Clipdrop vs Fotor (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Fotor grades higher than Clipdrop: 3.0 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clipdrop grades higher on the free plan. Fotor grades higher on value for money, features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clipdrop
Browser AI photo tools for cutouts, cleanup, upscaling and generation
Fotor
Photo editor and AI image and video generator with credit plans
Which one is for you
Pick Clipdrop if
- Fits if you need a quick cutout, cleanup or upscale and would rather not open an editor
- Works for people who do a few photo fixes a day
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you do more than 20 background removals or cleanups a day on free
- Skip it if you need an app, since every tool runs in the browser
- Pricey if you want a yearly deal, as Pro is month to month at $15 only
- Watch out: free upscaling stops at 2x, and API access is sold apart as the Jasper API
Pick Fotor if
- Fits if you edit photos and make AI images from one account on phone and computer
- Works for people who will pay $39.99 for a year
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with limited credits and normal-quality exports
- Watch out: HD export, transparent PNG and watermark-free output need a paid plan
- Watch out: each model spends different credits; Pro's 100 buy about 2 five-second Seedance clips
- Watch out: yearly totals are shown with the monthly rate crossed out, and monthly prices were not readable
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAClipdropFair | 3.0GPAFotorVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $15 a month, billed monthly only, which is where the dearer quarter of image tools begins ($15). There is no yearly option. | APro is $39.99 billed yearly, about $3.33 a month, under 60% of the $8 cheaper-quarter start for image tools ($4.80). It gives 100 credits a month. |
| Free plan and trial | BEvery tool is free, capped at 20 uses a day for background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight, and 50 for text removal. A person doing a few fixes a day can stay free. | CBasic has limited free credits, 50 AI Agent chats and 512MB of storage, with normal-quality exports. HD export and transparent PNG need a paid plan. |
| Features | CCutouts, cleanup, upscaling, relight, uncrop, resizing and text to image. Free upscaling stops at 2x, with 16x on Pro. | BAI images and video on models like Flux, Veo and Kling, plus background and object removal, upscaling, restoration, batch editing and brand kits. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Each tool is a single page: drop a photo, brush or click, download. | BNo store rating on record. It opens in the browser or an app and you start editing, with nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only. There are no mobile or desktop apps, and the API is a separate Jasper API. | BWeb, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac apps. No API or integrations are listed. |
| Best for | quick browser photo cleanup and cutouts | photo editing plus AI images and video |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Clipdrop and Fotor. How we grade
Price against what you get
Clipdrop starts at $15 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Fotor starts at $3.33 a month when paid by the year and scores 3.0.
Fotor scores higher and starts $11.67 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, 26 score higher than Clipdrop for less, and none scores higher than Fotor for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Fotor also covers templates and video generation.
At a glance
| Clipdrop | Fotor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed monthly | $39.99 per year, billed yearly |
| Free plan | Every tool, with 20 uses a day of background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight, and 50 of text removal. | Free Basic plan: limited free credits, 1 concurrent generation, 512MB of cloud storage and normal-quality exports. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | InitML | Everimaging |
| Price read from | clipdrop.co | fotor.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Clipdrop
- Pro is sold month to month at $15; the pricing page shows no yearly option.
- The free plan caps background removal, upscaling, cleanup and relight at 20 uses a day, and free upscaling stops at 2x.
- There are no mobile or desktop apps on the site; every tool runs in the browser.
- API access is now sold separately as the Jasper API, with usage-based pricing.
Fotor
- The Basic plan has limited free credits and normal-quality exports; HD export, transparent PNG and watermark-free output need a paid plan.
- Yearly totals are shown with the monthly rate crossed out; the Pro monthly price and the monthly-billing prices were not clearly readable.
- Each model spends a different number of credits per image or video.
Key features
Clipdrop
- Text to image
- Generate images from a prompt with 15 style presets such as Photographic, Anime, Pixel Art and Line Art, in five aspect ratios from 21:9 to 9:16.
- Background removal and replacement
- Cut out the main subject of a photo up to 5000 x 5000 pixels, or place it into a new generated scene with Replace background.
- Cleanup and text remover
- Brush over objects, people, text or blemishes and have them filled in, or strip all text from an image.
- Image upscaler
- Enlarge and denoise an image at 2x on the free plan, and at up to 16x on Pro.
- Uncrop and Universal Resizer
- Extend a photo beyond its edges to fit a new format, or resize one image for different social media sizes.
- Relight
- Add new lights to an existing photo to change how it is lit, at high resolution on Pro.
Fotor
- AI image and video generation
- Lists image models such as Flux, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Seedream, and video models such as Veo and Kling.
- Photo editing tools
- Background remover, object remover, image upscaler, photo restoration and batch editing.
- Credits that roll over
- Unused credits roll over while subscribed, up to 5 months of accumulation.
- AI headshot packages
- Headshots are sold as one-time image packages, separate from the subscription.
- Brand kits and templates
- Pro plans list multiple brand kits, design templates and fonts.
Plans
Clipdrop
Free$0
Text to image, uncrop and replace background, plus 20 uses a day of background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight.
Pro$15
per month, billed monthly
1,000 uses a day per tool at high resolution, queue skipping for text to image and uncrop, and upscaling up to 16x.
Fotor
Basic$0
Limited free credits, 50 AI Agent chats and 512MB of storage.
Pro$39.99
per year, billed yearly
100 credits a month, 10 concurrent generations and 2GB of storage.
Pro+$62.99
per year, billed yearly
300 credits a month, 30 concurrent generations and 100GB of storage. Shown against $7.49 a month.
Max$251.92
per year, billed yearly
1,000 credits a month by default, 50 concurrent generations and 500GB of storage. Shown against $29.99 a month.
Ways to pay less
Clipdrop
No public discounts listed.
Fotor
- Annual discount
30% off yearly billing on Pro+ and Max
The pricing page marks Pro+ and Max with 30% off when billed yearly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clipdrop or Fotor?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Fotor is cheaper to start with: $3.33 a month when paid by the year, against $15 a month for Clipdrop. Clipdrop starts at $15 per month, billed monthly, and Fotor starts at $39.99 per year, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Clipdrop or Fotor?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Clipdrop and Fotor have a free plan.
Which platforms do Clipdrop and Fotor run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Fotor lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.