Photoroom vs Showfoto

Photoroom is a freemium photo editor from a maker founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris, France. It runs on the web, iOS, and Android, with batch editing, layers, masking tools, cloud sync, and AI retouching. A free plan is available. The Pro plan includes 8,000 AI credits and 1,000 exports per month for up to 50 seats. Max provides 25,000 AI credits and 3,000 exports monthly, also for up to 50 seats. Ultra provides 75,000 AI credits and 10,000 exports monthly with the same seat limit. Enterprise uses custom credits and includes adjustable AI Shadows, visual QA tools, SLA and SSO, plus dedicated onboarding and support. The listed plans do not include prices. These plans set different monthly allowances for AI processing and exports, while the editing features support both batch workflows and individual image adjustments. Cloud sync extends the workflow across supported platforms, and masking and layers provide control over image composition.

Showfoto is a stand-alone version of the digiKam Image Editor for editing and processing local image files. Its tools cover colors, effects, transforms, decoration, enhancement and RAW import, with support for masking and batch editing. The Folders tab navigates directory hierarchies and loads images from local storage. Showfoto can process batches, although it does not include digiKam’s Batch Queue Manager. Compatible plugins include Time Adjust, Print Wizard, Metadata Editor and HTML Gallery, and web-service tools can export items to services such as Flickr or Google. A stand-alone DNG Converter can convert proprietary RAW containers to Digital Negative format. Showfoto is free and available for Linux, Windows and macOS; listed packages include Linux AppImage, Windows 10 or later, and macOS builds for Apple Silicon and Intel. It has no database, so it does not support image versioning. The digiKam project says photos, metadata and settings remain on the device, with no tracking, analytics or telemetry. It also says its AI tools run locally.