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  • Recraft ×
  • Adobe Firefly ×

Comparator · Image generation

Starting pricefree · free
Free tieryes · yes
Plans documented5 · 10
Platforms2 · 4
Comparison of Recraft, Adobe Firefly
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Category Image generation Image generation
Main use cases
  • Creating marketing and brand imagery
  • Producing illustrations for design projects
  • Generating product visuals for online sellers
  • Integrating image generation into apps via API
  • Generating images from text prompts
  • Editing photos with generative fill
  • Creating short videos from text or images
  • Producing marketing and social media visuals
  • Translating video into other languages
Best for Graphic designers, Marketing teams, E-commerce sellers, Developers needing an image API Designers already using Adobe Creative Cloud, Marketing and social media teams, Creators needing image and video generation in one tool
Platforms Web, API Web, Desktop, Mobile, API
Pricing model — Freemium
Pricing

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Free plan with limited daily generations; Firefly Standard $9.99/mo (2,000 credits); Firefly Pro $19.99/mo (4,000 credits); Firefly Pro Plus $49.99/mo (10,000 credits); Firefly Premium $199.99/mo (50,000 credits). Temporary discounts were shown on some tiers.

Checked Sep 28, 2026. Official pricing ↗

Key features
  • Proprietary Recraft image models (V4.1, V4.1 Flash)
  • Web-based Recraft Studio
  • Developer API
  • Style and template library
  • Credit-based usage with top-ups
  • Teams workspaces with shared top-up credits
  • Text-to-image and text-to-video generation
  • Generative fill and background removal
  • Audio and speech generation
  • Choice of Adobe and partner AI models
  • Content Credentials marking AI-generated output
  • Integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and Adobe Express
Pros
  • Paid plans grant full ownership and commercial rights
  • Top-up credits never expire
  • Offers both a web studio and an API
  • Monthly or annual billing (annual saves 20%)
  • Adobe states its own Firefly models are trained on licensed and public-domain content
  • Integrated into widely used Adobe Creative Cloud apps
  • Free tier with daily generations
  • Access to multiple partner models in one place
Limitations
  • Free-plan images are owned by Recraft and publicly visible
  • Free-plan images are not licensed for commercial use
  • Subscription credits do not roll over
  • Credit cost varies by action and model
  • Paid plans rely on a monthly generative credit system
  • Free tier has daily generation limits
  • Requires an Adobe account
  • Partner models are not covered by the same training-data claims as Adobe's own models
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Verified Sep 29, 2026

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