By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: August 2026
Drop in a PNG and get a real SVG back — traced into editable vector paths, not a PNG hidden inside an SVG wrapper. This is a free PNG to SVG converter: full quality and no watermark on the free file, which is more than the paid vectorizers give away.
A PNG is a grid of pixels: scale it up and it goes blurry. An SVG is a set of shapes: it prints razor-sharp at any size, a plotter or cutting machine (Cricut, Silhouette) can follow its outlines, and a designer can recolor or edit it in Illustrator or Inkscape. Print shops, embroiderers and sign makers ask for “a vector file” for exactly this reason. That is exactly what this page does: convert PNG to SVG free, full quality, every time.
Tracing shines on flat artwork: logos, icons, lettering, cartoon-style drawings. A photograph technically converts, but a photo has thousands of tiny color patches, so the SVG gets big and looks like a poster, not a photo. For photos you usually want an upscaler instead. Images are traced at up to 2048 px on the long side — plenty for any logo; a bigger file is scaled to that size first.
One vectorization a day is free at full quality — the real SVG, no watermark, no account, no email. That is the whole file, not a preview: the paid vectorizers give you nothing without a subscription. Need more than one a day? A €5 ShinobiTools pass does 50 a day for a month, and works on our other tools too.
Working from a JPG instead of a PNG? JPG to SVG is the same tracer. Not sure which image format you are starting from? Image to SVG accepts either. Need to go the other way instead? PNG to JPG converts a flat image rather than tracing one.
A real one. The file contains vector paths you can edit point by point — not a copy of your PNG wrapped in an SVG tag, which is what some converters produce.
One file a day is free at full quality — no watermark, no account. A €5 pass raises that to 50 a day for a month and works on our other tools too.
Yes — tracing needs more than a browser can do, so this one runs on our own server. The image is deleted the moment your SVG is ready; nothing is kept.
Yes. Transparent areas in the PNG simply stay empty in the SVG.
Tracing turns areas of similar color into flat shapes. Artwork with clean areas converts beautifully; a photo becomes a stylized poster-like version of itself. That is how vectorization works, not a quality setting.
20 MB per file, traced at up to 2048 px on the long side. Two trace at a time, so at busy moments you may wait a few seconds for your turn.
Yes. The free file is the full file: real vector paths, no watermark, no email required. A €5 pass only adds volume — 50 files a day for a month — it does not unlock quality held back on the free tier.