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Pixelmator Pro vs. Photoshop: Which is the best image-editing tool?
Jan 1, 2025
Summary
Pixelmator Pro challenges Photoshop with affordable pricing and integrated AI tools.
Adobe Photoshop offers more platform support, while Pixelmator Pro is Mac-exclusive.
Pixelmator Pro has a sleek interface and powerful features, making it a promising alternative to Photoshop.
Photoshop has had competitors against it for years, and many often fall short compared to Photoshop’s power and historical development. With new and upcoming proprietary creative software like the Affinity suite , there are some that are dangerously close to being better than Photoshop. Pixelmator Pro gives Photoshop a run for its money with creative features, big-name development, and integrated AI.
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Price
Winner: Pixelmator Pro
Adobe prices are variable depending on whether you subscribe to one singular app, a small plan, the entire Creative Cloud All Apps plan, and again if you’re a student, professional, or part of a business or enterprise. Adobe Photoshop has a handful of price models due to those factors.
A solo Photoshop plan for a professional (non-discounted) is $23 per month. The Photography plan — which includes both Photoshop and Lightroom for well-rounded photo-editing — comes at around $20 per month. Yes, it’s cheaper to get more in your plan. Photoshop is also part of the all-inclusive All Apps plan, from $59 monthly. All prices are annual contracts. You can get a 7-day free trial before subscribing.
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