FlipingBook vs Issuu
Issuu is a digital publishing platform with a large public reading audience. It turns PDFs into flipbooks and also makes articles, social posts and GIFs from them. Its plans are Basic (free), Starter, Unlimited and Issuu for Teams.
Our plans: Free $0 · Starter $12/month · Pro $39/month · Business $99/month (yearly billing: 2 months free). Every plan includes page flip and scroll reading, search, sharing, QR codes, offline reading of open books, comments and approvals, A/B tests and click heatmaps. You can also buy a single flipbook for a year.
Side by side
| Feature | Issuu | FlipingBook |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Basic: 5 documents, 10 pages per upload, 50 MB | Free: 3 flipbooks, 50 pages each |
| Lowest paid plan | Starter, $21/month billed yearly ($31 monthly) | Starter, $12/month |
| No platform branding | Ads and “Powered by Issuu” on embeds removed on Unlimited ($188/month billed yearly); Issuu logo removed on Teams | From Starter |
| Private flipbooks | Unlisted: 5 on Starter, unlimited on Unlimited | From Pro: password, email gate, expiry |
| Lead forms | Unlimited | From Starter |
| Stats | 30-day basic stats; all-time advanced stats on Unlimited | 30 days on Free; 1 year on Starter; unlimited from Pro |
| Team members | Issuu for Teams, from $417/month billed yearly (3 members) | 3 on Pro; 10 on Business |
| API | Unlimited | Business |
| Selling | Unlimited: sell flipbooks (Digital Sales) | Business: shop in the flipbook, paywall; or pay per flipbook |
| Embedding | From Starter | From Starter |
Where we differ
- Lead forms from $12; Issuu lists its lead form on Unlimited.
- No platform branding from $12; Issuu removes ads and its embed badge on Unlimited.
- Team seats in Pro and Business, without a separate team product.
- Reading and review tools: quizzes, comments and approvals, A/B tests, click heatmaps and offline reading.
Where Issuu is strong
- Volume: unlimited documents from Starter, and no page or file-size limits on Unlimited.
- Reach and content tools: a public profile with followers, plus articles, social posts and GIFs made from your documents; uploads straight from Canva and Adobe tools.
Switching
Upload the same PDF and your flipbook is ready in a minute; the links in the PDF keep working.
Sources
Facts about Issuu were checked on its website on 30 October 2026; prices are in USD as shown there and may have changed since. Pricing and feature comparison: issuu.com/pricing.
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