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Fotor vs Adobe Photoshop: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 10th, 2024
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Summary
Features in Photo Editing
21
Best performer
30
  • Animations & Transitions
  • Batch Processing
  • Customizable Templates
12
30
  • Collaboration Tools
  • File Management
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews894
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.2
4.8
User reviews2,215
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.8
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.3
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Anyone who needs to create or enhance visual content can use Fotor to quickly edit photos, make graphic designs, or generate AI artwork with a low barrier to entry.

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Onome D
Artist-Facilitator, Coach, Consultant
4.0

Onome D.: My name is Onome. I am an artist and facilitator and a solopreneur, and I would give Adobe Photoshop a four. Prior to Adobe Photoshop, I was using this web-based graphic design tool. I think it was called GIMP. So it's pretty old school, not user-friendly at all. So as soon as I had the opportunity to start using Adobe Photoshop, I jumped right into it. I chose Adobe Photoshop because it was the most straightforward, comprehensive graphic design program that I knew about at the time that really did everything that I needed it to do and so much more. It was actually a very overwhelming software. I only needed maybe 10% of the capacity of what it could do, but that 10% was everything I needed that I couldn't find in other... I'll find a little bit here in this one program, a little bit this other. Adobe Photoshop was the one software I found that had all the different capacities and make collages and build posters and flyers, like those kinds of things. So I will say that Adobe Photoshop has a very simple learning curve as far as figuring out the basics relatively quickly, how to put an image together and manipulate the colors and the texture. But it has this steep learning curve when it comes to really diving into building a polished visual presence. So that was where I would encounter more frustration. But when it came to being able to jump right in and get immediate projects done fairly quickly, that was where my experience with Adobe Photoshop really shined. So the biggest advice I would give for somebody looking to bring Adobe Photoshop into your business is ask yourself how frequently and consistently do you need access to dependable comprehensive graphic design. Because if you use graphic design every day or multiple times a week, then it may be worth it for you to go with Adobe Photoshop in its current incarnation as a subscription model. Back when I used Adobe Photoshop, it was freestanding software, and I wasn't using it consistently and frequently enough for me to justify signing up for a subscription model. But if you're someone who you have an inspired idea 3 in the morning, you want to be able to access Adobe Photoshop to implement it right then and there, and you know that that will come up for you often, or if you have team members who want to continually and consistently tweak their designs, then it'd be worth it for you to get the subscription.

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Top Features
21/30
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
  • File Management
  • Image Protection
  • Media Management
  • Task Management
  • User Management
  • Animations & Transitions
  • Batch Processing
  • Content Import/Export
  • Content Sharing
  • Customizable Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Conversion
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Multiple Output Formats
  • Photos/Images
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Presentation Tools
  • Preview Functionality
  • Project Management
  • Real Time Editing
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Sharing
  • Watermarking
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Fotor
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Adobe Photoshop
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Fotor
  • By Everimaging
  • Located in China
  • Founded in 2012
Adobe Photoshop
  • By Adobe
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1967
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