Bento layouts in seconds, not an afternoon of nudging.

Draw a rectangle, pick a style, shuffle until it looks right. Akrivi builds the bento grid for your presentations, portfolio and socials, ready to mask your images into.

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★ 4.8 from 308 reviews · used by 7,432 designers

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Mohamed KhayalGraphic Designer

"Bento Generator saved me a lot of time and made my presentations look much more professional. It's now a key part of my workflow."

Yahya UmarBrand Identity Designer

"As a designer who regularly uses bento layouts, this has made my workflow certainly smoother."

João MeirelesBrand Designer

"Powerful, simple, and a huge time saver."

The problem

Blank rectangle, every time.

Fiddly

Dozens of rectangles, all nudged by hand to the same gutter.

Rigid

Change one tile and you rebuild the layout.

Repetitive

The same grid again for the case study, the Behance post and the Instagram carousel.

Draw, tune, shuffle, finalise.

Step 1

Draw a rectangle, pick a style

The rectangle sets the size of the whole grid, so it fits the artboard, slide or social format you're working in.

Simple.
Even tiles, evenly spaced.
Centered.
One tile larger, centred in the grid.
Brick.
Rows offset like a brick pattern.
Random.
Tile sizes shuffled for a looser layout.
Step 2

Tune sections, corners and gutter

Three controls, all live on the artboard.

Sections.
Slide to set how many tiles.
Corners.
Sharp, soft or round.
Gutter.
Slide the spacing wider or tighter.
Live on the artboard.
Every change shows as you make it.
Step 3

Shuffle until it looks right

Every click gives a new arrangement of the same settings. Same tile count, same gutter, different composition. Stop when one fits your content.

Step 4

Finalise, then fill

Finalise flattens the grid into plain Illustrator shapes. From there, mask in your logo, mockups and photography the way you always do.

Plain shapes.
No groups or live effects to fight.
Your usual masks.
Clip in logos, mockups and photos as normal.
Reuse the grid.
Case study, Behance and Instagram from one layout.
Any size.
Fills whatever rectangle you drew.

How much time is that?

A bento layout by hand takes around 24 minutes of drawing, aligning and distributing. Bento Grids does it in about one: draw a rectangle, click.

Bento grids per project9
Projects per year12
41hrs
back every year, on bento grids alone
3.5 hours per project · 1.0 working weeks a year
Based on about 30 minutes per bento layout by hand, one per concept presented, discounted 20% to be safe. Masking your images in is the same either way. Your numbers may differ.

Step four of your workflow.

What designers are saying.

Feedback from designers who've used Akrivi's tools to speed up their logo work.

Mohamed Khayal
Mohamed Khayal
Graphic Designer and Content Creator

"Bento Generator saved me a lot of time and made my presentations look much more professional. It's now a key part of my workflow."

Ron Shamshiri
Ron Shamshiri
CEO & Co-Founder of Brainy Circles

"The most helpful Illustrator plugin I've used. Essential for logo and brand designers."

Yahya Umar
Yahya Umar
Brand Identity Designer

"As a designer who regularly uses Bento layouts, Presenta's Bento Generator has made my workflow certainly smoother!"

Robert McCombe
Robert McCombe
@robert.mccombe

"Always good when you find a way to make a laborious task, quick and easy, but still managed to achieve the best quality possible."

Halil Kulbak
Halil Kulbak
Brand Designer

"It's a game-changer! During the hectic launch and busy times, it's been my rock, saving me tons of time and elevating my designs."

Shane Harry
Shane Harry
Creative Artworker

"As a relatively new logo & brand designer for Twhn Design but with over 20 years experience of graphic design and art-working, we fully embraced this new plug in."

Dalla Villa Filippo
Dalla Villa Filippo
Creative Director

"Fast, intuitive, and perfect for designing brands. I recommend this to fellow designers!"

Garik Vanyan
Garik Vanyan
Graphic designer | Upwork

"This is a time saver. As a logo designer, I find this tool very useful. It can be a good friend especially for a junior designers."

Javid
Javid
Graphic Designer

"It is a very successful and useful project, This tool is very useful for my work as a graphic designer. I use this tool in almost all my logo projects."

Myles Isaac
Myles Isaac
@themylesclub

"Remarkable. A clear revolutionary product for all logo designers!"

Tiago Simoes
Tiago Simoes
Customer

"This is an extension every designer should have! Definitely a time-saver — I truly recommend it."

Irem Aslan
Irem Aslan
Graphic/Web Designer

"I can only recommend it to everyone! Speeds up the work and is great for a great presentation of the logo. I love it!"

Dawson Barber
Dawson Barber
Customer

"I can't believe no one ever thought of this before. It's a brilliant product that really streamlines the process. It saves me so much time and is super easy to use. I can't recommend it highly enough!"

Ramon Emmanuel Garcia Laynes
Ramon Emmanuel Garcia Laynes
Designer

"It's an amazing tool, just that I needed."

Mohamed Hussein
Mohamed Hussein
Senior Graphic Designer

"Thanks for helping me ❤️❤️"

One plan. Hours back on every project.

Every tool, every update and every new release included. Pays for itself on your first project.

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✓Logo Grids
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✓Brand Guidelines
✓Bento Grids
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✓Every update and new tool
✓Use on up to 2 devices
✓Setup guides and email support
Adobe Illustrator 2021–2027macOS and Windows

Questions & answers

Does it place my images for me?

No. Bento Grids builds the layout. You mask your images into the tiles yourself, using Illustrator's normal clipping masks.

Can I change the grid after finalising?

Finalise flattens it into plain shapes, so you can edit them freely but the shuffle and sliders no longer apply. Generate a new grid if you want a different arrangement.

What sizes does it work at?

Any. The grid fills whatever rectangle you draw, so it works for a slide, an A4 page or a 1080px square.

Do I need to buy Bento Grids separately?

No. It's one of the six tools in Akrivi Studio, all included in the $129/year subscription.

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