What Photopea AI does
Photopea is a browser-based online photo editor that requires no downloads and runs on the device itself, so files are not uploaded. The page says its premium features are free. It uses PSD as its main format and opens and saves PSD files, and it also opens PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, TIFF, and Figma files, plus RAW formats such as CR2, NEF, and ARW. Named features include layers, masks, smart objects, adjustment layers, channels, paths, levels, curves, Gaussian blur, Liquify, Puppet Warp, and vector graphics editing. Its AI tools offer one-click background removal and text-based image replacement. The page names social media users, students and educators, small business owners, and graphic designers as intended users.
How Photopea AI compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Photopea AI does. Only Recraft AI lists a starting price, $12 a month. 3 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Photopea AI. Photopea AI offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Photopea AI was founded in 2012; the alternatives were founded between 2020 and 2024. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.