Pick Adobe Firefly if
designers already in Photoshop / Express / Creative Cloud who want a browser generate box with Adobe’s commercial terms.
Read the Adobe Firefly pageAdobe Firefly vs DALL-E 3
Our take
Pick Adobe Firefly if designers already in Photoshop / Express / Creative Cloud who want a browser generate box with Adobe’s commercial terms. Pick DALL-E 3 if people already in ChatGPT who want a still without a second studio. Skip Adobe Firefly if people who need a local node graph (ComfyUI) or a Discord Explore grid (Midjourney). Skip DALL-E 3 if discord aesthetic grids (Midjourney) or a local checkpoint (Stable
Adobe Firefly
Adobe’s signed-out generative studio on
Best for
Adobe Firefly Commercially safer Adobe-hosted generation inside Creative Cloud
DALL-E 3 A still from a sentence inside ChatGPT
Free plan
Adobe Firefly No free plan
DALL-E 3 $0 · limited image generations (help: Images available on all tiers)
Lowest paid
Adobe Firefly Firefly Standard $9.99/mo
DALL-E 3 Plus $20/mo
Next step up
Adobe Firefly Firefly Pro $19.99/mo
DALL-E 3 Pro 100 / 200 / 500 $100/mo
Runs where
Adobe Firefly Hosted
DALL-E 3 Hosted
Watch out
Adobe Firefly Credits and model mix change
DALL-E 3 DALL·E GPT is retired
Last checked
Adobe Firefly 2026-10-20 · adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html
DALL-E 3 2026-10-26 · help.openai.com
Which one, then?
Pick DALL-E 3 if
people already in ChatGPT who want a still without a second studio.
Read the DALL-E 3 page