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Photopea

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Photopea is a browser layered image editor: open a PSD, paint on a layer, and use the same menus as Photoshop.

Photopea — Photopea editor: pea.psd, Brush, Color Picker, History, and Layers.

OUR TAKE

Pick Photopea for people who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat. Ads on Free.

Good fit

People who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat.

Poor fit

Free · Premium €8

USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-26 · photopea.com

Ads on Free

Compare:

Photopea vs Pixelmator Pro Photopea vs Adobe Firefly

OUR TAKE

Pick Photopea for people who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat. Ads on Free. That is the usage cost.

Good fit

People who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat.

Poor fit

Free · Premium €8

USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-26 · photopea.com

Ads on Free

Compare:

Photopea vs Pixelmator Pro Photopea vs Adobe Firefly

What it costs

USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-26 · photopea.com

Free

All editing features; ads

$0

Premium

sold in the Account window as prepaid days. We did not fetch that panel. Do not copy third-party / / figures into this page until someone screenshots Account

Lowest paid

€8

The product is not OSS.

Not published by the vendor

Not published by the vendor

Checked 2026-10-26·photopea.com

Compare Visit photopea.com

Before you pay

Good fit

People who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat.

Watch out

Ads on Free. That is the usage cost.

Instead, try

Pixelmator Pro if native Mac editor; MAS $49.99 / Creator Studio public $; Adobe Firefly if generate-first; Standard US$9.99/mo

Compare Photopea with

Photopea vs Pixelmator Pro Photopea vs Adobe Firefly Photopea vs Canva

Limits, in full

01
Ads on Free. That is the usage cost.
02
No public Premium $ HTML. Do not invent one.
03
Not Photoshop CC. A browser clone, not an Adobe seat.

If Photopea isn't it

Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator Pro

Why: native Mac editor; MAS $49.99 / Creator Studio public $.

Paid only$49.99

macOS 26 / iPadOS 26

Checked 2026-10-26·pixelmator.com/pro

Adobe Firefly

Adobe Firefly

Why: generate-first; Standard US$9.99/mo.

Paid only$9.99/mo

Credits and model mix change

Checked 2026-10-20·adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html

Canva

Canva

Why: templates; Pro US$144/yr.

Free· paid from$144/yr

Free is not Pro

Checked 2026-10-20·canva.com/pricing

Limits & alternatives3 limits · Pixelmator Pro, Adobe Firefly, Canva instead

Limits, in full

01
Ads on Free. That is the usage cost.
02
No public Premium $ HTML. Do not invent one.
03
Not Photoshop CC. A browser clone, not an Adobe seat.

If Photopea isn't it

Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator Pro

Why: native Mac editor; MAS $49.99 / Creator Studio public $.

Paid only$49.99

macOS 26 / iPadOS 26

Checked 2026-10-26·pixelmator.com/pro

Adobe Firefly

Adobe Firefly

Why: generate-first; Standard US$9.99/mo.

Paid only$9.99/mo

Credits and model mix change

Checked 2026-10-20·adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html

Canva

Canva

Why: templates; Pro US$144/yr.

Free· paid from$144/yr

Free is not Pro

Checked 2026-10-20·canva.com/pricing

Pricing notes & what changed3 notes · 1 sources

Sponsored

Sponsored placement — shown in this fixed slot only; never ranked inside the shortlist.

How sponsorship works

What it is for

Photopea is a browser layered image editor: open a PSD, paint on a layer, and use the same menus as Photoshop. Use it when the job is edit a PSD in a tab at $0, not a Firefly prompt.

It is not open source. Free is the product (ads). Premium is sold inside the Account window as prepaid days — we did not copy that panel live.

What makes it unique: the cover is Photopea’s official promo screenshot (scr5.png: pea.psd, Brush, Color Picker, History, Layers) — the editor, not a logo.

Key features

PSD-class editor — Layers / History / Brush / Color Picker (cover; scr5).
Free = all editing features — ads sit beside the canvas (Photopea’s own tutorial).
PeaDrive — cloud slot; Free vs Premium sizes are shown in-app.
Premium — ad-free prepaid block inside Account. Do not invent €8 / $5.

Who it's for

Best fit: people who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-26 from photopea.com. The homepage prints no dollar table. Free use is $0 (ads). Premium is an in-app prepaid purchase.

Free — $0. All editing features; ads.
The product is not OSS. We omit a GitHub CTA.

Limitations / costs

Ads on Free. That is the usage cost.
No public Premium $ HTML. Do not invent one.
Not Photoshop CC. A browser clone, not an Adobe seat.

Alternatives

Pixelmator Pro — native Mac editor; MAS $49.99 / Creator Studio public $.
Adobe Firefly — generate-first; Standard US$9.99/mo.
Canva — templates; Pro US$144/yr.

Official tutorial

Written Photopea Learn. No official YouTube how-to to embed.

Website

https://www.photopea.com

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is official promo/screens/scr5.png (editor + Color Picker). Free $0 on photopea.com. Premium $ is in-app only. No GitHub. No official YouTube embed.

Last verified

2026-10-26 editorial check.

What it is for

Photopea is a browser layered image editor: open a PSD, paint on a layer, and use the same menus as Photoshop. Use it when the job is edit a PSD in a tab at $0, not a Firefly prompt.

It is not open source. Free is the product (ads). Premium is sold inside the Account window as prepaid days — we did not copy that panel live.

What makes it unique: the cover is Photopea’s official promo screenshot (scr5.png: pea.psd, Brush, Color Picker, History, Layers) — the editor, not a logo.

Key features

PSD-class editor — Layers / History / Brush / Color Picker (cover; scr5).
Free = all editing features — ads sit beside the canvas (Photopea’s own tutorial).
PeaDrive — cloud slot; Free vs Premium sizes are shown in-app.
Premium — ad-free prepaid block inside Account. Do not invent €8 / $5.

Who it's for

Best fit: people who will live on Free $0 and tolerate ads — not Pixelmator Pro first unless they want a native Mac seat.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-26 from photopea.com. The homepage prints no dollar table. Free use is $0 (ads). Premium is an in-app prepaid purchase.

Free — $0. All editing features; ads.
The product is not OSS. We omit a GitHub CTA.

Limitations / costs

Ads on Free. That is the usage cost.
No public Premium $ HTML. Do not invent one.
Not Photoshop CC. A browser clone, not an Adobe seat.

Alternatives

Pixelmator Pro — native Mac editor; MAS $49.99 / Creator Studio public $.
Adobe Firefly — generate-first; Standard US$9.99/mo.
Canva — templates; Pro US$144/yr.

Official tutorial

Written Photopea Learn. No official YouTube how-to to embed.

Website

https://www.photopea.com

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is official promo/screens/scr5.png (editor + Color Picker). Free $0 on photopea.com. Premium $ is in-app only. No GitHub. No official YouTube embed.

Last verified

2026-10-26 editorial check.