LabelGrid vs Avery Design & Print Online
Short answer: choose Avery Design & Print if you want ready-made designs, clipart, curved text and your own images on Avery products; choose LabelGrid for a free, no-account label sheet PDF from the browser, with your list pasted from a spreadsheet.
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In Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers: select the cells with the header row, copy, and paste here. The sample rows are replaced.
Text auto-fits at 19.8 pt.
Print at 100% / Actual size, not “Fit to page”. Paper: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in).
Free prints one full sheet.
Font, style, colours, start position and printer offset
Print the alignment test sheet on plain paper, hold it over a label sheet, and nudge: positive moves everything right / down.
Pro, one payment, no subscription:
- Unlimited mail merge rows and sheets
- Open .xlsx files directly
- QR codes and Code 128 barcodes
- Serial numbering
- Your logo or image on every label
- Saved designs
- Saved printer calibration
- No credit line
Pro tools
Who should pick Avery Design & Print, and who LabelGrid
Avery Design & Print Online is a free online designer run by the label manufacturer (Avery Products Corporation). Pick it if you want ready-made designs, clipart, curved text and your own images on Avery products. It is also the better fit if you like keeping projects saved in an account to reopen and reorder later.
Pick LabelGrid if you want to go from a sheet code to a printable PDF in one tab: choose the code, type one label or paste a list copied from a spreadsheet, check the live preview, and download a PDF that prints at 100 % scale.
LabelGrid vs Avery Design & Print: feature table
10 points side by side. Every Avery Design & Print cell comes from its public pages, last checked October 24, 2026; sources are listed below the table. Plans and features change, so check the linked page before you decide. The label maker above is set to Avery 5163 (10 per sheet) so you can try LabelGrid right away.
| LabelGrid | Avery Design & Print | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | In the web browser; nothing to install | Free online design tool; projects can be saved online and opened from any device in a web browser |
| Account to print | No account, no sign-in | The template page for Avery 5160 says you are prompted to sign in when you click Start Designing |
| Free use | Free: one full sheet per PDF, with a small LabelGrid credit in the page margin (never on a label) | Presented on its own page as free label making software with free online design tools |
| Paid plans (published) | Pro, $19 one-time, is not on sale yet: you can reserve the founder price, no payment is taken | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Mail merge | Yes: paste rows copied from a spreadsheet and use {Column} placeholders (free up to one sheet) | Mail & data merge that imports names and addresses from your spreadsheets |
| Templates (as published) | Sheet layouts from the open gLabels template database (MIT licence) | Blank templates made to fit each Avery product, plus ready-made design templates |
| Barcodes and QR codes | QR codes, Code 128 barcodes and serial numbers are Pro features (Pro is not on sale yet) | Barcode and QR code generator, also for sequential numbering on tickets and price tags |
| Blank template downloads | A blank PDF template for every sheet code | Blank 5160 templates download for Word (.doc), Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, PDF and Apple Pages |
| Images on labels | Logos and images are a Pro feature (Pro is not on sale yet) | Image library plus your own uploads, with crop, size and position tools, and curved text |
| Printing | You print at home; no printing service | Print it yourself or use Avery's custom printing service |
Where LabelGrid and Avery Design & Print differ
- Where it runs: Avery Design & Print — free online design tool; projects can be saved online and opened from any device in a web browser. LabelGrid runs in a browser tab with nothing to install or connect.
- Accounts: at Avery Design & Print, the template page for Avery 5160 says you are prompted to sign in when you click Start Designing. LabelGrid has no accounts at all, so there is nothing to sign in to before the PDF.
- Free use: Avery Design & Print — presented on its own page as free label making software with free online design tools. LabelGrid's free tier prints one full sheet per PDF with a small credit in the page margin, never on a label.
- Mail merge: Avery Design & Print — mail & data merge that imports names and addresses from your spreadsheets. In LabelGrid you paste rows copied from any spreadsheet and place {Column} placeholders on the label.
- Barcodes: Avery Design & Print — barcode and QR code generator, also for sequential numbering on tickets and price tags. In LabelGrid, QR codes, barcodes and serial numbers belong to Pro, which is not on sale yet, so today Avery Design & Print is ahead here.
- Images: Avery Design & Print — image library plus your own uploads, with crop, size and position tools, and curved text. Free LabelGrid labels are text with simple decorative styles; logos or images belong to Pro, which is not on sale yet, so Avery Design & Print is ahead here.
- Printing service: Avery Design & Print can print the labels for you; LabelGrid only makes the PDF you print at home.
When Avery Design & Print is the better choice
- Avery Design & Print suits you better when you want ready-made designs, clipart, curved text and your own images on Avery products.
- Avery Design & Print suits you better when you like keeping projects saved in an account to reopen and reorder later.
- Avery Design & Print suits you better when you would rather have Avery print the labels for you.
How to move your labels from Avery Design & Print to LabelGrid
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Export your contacts from the spreadsheet you imported into Avery Design & Print, open it, select the rows with the header row and paste them into LabelGrid.
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Pick the same Avery product number in LabelGrid (for example 5160); the page states the geometry it uses.
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Print LabelGrid's alignment test sheet at 100 % scale before you print on the real sheet.
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In your print dialog choose Actual size or 100 % (never "Fit to page"), then print the sheet. If Avery Design & Print had a printer offset you relied on, enter the same nudge in LabelGrid's printer offset fields.
Sources for the Avery Design & Print facts
Checked on October 24, 2026 with read-only visits to these public pages. Product and company names belong to their owners and are used only to identify them; LabelGrid is not affiliated with Avery Products Corporation.
Avery Products Corporation pages
Frequently asked questions
Is LabelGrid affiliated with Avery Products Corporation?
No. LabelGrid is an independent label tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Avery Products Corporation. Avery Design & Print Online is named here only to compare it, using facts from its public pages checked on October 24, 2026.
Is Avery Design & Print free?
Presented on its own page as free label making software with free online design tools, according to avery.com/software/design-and-print (checked October 24, 2026). LabelGrid's free tier prints one full sheet per PDF without an account.
Can I use the same label sheets with LabelGrid as with Avery Design & Print?
Yes, as long as LabelGrid has a template for your sheet code: pick the code (for example Avery® 5160 or an OnlineLabels OL code), check the label size and margins shown on its page, and print the alignment test sheet before the real labels.
How do I move my address list from Avery Design & Print to LabelGrid?
Export your contacts from the spreadsheet you imported into Avery Design & Print, open it, select the rows with the header row and paste them into LabelGrid. The first row becomes the column names you use as placeholders.
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