Is the Pinterest Pin Generator free to use?

Yes, InsightPins is completely free. You can create and export pins without any payment or subscription. There is no trial that expires and no card required.

Do I need an account to create pins?

No. The generator works immediately with no signup. Signing in with Google is optional and simply keeps your session available across devices - it is not required to create or export anything.

What size are the exported pins?

Pins are exported at 1000x1500 pixels (2:3 aspect ratio) at 2x density, which is the size Pinterest officially recommends. Pinterest truncates images taller than 2:3 in the feed, so this ratio protects your design from being cut off.

How many templates are there?

There are 30 templates across 6 categories: blog, product, list, quote, recipe, and creative. Combined with 15 color palettes and 10 font pairings, that is thousands of distinct looks without designing anything yourself.

Can I make several different pins for the same blog post?

Yes, and you should. Pinterest favors fresh pins over repeated uploads of the same image. The generator shows six pins at once and the Randomize button reshuffles every unlocked one, so you can export a month of distinct pins for a single post in one sitting.

Can I use my own images?

Yes. The tool extracts images from your URL and you can pick from everything it finds, or upload your own file directly. Most templates also work without any image at all, using the template built-in styling.

Why did the tool not find images on my page?

Extraction reads Open Graph tags, JSON-LD structured data, inline scripts, and the page DOM including lazy-loaded attributes. Sites that render entirely in JavaScript after load, or that block automated requests, can still come up empty. When that happens, upload the image directly using the Upload tab.

Do the exported pins have a watermark?

No. Exports are clean PNGs with no watermark, badge, or attribution. The pins are yours to use commercially, including for client work and affiliate content.

Do I need design skills to use this tool?

No design skills required. The templates already encode Pinterest design constraints - safe zones, minimum type sizes, contrast ratios, and element counts - so a pin assembled here follows the platform guidance by default.

What types of content work best?

Blog posts, product pages, recipes, and listicles with clear titles work best, because the tool has a template category built for each. Text overlays perform best at three to seven words, so a focused headline beats a long one.

What file format are the pins exported in?

High-quality PNG, which is the format Pinterest recommends for graphics containing text. You can upload the file straight to Pinterest or pass it into a scheduler such as Tailwind.

Can I use these pins commercially?

Yes. There is no license restriction on pins you create. You are responsible for holding the rights to any image you upload or extract from a page you do not own.

How is this different from Canva?

Canva is a general design editor where you start from a blank canvas or template and place elements yourself. This tool starts from a URL: it pulls your content in, applies a Pinterest-specific layout, and produces six variations at once. It is narrower on purpose and considerably faster for the single job of turning existing content into pins.

Is there a limit on how many pins I can export?

You can export 20 pins per day, and the counter resets each morning. Subscribing to the newsletter adds a couple more. The cap exists to keep the tool free and responsive for everyone, and normal use rarely reaches it.

Use InsightPins in Claude and other AI apps

InsightPins works inside AI assistants through MCP (Model Context Protocol). Connect it once, then ask in plain words: "make a Pinterest pin for this article". The assistant reads the page, picks one of 30 templates, 15 color palettes and 10 font pairings, and hands you a finished 1000x1500 pin.

Server URL

Paste this wherever your app asks for an MCP server or custom connector URL.

https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp

Connect it

Claude (claude.ai and the Claude apps)

Open Settings, then Connectors, and choose "Add custom connector".
Name it InsightPins and paste the server URL: https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp
Click Connect. Sign in with Google on the InsightPins page that opens, then click Allow.
In a chat, make sure InsightPins is switched on in the tools menu under the message box.

Claude Code

Add the server, then run /mcp inside Claude Code and choose InsightPins to sign in.

claude mcp add --transport http insightpins https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp

Cursor

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or the project .cursor/mcp.json).
Cursor opens the InsightPins sign-in the first time a tool is used.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "insightpins": {
      "url": "https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT and other MCP apps

Any app that supports remote MCP servers with OAuth can connect: add a custom connector or MCP server with the URL https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp.
Sign-in, consent and the tools work the same way everywhere.

Try asking

“Make a Pinterest pin for https://example.com/my-article”
“Make three pin variations for this recipe page, each with a different template”
“Use a quote template and a dark palette for this post”
“Make the title shorter and render it again in PNG”
“The text looks too small, make it bigger”
“How many pin renders do I have left today?”

What the assistant can do

extract_url: Reads a web page you name (blog post, product page, recipe) and returns its title, description and images.
list_templates: Lists the 30 pin templates by category, with the extra fields each supports, such as a price or cook time.
list_styles: Lists the 15 color palettes and 10 font pairings.
render_pin: Renders the pin: a preview in the chat plus a link to the full 1000x1500 image (JPEG, or PNG on request) and a link that opens the same pin on this website for further editing. You can ask for larger or smaller text (text size, from 70% to 250%). The image link works for 7 days.
get_quota: Shows how many of your 50 daily renders are left.

Limits

50 renders per day per account, reset at 00:00 UTC. Failed renders are not counted.
Image links work for 7 days. Download what you want to keep.
Pins are 1000x1500 pixels, Pinterest's recommended size.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. You sign in with Google when you connect, and get 50 renders a day. The count resets at 00:00 UTC, and a failed render is not counted.

Does it post to Pinterest for me?

No. You get the finished image and upload it to Pinterest yourself, so you stay in control of every pin.

Why does the image link stop working after 7 days?

Rendered images are kept for 7 days, then deleted. Pinterest keeps its own copy when you create a pin, so pins you already published are not affected. Download anything you want to keep.

What does InsightPins see?

Your Google account email (to keep your daily count), the pages you ask it to read, and the pins it renders. It cannot read your chats.

How do I disconnect?

Remove the InsightPins connector in your AI app. Apps that support it end the connection on our side at once; otherwise the app simply stops using it, and an unused connection lapses after 30 days. There is no list of connected apps on the website yet.

Do the pins look the same as on the website?

Yes. The server renders the exact same templates the website exports, with the same fonts and colors.