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Fotor AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
Online photo editor and design platform with AI image/video generation, retouching, background removal and templates.
9.2M visits/mo12K saves
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Lovart.ai
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI design agent that generates and edits coherent brand visuals - posters, product pages, campaigns - from prompts.
3.8M visits/mo44K saves
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Recraft
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI image and vector generation platform for designers and teams needing art-directed illustrations, photorealistic images, and an API.
1.7M visits/mo9.2K saves
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Luminar Neo
✓ verifiedPaid
One-time-purchase AI photo editor for landscape, portrait and general editing, usable standalone or as a Lightroom/Photoshop plugin.
1.3M visits/mo34K saves
Pricing
Fotor Basic: US$0
Fotor Pro: US$3.99/month billed annually (US$47.99/year)
Fotor Pro+: US$8.33/month billed annually
Fotor Max: US$19.99/month billed annually
Credit packs: From US$5.83/month
No public pricing
No public pricing
Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time
Core features
- ✦AI image generator
- ✦AI video generator
- ✦Photo editing and retouching
- ✦Background removal
- ✦AI presentation maker
- ✦Design templates
- ✦Agentic AI design from prompts
- ✦Consistent brand style across outputs
- ✦Precise touch-up editing
- ✦Editable text and typography layers
- ✦Curated real-time design references
- ✦Credit-based generation on a canvas
- ✦Multiple generation models (V2 through V4.1) with strong prompt fidelity
- ✦Vector and raster image generation and editing
- ✦Background removal, inpainting, and outpainting
- ✦Batch and asynchronous processing via API
- ✦Community gallery on the free tier vs. private images on paid plans
- ✦Top-up credits for usage beyond monthly plan limits
- ✦AI sky replacement and relighting
- ✦Generative erase, expand and object-swap tools
- ✦Portrait tools: skin smoothing, face and body enhancement
- ✦Noise reduction and AI upscaling
- ✦Focus stacking and HDR/panorama merging
- ✦Layers and masking support
- ✦Raw file support for 1,000+ cameras
- ✦Cross-device editing between mobile and desktop (higher tiers)
Use cases
- →Editing and enhancing photos
- →Generating AI images and video
- →Creating social and marketing visuals
- →Making presentations and designs
- →Design product pages and campaigns
- →Create branded marketing visuals
- →Generate and edit posters and ads
- →Keep brand design consistent
- →Designers generating on-brand illustrations and product imagery
- →Marketing teams producing campaign visuals at scale
- →Developers embedding image generation into apps via the API
- →Landscape and wildlife photographers replacing skies or enhancing detail
- →Portrait and wedding photographers retouching skin and faces
- →Photographers wanting a non-subscription editor
- →E-commerce and real estate photo cleanup
- →Editing on the go and finishing on desktop
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