Deeper Dive: Our Top Tested Picks

Simple, clear interface

Reliably syncs photos to cloud storage

Color, detail, and light adjustments equal to Lightroom Classic's

Powerful raw profiles and AI tools

Strong community features

Subscription only

No local printing or plug-in support

You're probably familiar with Adobe's top-notch photo workflow software, Lightroom (not to be confused with Lightroom Classic), but you might not realize its web version is nearly as powerful. You get all the effects (such as Clarity and Texture), lighting and color corrections, lens profile corrections, noise reduction, and raw camera file support with raw profiles that you get with the desktop version. The web version also has AI-recommended presets and a photo-sharing community. To get access, you must pay the same $9.99-per-month subscription rate as for the installed Lightroom.

Colorcinch has a slick, well-designed interface. It includes Lightroom-like tools, such as Vibrance, along with the more standard color- and light-adjustment sliders. Many of its capabilities are free, but paying subscribers ($4.99 per month with an annual commitment) get cutting-edge features like AI background removal, Cartoonizer filters, and color replacement. The site doesn't support raw camera files or video, but you do get a fine selection of Photohop-like text overlays and brushes (but no layers). You can upload photos to edit directly to Colorcinch or integrate the service with Google Drive to pull images from there. Direct sharing is possible on Facebook, Pinterest, and X.