Photopea vs PhotoWorks
Photopea
photopea.comPhotoWorks
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| Figure | Photopea | PhotoWorks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $37.50/mo | $1.60/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Photo Editing Software | 9.4 (#1) | 8.3 (#50) |
| Spec score · Photo editors | 9.3 (#4) | 8.4 (#39) |
| Spec score · AI Photo Editors | 8.9 (#14) | 8.1 (#50) |
| AI retouching | Yes | Yes |
| Batch editing | Yes | Yes |
| File formats | Photopea lists support for PSD and formats including PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, WEBP, SVG, PDF, AI, AVIF, HEIC, TIFF, MP4, INDD, and Figma. | The full version supports RAW and exports to JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Intended users | The site names social media enthusiasts, students and educators, small business owners, and graphic designers as audiences for its free editor. | The download page describes PhotoWorks as suitable for beginners and expert photographers. |
| Layer editing | Yes | Yes |
| Platform | web | multi-platform |
| RAW photo support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Photopea directs users who need help to its Reddit community and lists [email protected] on its site. | The order page includes technical support with the license and says Ultimate includes free technical support. |
Plans
Photopea
- Free accountFree
- School ad-free access$450 a year
- Premium accountPrice not published
- Self-Hosted VersionPrice not published
PhotoWorks
- Standard$19.25 a year
- PRO$39.20 a year
- Ultimate$114 a month
- Ultimate$79.80, paid once
In their own words
Photopea
Photopea is a browser-based editor for raster and vector graphics, with tools for image resizing, webpage design, illustration, and photo processing. Its editing toolkit includes layers, masks, blending, smart objects, adjustment layers, channels, paths, filters, and vector tools. It opens and saves PSD files and lists support for formats including PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, AI, HEIC, TIFF, MP4, INDD, and Figma. Photopea also offers one-click background removal and image-part replacement from a text description. It says files are processed on the user's device and can still be opened, edited, and saved offline. Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive can be connected optionally. Browser installation creates a homescreen icon but still runs the editor in a browser; a separate self-hosted package can run on a customer server or local network without internet access. The free editor has a free plan. School ad-free access costs $450 a year for the whole school. The self-hosted version is listed at $5,002,000 a month, paid a whole year in advance.
PhotoWorks
PhotoWorks has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.