Tom’s Guide Verdict
If you think Vistaprint is only about business-related printing, think again.
The company offers a wide array of personal print-on-demand services with solid results.
But the company also has extensive online services for creating personalphoto books, calendars and photo cards.
In our testing of these products, we were pleasantly surprised with the results.
The quality of our photo books and calendars rivaled some of the best photo book services we tried.
There are no lay flat options as some rivals offer.
Additional double-sided pages cost $1.50.
Vistaprint calendarsAn 8 x 11-inch, 12-month centerfold wall calendar with top binding starts at $19.99.
As with competing companies, Vistaprints cards are regularly discounted, particularly if you order more.
Vistaprint review: Software
Vistaprints software isnt snazzy, but it gets the job done.
Just dont expect anything fancy or a vast assortment of editing tools and you wont be disappointed.
Upload times, however, were among the slowest of all the software we tested.
Once everything was uploaded, we experienced relatively no lag while making our book.
Photos, layouts, backgrounds and other tools are located on the left side panel.
There were no surprises with the finished products for the book or the calendar, which we appreciated.
The semi-glossy pages popped and had good weight to them, suggesting a more expensive book.
Vistaprint calendarsVistaprints calendar was also more impressive than we expected, given how inexpensive it was.
The waterfall shot on back also had a strangely flat look that resembled a painting.
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Vistaprint review: Verdict
Vistaprint offered the best value of all the services we tested.
The photo book and calendar we created looked surprisingly good despite being the least expensive in our testing.
We wouldnt recommend Vistaprints photo cards though.
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They were the cheapest of the bunch, but they looked and felt that way.
You get what you pay for.
We did like that Vistaprint has added free Live Help features if you get stuck during the design process.
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And if you need a snazzy business card, they still make those too.
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