Photo editing
Top Pixlr competitors 10 competitors in Pixlr's market
- Competitors listed
- 10
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 8
- Pixlr's rank
- #1 of 22
- With a free plan
- 6
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 10 tools closest to Pixlr in its own market: photo editing tools that list photo editing too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to Pixlr's (the rules are below).
8 of them are ranked on the photo editing tools scorecard; Photofy is the highest at 95/100 (#2 of 22 in the category).
Pixlr itself is #1 of 22 with 100/100, so 0 competitors on this list rank above it.
Pixlr's cheapest paid plan is $2.49 billed monthly (Plus). On the same billing basis, 0 of 8 competitors with a published price start lower and 8 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
6 competitors have a free plan, and so does Pixlr.
Pixlr vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | PixlrThis tool | 100/100 | $2.49/mo | $1.99/mo | Yes | – | 5 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #2 |  Photofy | 95/100 | $4.99/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 3 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #5 |  Krea | 78/100 | $9/mo | $5/mo | Yes | – | 3 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #7 |  Awesome-GPT4o-Image-Prompts | 72/100 | Not offered | $7.92/mo | Yes | – | 2 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #9 |  LoraAI | 69/100 | $9.90/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 2 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #12 |  Restory.pics | 57/100 | $8.99/mo | $5.99/mo | No | Yes | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #14 |  FilterPixel | 54/100 | Not offered | $14.99/mo | Yes | – | 1 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #17 |  Magnt | 42/100 | $14.99/mo | Not offered | No | Yes | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #18 |  Photo Studio | 40/100 | $10/mo | Not offered | No | – | 1 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Fotor | Not ranked | – | – | – | – | 5 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Remove Watermark | Not ranked | – | – | Yes | – | 3 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How each competitor differs from Pixlr
- Photofy · #2, 95/100
Browser-based AI photo editor for enhancing images, removing backgrounds and objects, with credit-based monthly plans.
- Score: 95/100, #2 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $4.99 billed monthly (Starter), $2.50 more than Pixlr's $2.49 source
- Verified features: Background remover, AI enhance or upscale, Object removal
5 of 12 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - Krea · #5, 78/100
Web-based creative AI suite for generating, upscaling and editing images, video and 3D, with model finetuning and plugins for design and video apps.
- Score: 78/100, #5 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $9 billed monthly (Basic), $6.51 more than Pixlr's $2.49 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Background remover, AI enhance or upscale, Object removal
4 of 12 tracked details verified
- Awesome-GPT4o-Image-Prompts · #7, 72/100
ImgEdify is a web platform for AI image and video generation and editing, with a prompt library, model choices and small image utilities.
- Score: 72/100, #7 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $7.92 per month billed annually (Basic), $5.93 more than Pixlr's $1.99 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Background remover, Batch editing
3 of 12 tracked details verified
Pixlr vs Awesome-GPT4o-Image-PromptsAwesome-GPT4o-Image-Prompts reviewPricing
- LoraAI · #9, 69/100
Platform for generating AI images and videos from a range of models and for training custom LoRA models, sold as monthly credit plans.
- Score: 69/100, #9 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $9.90 billed monthly (Basic), $7.41 more than Pixlr's $2.49 source
- Verified features: Background remover, AI enhance or upscale
3 of 12 tracked details verified
- Restory.pics · #12, 57/100
Platform for AI image and video generation plus photo restoration, upscaling and virtual try-on, sold as annual credit plans.
- Score: 57/100, #12 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $8.99 billed monthly (Starter), $6.50 more than Pixlr's $2.49 source
- Free plan: no (Pixlr: yes) source
- Verified features: Public API
2 of 12 tracked details verified
- FilterPixel · #14, 54/100
AI photo culling and editing software that scores and selects images by genre for event, sports, concert and wedding shoots.
- Score: 54/100, #14 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $14.99 per month billed annually (Standard), $13 more than Pixlr's $1.99 source
- Verified features: Team access
3 of 12 tracked details verified
- Magnt · #17, 42/100
AI tool that creates photos and short videos from a text description or reference photo, and also enhances, restores and upscales existing photos.
- Score: 42/100, #17 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $14.99 billed monthly (Basic), $12.50 more than Pixlr's $2.49 source
- Free plan: no (Pixlr: yes) source
- Verified features: Public API
3 of 12 tracked details verified
- Photo Studio · #18, 40/100
AI photo and video studio that creates new outfits, poses and scenes from a reference selfie, with image-to-video and upscaling tools.
- Score: 40/100, #18 of 22 (Pixlr: 100/100, #1)
- Entry price: $10 billed monthly (Starter), $7.51 more than Pixlr's $2.49 source
- Free plan: no (Pixlr: yes) source
- Verified features: AI enhance or upscale
2 of 12 tracked details verified
- Fotor
Online photo editor and AI image and video generator with tools for retouching, background removal, templates and batch editing.
- Score: not ranked (15% coverage)
- Verified features: Background remover, AI enhance or upscale, Object removal, Batch editing, Templates
5 of 12 tracked details verified
- Remove Watermark
Web tool that uses AI to remove watermarks, text, objects and backgrounds from images and videos, with a credit-based plan structure.
- Score: not ranked (40% coverage)
- Verified features: Background remover, AI enhance or upscale, Object removal
4 of 12 tracked details verified
Pixlr head to head
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page: they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists too. Explicit competitor links count as well.
- Closest first, at most 10: explicit competitors, then the same primary category, then more shared categories, then the smallest gap in entry price (per month, on a log scale), then more shared platforms, then name.
- Order on the page: tools ranked on the category scorecard by their category rank, then tools that are not ranked (no scorecard, or under 60% of the weight with verified data) in closeness order.
- Prices are compared only on the same billing basis (billed monthly with billed monthly, billed annually with billed annually). A feature counts as missing only when the vendor's page states it; a feature the vendor does not mention is not listed either way.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
The scorecard behind the ranks
Every one of these photo editing tools is scored by the same 6 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to photo editing tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other photo editing tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $4.98/month or less = 100, $19.93 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $4.45/month or less = 100, $17.79 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 8 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (background remover, ai enhance or upscale, object removal, batch editing, templates, raw file support, mobile app, team access). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 4 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 25% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $5 per user or less = 100, $88 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Who are Pixlr's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are Photofy (95/100), Krea (78/100) and Awesome-GPT4o-Image-Prompts (72/100).
Which Pixlr competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, Photofy starts lowest at $4.99 a month (Starter). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does Pixlr rank against its competitors?
Pixlr is #1 of 22 ranked photo editing tools with 100/100.
Which Pixlr competitors have a free plan?
Photofy, Krea, Awesome-GPT4o-Image-Prompts, LoraAI and FilterPixel and 1 more.