Short answer: Alura is the broadest of the research tools — keyword and product research, a listing grader, A/B testing and customer follow-ups in one subscription. What it does not do is produce images. It optimises listings that already exist; PSDmate creates the listings in the first place, from your PSD templates and artwork.
Alura vs PSDmate at a glance
| Alura | PSDmate | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99/month | From £20/month (about $25) |
| Renders your own PSD templates | — | ✓ |
| Bulk / unattended rendering | — | ✓ |
| Publishes listings to Etsy | — | ✓ |
| Keyword research | Yes | Not offered |
| A/B testing | Managed tests | Performance analysis only |
| Image production | None | Your own PSD templates, batch-rendered |
| New listings | Optimises existing listings | Creates and publishes new ones |
| Monthly price | Free to $29.99 | From £20 |
Free plan available; Basic $7.99/mo, Growth $14.99/mo, Professional $29.99/mo. Annual billing advertised at up to 50% off. Tiers differ by daily searches, listings optimised, AI responses and A/B tests. Checked September 2026.
Where Alura is the better buy
- The widest feature set of any tool in this comparison for the money — research, optimisation, A/B tests and follow-up email in one $14.99 plan.
- Listing A/B testing, which PSDmate offers only as analysis rather than as a managed test.
- Customer follow-up automation, which PSDmate does not do at all.
- Pinterest scheduling bundled in, where PSDmate treats Pinterest as a separate concern.
Pick Alura if: You have listings already and want to improve them — better keywords, tested titles, follow-up emails — rather than produce more of them.
Where PSDmate is the better buy
- Renders listing images from PSD templates you own — Alura produces no images.
- Bulk production: every artwork against every template in one job, then published as Etsy drafts.
- Native Etsy publishing of new listings rather than optimisation of existing ones.
- Listing video generated from the same mockup set.
Pick PSDmate if: Your listings do not exist yet and the work between artwork and a live listing is the thing eating your week.
How PSDmate works
You upload the PSD mockup templates you already own — bought from Creative Market, Envato or Etsy, or built from your own photography. PSDmate reads the Smart Object layer in each one, composites your artwork through the template’s own transform, and exports at the PSD’s native canvas size. Point it at a folder of artwork and it renders every design against every template in a single job, returns the set as a ZIP, writes the Etsy title, description and 13 tags from the rendered image, and publishes the draft listing to your shop over the Etsy API.
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Frequently asked questions
Can Alura create Etsy listing images?
No. Alura works on the text and performance side — keywords, titles, descriptions, tests and follow-ups. The photography and mockups are assumed to exist already.
Is Alura a replacement for eRank?
More nearly than it is a replacement for PSDmate. Alura and eRank overlap heavily on keyword and listing tooling; the choice between them is about breadth versus price. Neither renders anything.
Can I use Alura and PSDmate together?
Yes, and they divide cleanly: Alura decides what the listing should say, PSDmate produces the images and puts the listing live.
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Try it on your own templates
PSDmate is paid from day one, cancel anytime. Upload one PSD template and a folder of artwork, and see the full render set before you decide.
See pricing →Pricing and feature claims about Alura were checked in August 2026 against the vendor’s own published information and may have changed since. PSDmate is not affiliated with Alura. Written by Mat, founder of PSDmate and a working Etsy seller — about the author.