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Overview

Instagram is a social networking app which lets users share photos & videos from their mobile phones, like posts, comment, send private messages, and more

Adobe Lightroom is a cloud-based photo editing solution, which provides features such as collaboration tools, customizable presets, custom categorization, mobile access, image labels, level adjustment, intelligent image search, cropping and rotating, focus shifting, and import/export.

  • 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
  • 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

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Free

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

9.99

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

5.2K

5

4

3

2

1

3.8K

1.1K

187

18

21

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
87%
would recommend this app

4.8

328

5

4

3

2

1

256

66

4

1

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
86%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Instagram allows a user to be completely free in how they choose to use the app, such as username changes, editing existing posts and reels, and uploading content.”
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Maria P.

Accessories Designer

“Features such as Reels, Stories, product tagging, and direct messaging make it easier to reach new customers and build relationships with existing ones.”
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Gary A.

FOunder CEO

“I also appreciated the Explore page for surfacing content genuinely relevant to my interests, and the editing tools that made photos and videos look polished right in the app.”
LL

Léo L.

Content Creator

Pros

“It can make adjustments from the most miniscule changes to the most extreme and everything in between. If you can learn the software, it will be a gamechanger for your photography”
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Crystal C.

Owner

“Delivers what it promises and what I need to get photos culled, edited, and exported to spec.”
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Steve R.

Photographer

“For the desktop version, even on my strong PC, Lightroom Classic sometimes slows down when I change modules or start a large export.”
TA

Tabarak A.

Graphic Designer

Cons

“One of the biggest drawbacks of Instagram is that the algorithm can make it difficult for content to reach followers consistently, especially for business accounts.”
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Andrea L.

Innovation Manager

“The pressure to curate a certain image, along with intrusive ads and the addictive, hard-to-put-down scrolling design, were also things I didn't love.”
LL

Léo L.

Content Creator

“I dislike the algorithms that tend to overdue advertisements from gathering users personal information which result in a bombardment of ad repetition.”
YE

Yonas E.

President

Cons

“I don't love the mobile app as much as editing from my desktop.”
JG

Joe G.

CEO

“This is used for all my content gathering at work, however, the CyberLink software which came bundled with my camera package was just plain horrible.”
Sc

Shilton c.

partner

“Sometimes the app crashes a lot and takes a long time to respond, and I've often lost an entire edit because the app crashed and didn't save what I'd already done.”
LN

Luana N.

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Key features

  • Total features48
  • @mentions
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Automated Publishing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Blogs
  • Brand Tracking
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Content Creation
  • Content Import/Export
  • Content Management
  • Content Sharing
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customizable Branding
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Marketing
  • Engagement Tracking
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • Filtering
  • Group Management
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Live Chat
  • Live Streaming
  • Media Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Account Management
  • Photos/Images
  • Post Scheduling
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Advertising
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Social Promotion
  • Social Sharing
  • Tagging
  • User Profiles
  • Total features6
  • @mentions
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Automated Publishing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Blogs
  • Brand Tracking
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Content Creation
  • Content Import/Export
  • Content Management
  • Content Sharing
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customizable Branding
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Marketing
  • Engagement Tracking
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • Filtering
  • Group Management
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Live Chat
  • Live Streaming
  • Media Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Account Management
  • Photos/Images
  • Post Scheduling
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Advertising
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Social Promotion
  • Social Sharing
  • Tagging
  • User Profiles

Integrations

  • Total integrations9
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Canva
  • Facebook Apps and Tabs
  • Facebook Business Suite
  • Hootsuite
  • Meta for Business
  • TikTok
  • Twitter/X
  • WhatsApp
  • Workplace from Meta
  • Total integrations1
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Canva
  • Facebook Apps and Tabs
  • Facebook Business Suite
  • Hootsuite
  • Meta for Business
  • TikTok
  • Twitter/X
  • WhatsApp
  • Workplace from Meta