GPT Image (OpenAI) vs Adobe Firefly
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
GPT Image (OpenAI)
OpenAI's image models, DALL-E 3's successor in ChatGPT and the API
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe's AI studio for image, video and audio, wired into Creative Clou...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.9 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | ChatGPT Free includes limited image creation with Images 2.5; OpenAI publishes no free API allowance | Free plan with daily generations across image, video and audio, refreshed every day; includes models such as Nano Banana and Luma Ray3.14 |
| Paid from | SGD 11/month (ChatGPT Go, as shown to a Singapore visitor), or per-token API billing | S$13.39/month incl. GST (Firefly Standard, 2,000 credits, Singapore pricing) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 100m+ ChatGPT users with access | ~41M Creative Cloud subscribers; Firefly used to generate 22B+ assets by April 2025 |
| Founded | 2025 | 2023 |
| Maker | OpenAI | Adobe Inc. |
| Verdict | For most people GPT Image is simply the image tool already inside ChatGPT: available on the free tier, edited by conversation, and since September 2026 helped along by Sketch, templates and on-image comments. Developers... |
Firefly is the natural choice for anyone already in Creative Cloud: Generative Fill and other standard image features are unlimited on every paid plan, one credit pool covers Adobe's apps, and the model menu now includes... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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