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Adobe Photoshop vs Pixelmator Pro Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Adobe Photoshop is an image editing and graphic designing software that helps businesses streamline photo editing and compositing processes and create digital paintings and animations. The artificial-intelligence (AI)-enabled platform lets designers invite external stakeholders to edit documents and share projects via live streaming functionality.

Pixelmator Pro is an image editing software, which enables businesses to modify images using presets, retouching and vector tools, pre-designed shapes, spacing guides, and more. Creative professionals can combine, mix, rearrange, apply or remove effects such as 'Blur', 'Distortion', 'Halftone', 'Stylize', 'Sharpen' and 'Tile', among others.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

19.99

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

39.99

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

2.4K

1.9K

420

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

83%

would recommend this app

4.8

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

83%

would recommend this app

Pros

“The 'Generative Fill' feature enables me to extend backgrounds and remove intricate objects within seconds, which previously required me to spend hours on manual cloning work.”

Enguerran M.

Fullstack Developer

“The power of new tools driven by generative artificial intelligence (generative fill, object removal) enables complex retouching work in record time”

Romain G.

Freelance Photographer

“Furthermore, having used tools like the Magic Eraser long before mobile devices popularized automated background removal, the platform's ability to seamlessly isolate, mask, and manipulate specific elements of an image remains unmatched in my daily workflow.”

Charlie H.

Owner

Pros

“Great set of function, especially considering the price. Since I adopted it two years ago, I never missed Photoshop.”

Marco R.

Principal Solutions Engineer

“I create book covers and detailed banners/graphics/ promotional materials for both our church and for my business using Pixelmator Pro.”

Darlene B.

author-entrepreneur

“I use Depositphotos, and many graphics images often are available as eps files.”

Darlene B.

author-entrepreneur

Cons

“The biggest drawback of Adobe Photoshop is its rigid lack of mobile optimization and its high hardware performance threshold. While Adobe is clearly attempting to target the smartphone market, the application heavily relies on desktop-class processing power and fails to scale down effectively for lower-spec mobile devices.”

Charlie H.

Owner

“Memory management is basically absent leading to constant out of memory errors even on 64 GIG machines while processing rather small files.”

Sven H.

Private

“Sometimes the updates disrupt work processes, this can be frustrating, especially if it's on a tight deadline.”

Yasser A.

Graphic Designer

Cons

“These cannot be edited with Pixelmator Pro and I haven't found a way to integrate these vectors into my workflow--for example, even using free convertors online does not enable them to be brought into Pixelmator Pro.”

Darlene B.

author-entrepreneur

“It also does not have as much online support or as many functions as Adobe Photoshop, so I don't use it as much.”