Adobe Photoshop
Professional photo and graphic design software with AI-powered creative tools for online editing and composition
- Also known as
- adobe-photoshop
Available worldwide
What is Adobe Photoshop?
A cloud-based application for photo editing and design work that combines advanced image manipulation capabilities with generative AI features for tasks like background composition, object removal, and image enhancement.
Adobe Photoshop pricing
We don't have Adobe Photoshop's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Adobe Photoshop does
The capabilities that matter for design & creative software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Raster / photo editing
- ✓
- Vector illustration
- -
- DTP / page layout
- -
- Digital painting
- -
- Platform breadth
- -
- CMYK / print production
- -
- PSD / AI import
- -
- Real-time collaboration / cloud
- -
- Generative AI features
- ✓
- Plugin / template ecosystem
- Extensible via third-party integrations
- Pricing model
- -
- Free / open-source available
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Topaz Labs
- Adobe Express
Adobe Photoshop FAQ
Common questions about Adobe Photoshop, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Adobe Photoshop?
A cloud-based application for photo editing and design work that combines advanced image manipulation capabilities with generative AI features for tasks like background composition, object removal, and image enhancement. It is indexed under Design & Creative Software.
What platforms does Adobe Photoshop support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Adobe Photoshop. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Adobe Photoshop be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Adobe Photoshop, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Adobe Photoshop alternatives
Other design & creative software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Affinity PhotoImage editing platform at no cost, with RAW processing, retouching, and batch automationmedium · 54%
- KritaFree digital painting and design applicationmedium · 54%
- Affinity DesignerFree design software for vector illustration, photo editing, and page layoutmedium · 53%
- Canvamedium · 72%
- darktableOpen source photography and raw image editor for photographersmedium · 60%
- Affinity PublisherPage layout application combining typography, image editing, and vector graphics capabilitieslow · 4%
Compare Adobe Photoshop
Side by side against other design & creative software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.04 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.05 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 3 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Generative ai: Yes · Raster editing: Yes · Plugin ecosystem: Extensible via third-party integrations | mediumsource · 2026-09-03 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-09-03 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
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