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AltFTool's Image Editor does the everyday adjustments — crop, rotate, flip, brightness, contrast, saturation, format conversion — free and in the browser. Adobe Photoshop's cheapest route to the same edits is the single-app plan at US$22.99/month, or US$263.88/year prepaid. Canva Pro's price could not be verified in USD on 2026-07-28; Canva served an India storefront at ₹500/month.
Prices checked
| Comparison point | AltFTool Image Editor | Adobe Photoshop (opens in a new tab) | Canva Pro (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to start | Free | US$22.99/monthChecked | ₹500/month, or ₹4,000/year for one personNot a USD priceChecked |
| Billing | No plan and no billing — there is no paid tier | single-app Photoshop plan, annual commitment billed monthly | India storefront, yearly billing advertised as 'Save from 16%' |
| Annual figure | — | US$263.88/year (annual prepaid option, stated in Adobe's own FAQ) | — |
| Their free tier | The whole tool. Nothing is held back behind an upgrade. | None — a 7-day trial that auto-converts to a paid membership. | Canva Free is ₹0 and open to anyone, with no numeric caps advertised. |
| Price checked | — |
Sources (each opens in a new tab): Adobe Photoshop — www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/plans.html, www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html · Canva Pro — www.canva.com/pricing/, www.canva.com/en_us/pricing/. Software pricing drifts. If a figure here disagrees with the vendor's page, trust theirs.
Most of these products have a free plan, and whether you need to pay at all depends entirely on where its ceiling sits. Here is each one in the vendor's own terms.
Plenty of people should keep paying for these, and these are the reasons why.
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}Each price is transcribed from the vendor's own page on the date shown and is never converted between currencies, so quote that date alongside any figure you take from here. Software pricing drifts: if a number here disagrees with the vendor's page, trust theirs. The vendor links are plain links - no affiliate tracking, no referral IDs, no paid placement.