Pixelmator Pro vs Adobe Firefly vs Canva AI vs Fotor AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Pixelmator Pro
Apple-owned Mac and iPad image editor with on-device ML tools
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe's commercially-safe AI studio for image, video and audio
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Canva AI
AI design tools built into Canva — image gen, copy, and edits.
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Fotor AI
Online photo editor with AI tools — background removal, portrait enhan...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Subscription | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free trial available | 25 generative credits per month via firefly.adobe.com | Limited AI generations on free Canva plan | Basic editing and limited AI features free |
| Paid from | $49.99 one-time | Standard $9.99/mo (2,000 credits); Pro $19.99/mo (4,000 credits); higher tiers to $139.91/mo | $120/year (Pro) | $8.99/month (Pro) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 2m+ Mac users | ~41M Creative Cloud subscribers; Firefly used to generate 22B+ assets by April 2025 | 265m+ monthly active users (end of 2025), 31m paying | 100m+ users |
| Founded | 2007 | 2023 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Maker | Apple (acquired 2024) | Adobe Inc. | Canva | Fotor Team |
| Verdict | Apple closed its Pixelmator acquisition in February 2025, and January 2026 revealed the plan: Pixelmator Pro joined Apple Creator Studio, the $12.99/month bundle with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, picked up new AI feature... |
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... |
Canva AI is Magic Studio bundled into a design tool most SMBs and marketing teams already have open: Magic Design turns a text prompt into an editable template, Magic Write drafts on-page copy, and Dream Lab (built on Le... |
Fotor's 2026 lineup runs Basic/Pro/Pro+/Max, with credits gating how many AI generations you get each month rather than a flat cap — Pro adds 100+ editing tools and unlimited watermark-free exports, Pro+ layers on batch... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.