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 Photopea
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 Photopea if people who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat. Skip Adobe Firefly if people who need a local node graph (ComfyUI) or a Discord Explore grid (Midjourney).
Adobe Firefly
Adobe’s signed-out generative studio on
Best for
Adobe Firefly Commercially safer Adobe-hosted generation inside Creative Cloud
Photopea Edit a PSD in a tab at $0
Free plan
Adobe Firefly No free plan
Photopea $0 · all editing features; ads
Lowest paid
Adobe Firefly Firefly Standard $9.99/mo
Photopea Premium €8
Next step up
Adobe Firefly Firefly Pro $19.99/mo
Photopea
Runs where
Adobe Firefly Hosted
Photopea
Watch out
Adobe Firefly Credits and model mix change
Photopea Ads on Free
Last checked
Adobe Firefly 2026-10-20 · adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html
Photopea 2026-10-26 · photopea.com
Which one, then?
Pick Photopea if
people who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat.
Read the Photopea page