Last checked October 2026 · 18 alternatives to Adobe Photoshop in our catalog
Adobe Photoshop paid plans start at $19.99/month, which is why people look for a free alternative. Below are 11 options with a free plan or no price at all - 8 are completely free, 7 are open source, 5 run on Linux and 7 work in the browser.
Picked from listing data (price model, license, platforms, community votes), not hands-on testing.
| Alternative | Price | Open source | Platforms | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIMP | Free | Yes (GPL-3.0) | Windows, Mac, Linux | Free, open-source image editor. |
| Krita | Free | Yes | Windows, Mac, Linux | Professional-grade painting software for digital artists |
| Paint.NET | Free | No | Windows | Free, powerful image editing for Windows users |
| Fotor | Freemium | No | Web, Windows, Mac, iOS | Online photo editor with AI enhancement, background removal, and generative art tools. |
| Photopea | Freemium | No | Web | A free browser-based editor that opens PSD, XD, Sketch, and RAW files with no install. |
| Polarr | Freemium | No | Web, Windows, Mac, iOS | AI-powered photo and video editor with millions of community-made filters and batch RAW editing. |
| GIMP-ML | Free | Yes (MIT) | Windows, Mac, Linux | AI-powered image editing with GIMP |
| Graphite | Free | Yes (Apache-2.0) | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | Comprehensive 2D content creation application |
| jspaint | Free | Yes (MIT) | Web | A free, web‑based Paint clone for quick drawing and image editing |
| Photo Editor | Free | Yes (MIT) | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | Edit photos with ease |
| PixPic | Free | Yes (MIT) | Web | AI-powered image editing and generation |
Free, open-source image editor.
Professional-grade painting software for digital artists
Free, powerful image editing for Windows users
Online photo editor with AI enhancement, background removal, and generative art tools.
Free plan includes: Limited Free credits · 1 concurrent generation · 2 chats with AI Agent · 1 AI Agent task
A free browser-based editor that opens PSD, XD, Sketch, and RAW files with no install.
Free plan includes: PSD/XD/Sketch/XCF support · Layers and masks · Vector and raster tools · 30 undo steps
AI-powered photo and video editor with millions of community-made filters and batch RAW editing.
AI-powered image editing with GIMP
Comprehensive 2D content creation application
A free, web‑based Paint clone for quick drawing and image editing
Edit photos with ease
AI-powered image editing and generation
GIMP is the first free alternative we list for Adobe Photoshop and has no paid tier. Others worth a look: Krita, Paint.NET and Fotor. Which one fits depends on what you use Adobe Photoshop for, so check the platform and free-plan details for each.
Yes. GIMP, Krita, Paint.NET, GIMP-ML and Graphite have no paid tier. The rest of the list are freemium: a free plan with paid upgrades.
Yes: GIMP, Krita, GIMP-ML, Graphite and jspaint. Open-source options can usually be inspected, modified and self-hosted.
We don't list a free plan for Adobe Photoshop; paid plans start at $19.99/month. That price is the main reason people look at the options on this page.
How this list is built: alternatives come from our catalog's curated alternative relationships; price model, license and platforms come from each product's listing; order is fully-free first, then community votes.
