PhotoPad vs Sumo Paint
PhotoPad
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paint.sumo.appSide by side
| Figure | PhotoPad | Sumo Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 3 |
| Spec score · Photo Editing Software | 9.3 (#6) | 8.7 (#28) |
| Company founded | LinkedIn and Crunchbase identify NCH Software as founded in 1993. | LinkedIn states that Sumo Apps was founded in Helsinki in 2008. |
| Company headquarters and size | LinkedIn lists headquarters in Greenwood Village, Colorado and company size of 51–200 employees. | LinkedIn lists Helsinki, Finland as headquarters and a company size of 2–10 employees. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Layers | Effects are kept in a reorderable, undoable, non-destructive layers list with visibility and opacity controls. | Layers support undo, duplication, merging, flattening, rotation and flipping. |
| Limit: performance | G2 reviewers mention slow loading, long rendering times for large images and occasional hanging while effects are applied. | FixThePhoto reports lag in some tools, imperfect text handling and slower processing than desktop alternatives. |
| Purpose | PhotoPad edits and enhances digital photos and images. | Sumo Paint is a drawing tool and image editor for drawing pictures or combining images with filters, text elements, and symbols. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.2 out of 5 from 29 reviews | G2's Sumo listing, which describes an e-commerce marketing product rather than the Paint editor, shows 4.0 out of 5 from 55 reviews. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 4.5 out of 5 from about 2,000 reviews for NCH Software overall | SUMO Paint has a Trustpilot score of 2.9 out of 5 from 2 reviews. |
| Support | NCH offers email support; telephone and live chat support are listed for customers with Platinum support. | The FAQ directs users with persistent crashes or technical problems to [email protected] and links to video tutorials for getting started. |
| What it does | PhotoPad edits and enhances digital photographs and other images. | Sumo Paint is a browser drawing and image-editing application for creating artwork or combining images. |
Plans
PhotoPad
- Pro Edition Annual PlanPrice not published
- Home Edition Annual PlanPrice not published
- Pro Edition Quarterly PlanPrice not published
- FreeFree
- Free editionFree
- PhotoPad Photo Editor Pro Edition Quarterly Plan$9.99 a month
- PhotoPad Photo Editor Home Edition Annual Plan$34.99 a year
- PhotoPad Photo Editor Pro Edition Annual Plan$39.95 a year
- Pro LicensePrice not published
In their own words
PhotoPad
PhotoPad edits and enhances digital photos and images, with tools for cropping, rotating, resizing, retouching, and adjusting color and exposure. Blur and sharpening controls complement its non-destructive editing: users can undo, reorder, or change effects in a layers list. It can also make collages, photo mosaics, calendars, greeting cards, and photo montages. The maker lists AI-assisted super-resolution resizing, object and background removal, and colorizing black-and-white photos. PhotoPad supports RAW editing and formats including JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and BMP; HDR/exposure blending is also listed. A project can contain up to eight images, and panorama types include wide. Edited pictures can be uploaded directly to Twitter, Flickr, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Drive. It is listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, and as an extension. The free edition costs nothing and is limited to non-commercial use; no signup is required. Desktop requirements are Windows 7 to 11 or macOS 10.5 or later.
Sumo Paint
Sumo Paint has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.