Adobe Lightroom vs Pixlr
Adobe Lightroom
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Pixlr
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| Figure | Adobe Lightroom | Pixlr |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 12 |
| Spec score · AI Photo Editors | 9.3 (#1) | 8.1 (#51) |
| Spec score · Photo editors | 9.3 (#2) | 8.7 (#21) |
| Spec score · Photo Editing Software | 9.3 (#4) | 8.7 (#24) |
| AI retouching | Yes | Yes |
| Batch editing | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud sync | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1982 | 2008 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Singapore |
| Masking tools | Yes | Yes |
| Platform | multi-platform | multi-platform |
| RAW photo support | Yes | No |
Plans
Adobe Lightroom
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachersPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachersPriced on request
- Lightroom for teamsPriced on request
- Lightroom for teamsPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for teamsPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for teamsPriced on request
- Lightroom$11.99 a month
- Photography$19.99 a month
- Creative Cloud ProPrice not published
Pixlr
- PlusPrice not published
- PremiumPrice not published
- UltraPrice not published
- Ultra MaxPrice not published
- Plus Yearly$1.99 a year
- Plus Monthly$2.49 a month
- Premium Yearly$7.99 a year
- Premium Monthly$9.99 a month
- Ultra Yearly$19.99 a year
- Ultra Monthly$24.99 a month
In their own words
Adobe Lightroom
Lightroom is Adobe’s cloud-based service for creating, editing, organizing, storing, and sharing photos across devices. Its photo libraries are searchable, and the editing toolkit includes RAW support, batch editing, masking, AI retouching, AI Lens Blur, Adaptive Presets, portrait Quick Actions, and sensor Dust Removal. Generative Remove uses Adobe Firefly to remove distractions, while Assisted Culling helps sort photos by image quality and group similar shots. Generative upscale with Topaz Gigapixel can enlarge images by up to 4x. Users can collaborate in shared albums, post to social network apps, or share with the Lightroom community. Lightroom is available on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows, with a free mobile app and premium features available as an upgrade. Adobe offers a free plan and a 7-day trial; billing begins when the trial ends, with a further 14-day refund period described. Named plans include Lightroom, Photography, and Creative Cloud Pro, as well as student, teacher, and team options.
Pixlr
Pixlr is an image editing, generation and design service available in browsers and on iOS and Android, with desktop access through a Pixlr Account. Its browser editor offers free online editing, generation and design. Editing features include layers, masking, batch editing, cloud sync and AI retouching; the wider toolset includes image and video generation, face swap, generative fill, background removal and object removal. Pixlr integrates models including Flux, Kling, Recraft, Veo, Qwen and Stable Diffusion, and Super Scale supports AI upscaling up to 25 megapixels. RAW photo support is not included. The free version has features, but premium content, advanced tools and ad-free editing require paid options. Listed subscriptions include Plus Monthly at $2.49 a month, Premium Monthly at $9.99 a month, Ultra Monthly at $24.99 a month and Ultra MAX Monthly at $49.99 a month. Yearly options are also listed, including Plus Yearly at $1.99 a year and Premium Yearly at $7.99 a year. Subscription credits reset on renewal or cancellation, while credit pack credits do not expire. Pixlr does not process subscription refunds after payment; mobile refunds go through the app store.