard Canvas generates image assets through API requests.
- Switchboard Canvas replaces text in template Text elements.
- Switchboard Canvas translates text into 70+ languages on Agency and Enterprise.
- Switchboard Canvas creates image batches and batches from Airtable.
- Switchboard Canvas integrates directly with Google Sheets.
- Switchboard Canvas generates PDFs and supports AWS S3 output on Agency and Enterprise.
- Switchboard Canvas supports QR codes and LUTs.
How Switchboard Canvas works
Switchboard Canvas uses API requests to generate images from templates. When making a request, users can specify replacement text for a Text element and optionally request translation. Agency and Enterprise can produce multilingual versions of social media content through a single API request, with supported languages listed in the API documentation.
Switchboard Canvas also supports data-driven batch workflows on Agency and Enterprise. These plans include batch creation from Airtable and direct Google Sheets integration. Agency limits image batches and spreadsheet rows to 25, while Enterprise increases those limits to 250. Both plans also list HTTP GET support.
Who Switchboard Canvas is for
Switchboard Canvas serves creators, agencies, and teams that need to automate repeated visual content production. The page highlights branding, social media, and multilingual content as applications. Template versions, text replacement, and spreadsheet-based generation support workflows where similar assets need different wording, languages, or image sizes.
- Switchboard Canvas supports creators generating branded image assets.
- Switchboard Canvas supports agencies producing multilingual social media content.
- Switchboard Canvas supports teams generating images from Google Sheets documents.
- Switchboard Canvas supports content workflows that create batches from Airtable.
Switchboard Canvas pricing and plans
Switchboard Canvas lists Creator at $19 per month with 1,000 API calls and 1 size per call. Agency costs $79 per month with 10,000 API calls and 3 sizes per call. Enterprise costs $299 per month with 100,000 API calls and 5 sizes per call. Calls beyond the monthly allowance cost $0.10 each.
Switchboard Canvas offers a 14-day free trial without requiring a credit card. The trial description says all functionality is enabled, but the FAQ specifies a limit of one image size per API call. Users can add a credit card during the trial and move to their chosen paid plan.
Switchboard Canvas strengths and limitations
Switchboard Canvas combines API-based image generation with translation, batch creation, and spreadsheet connections. Higher plans can produce multiple template versions in a single request, and all listed plans include QR codes and LUT support. These capabilities provide several ways to automate recurring branded content without treating every image as a separate request.
- Switchboard Canvas requires Agency or Enterprise for translation and the listed batch integrations.
- Switchboard Canvas applies plan-specific API allowances and batch limits.
- Switchboard Canvas charges for API calls above the monthly allowance.
- Switchboard Canvas removes uploaded content and created templates when the trial ends.
Switchboard Canvas FAQ
What is Switchboard Canvas?
Switchboard Canvas is an image generation API for automating branding, social media, and multilingual content. Switchboard Canvas uses templates and programmatic requests to generate image assets, with translation, batch creation, and spreadsheet integrations available on Agency and Enterprise.
Is Switchboard Canvas free?
Switchboard Canvas offers a 14-day free trial without requiring a credit card, followed by paid plans. Creator costs $19 per month, Agency costs $79 per month, and Enterprise costs $299 per month. The trial limits output to one image size per API call.
How many images can Switchboard Canvas create per API call?
Switchboard Canvas can create one image per API call on Creator, three on Agency, and five on Enterprise. These images can be different versions of a template and do not necessarily have to use different image sizes.
Can Switchboard Canvas translate text?
Switchboard Canvas supports translation into 70+ languages on Agency and Enterprise. An API request can replace the text of a Text element and optionally translate that text, allowing multilingual social media versions to be created through a single request.
Does Switchboard Canvas integrate with Airtable and Google Sheets?
Switchboard Canvas supports batch creation from Airtable and direct Google Sheets integration on Agency and Enterprise. Agency allows a maximum of 25 rows for each integration, while Enterprise allows a maximum of 250 rows.
What happens when the Switchboard Canvas trial ends?
Switchboard Canvas removes uploaded content and created templates at the end of the trial and sends an email before the trial expires. Users can add a credit card during the trial to move to a chosen paid plan.
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