Luminar (formerly Luminar Neo) vs Adobe Firefly

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

Luminar (formerly Luminar Neo) Skylum's AI photo editor, renamed from Luminar Neo, on a one-time lice... Visit Adobe Firefly Adobe's AI studio for image, video and audio, wired into Creative Clou... Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7 / 10 7.8 / 10
Capability 7 7
Value for money 7 7
Ease of use 8 9
ASEAN readiness 6 7
API quality n/a 7
Pricing Paid Freemium
Free tier — 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 One-time from $129 (Desktop Only); S$191 to a Singapore visitor S$13.39/month incl. GST (Firefly Standard, 2,000 credits, Singapore pricing)
Has API ✗ ✓
Open source ✗ ✗
Free to use ✗ ✓
Users 1m+ photographers ~41M Creative Cloud subscribers; Firefly used to generate 22B+ assets by April 2025
Founded 2022 2023
Maker Skylum Adobe Inc.
Verdict

Luminar is still the fastest route from a flat photo to a finished one: Sky AI, Light Depth, Restoration and the generative GenErase, GenSwap and GenExpand tools do in clicks what takes a masking session elsewhere. The A...

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...

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