Photopea vs PixLab Photo Editor
Photopea
photopea.comPixLab Photo Editor
editor.pixlab.ioSide by side
| Figure | Photopea | PixLab Photo Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $37.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Photo editors | 9.3 (#4) | 7.8 (#62) |
| Spec score · AI Photo Editors | 8.9 (#14) | 7.5 (#81) |
| Editing features | The editor includes cropping, resizing, layers, masks, blending, smart objects, adjustment layers, channels, paths, filters, and vector graphics tools. | The editor product page describes prompt edits, background removal, object cleanup, upscaling, portrait retouching, color adjustment, and social media resizing. |
| Founded | 2012 | A PixLab blog post says the service launched in June 2017. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Photopea directs users who need help to its Reddit community and lists [email protected] on its site. | PixLab’s editor page directs users to PixLab Support for help with purchases. |
Plans
Photopea
- Free accountFree
- School ad-free access$450 a year
- Premium accountPrice not published
- Self-Hosted VersionPrice not published
PixLab Photo Editor
- Starter Pack$9, paid once
- Essentials Pack$20, paid once
- Pro Pack$35, paid once
- Enterprise Pack$109, 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.
PixLab Photo Editor
PixLab Photo Editor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.