Adobe Fresco vs PaintTool SAI
Adobe Fresco
adobe.comPaintTool SAI
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| Figure | Adobe Fresco | PaintTool SAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | ¥5,500/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 8.5 (#7) | 7.6 (#30) |
| Spec score · Design tools | 8.4 (#53) | 7.5 (#119) |
| Spec score · Graphic Design Software | 8.4 (#55) | 7.5 (#121) |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Purpose | Adobe Fresco is a drawing and painting app built for stylus and touch devices. | PaintTool SAI is lightweight painting software for digital art. |
| Support | Adobe directs Fresco users to its community forum for tips, answers, discussion, and feedback. | The maker says it cannot provide support for basic Windows operation knowledge. |
Plans
Adobe Fresco
- Adobe FrescoPrice not published
- Adobe FrescoPriced on request
- Adobe Fresco Single App (Free)Free
PaintTool SAI
- PaintTool SAI Ver.1 Software License¥5,500 a month
- PaintTool SAI Ver.1 Software License$5,500, paid once
In their own words
Adobe Fresco
Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app for stylus and touch devices. It offers pixel, vector, watercolor, and oil live brushes, plus frame-by-frame animation and motion paths. Artwork can use unlimited layers. Adobe lists support for iPad, iPhone, Windows devices with Intel, Nvidia, or AMD processors, and specified Surface ARM devices. Fresco work can move into Photoshop and sync as a Creative Cloud document. When connected, artwork syncs automatically to Adobe Creative Cloud; offline documents remain local and sync after reconnection. Publish & Export or Quick Export can send artwork to Dropbox or other cloud storage. The free plan includes 5 GB of cloud storage, while a paid Fresco plus Photoshop on iPad plan includes 100 GB. Adobe says paid upgrades add premium Adobe Fonts and more storage. Fresco is available on iOS and Windows, with desktop and mobile apps.
PaintTool SAI
PaintTool SAI has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.