Lensa AI vs Adobe Firefly
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Lensa AI
AI photo editor that creates stunning avatar portraits — Magic Avatars...
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe's commercially-safe AI studio for image, video and audio
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription |
| Free tier | 5 free Magic Avatar generations on signup | 25 generative credits per month via firefly.adobe.com |
| Paid from | $29.99/year (Premium) | Standard $9.99/mo (2,000 credits); Pro $19.99/mo (4,000 credits); higher tiers to $139.91/mo |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 100m+ downloads | ~41M Creative Cloud subscribers; Firefly used to generate 22B+ assets by April 2025 |
| Founded | 2018 | 2023 |
| Maker | Prisma Labs | Adobe Inc. |
| Verdict | Lensa AI, from Prisma Labs (100+ staff), is still best known for Magic Avatars -- upload 10-20 selfies, get dozens of stylised AI portraits back within the app. It remains one of the most-downloaded AI photo apps in 2026... |
Firefly has grown from a cautious image generator into Adobe's whole AI studio: Image Model 5, video and audio generation, and partner models from Google, OpenAI, Runway and Black Forest Labs, all inside one credit syste... |
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