- Best for
- Designers working in Photoshop and businesses that need commercially safe images
- Price
- Freemium · from $11.99/month
Free: Free daily generations across image, video and audio - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android, API
- Made by
- Adobe, San Jose, USA · since 1982
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.7★ (10.5K) · Android 4.4★ (31.2K)
What it is
Firefly combines Adobe's own commercially safe Firefly Image models with partner models such as GPT Image, Nano Banana and FLUX in one app. It also powers Generative Fill and Expand in Photoshop, and the Firefly AI Assistant can run multi-step jobs across Creative Cloud apps.
Latest: Adobe released the Firefly AI Assistant in public beta in April 2026.
What the AI does
- Firefly Image Model 5
- Partner models (GPT Image, Nano Banana, FLUX) in one app
- Generative Fill and Expand
- Text to vector graphics
- Video and audio generation
- Firefly AI Assistant across Creative Cloud
Pros and cons
- Adobe's own models are trained for commercial safety
- Best Photoshop and Creative Cloud integration
- Many leading partner models in one place
- Unlimited standard image generation on paid plans
- Credit system and plans change often
- Partner models don't carry the same licensing assurances
- Most valuable if you already use Adobe apps
How it scores
Image quality8
Ease of use8
Features8.5
Value for money7
Platforms9
Adobe's own model isn't on the Arena leaderboard, but access to top partner models lifts results; credits complicate value.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- ✓Edit an uploaded image with text instructions (yes)
- –Reliable text rendering inside images (no)
- –Style or character references, or custom style training (no)
- ✓Edit selected regions (inpaint, outpaint or expand) (yes)
- –Upscaling or 2K+ output (no)
- ✓Free plan for generating images (yes)
- ✓Commercial use allowed on a paid plan (yes)
- ✓iOS and Android apps (yes)
- ✓Developer API (yes)
How we score apps →
Alternatives
See all Adobe Firefly alternatives, ranked →
- ChatGPT Images 9.2/10Anyone who wants the best all-round results just by describing what they want
- Gemini (Nano Banana) 8.9/10Editing your own photos and anyone already using Google's apps
- Grok Imagine 8.2/10Grok and X users who want strong photorealism and editing
- Bing Image Creator 7.9/10Anyone who wants good AI images completely free
ChatGPT Images vs Adobe FireflyGemini (Nano Banana) vs Adobe FireflyGrok Imagine vs Adobe Firefly
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