Photopea vs Shelfgen

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.

Shelfgen is web software that turns product photos into image assets for marketplace sellers. From one photo, it can generate nine outputs, including a white-background main image, a lifestyle scene, a detail macro and a dimension callout. Its tools also cover background changes, listing image generation, infographics, lifestyle photos and batch editing. Presets for Amazon, Shopify, Etsy and eBay apply platform-specific ratios and export validation. Shelfgen says scenes are composed around products to retain labels, logos, textures and geometry. CSV bulk uploads can handle up to 200 SKUs per batch, with structured output folders and status tracking; business workflows add brand presets and multi-brand workspaces. The free Starter plan includes five AI credits, one SKU at a time and watermarked exports. Lite costs $19 a month and includes 100 credits per month, bulk upload for up to five SKUs and no watermark. Higher listed tiers include more credits and larger batch limits. Browser tools for text overlay, crop, basic light and color, and local blur do not use AI credits. Shelfgen advises reviewing final images before uploading them to marketplaces.