The Adobe Firefly Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Adobe Firefly in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Adobe Firefly
The Insider’s Guide
Adobe's image, video and audio generator, with partner models
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI image and video generators, read from Adobe Firefly’s own pages.
Made by Adobe · checked Oct 17, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Adobe Firefly’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Adobe Firefly’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 17, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.0
GPA, above 19 of the 21 other AI image and video generators we grade
Adobe Firefly generates and edits images, video, audio and vector graphics from prompts, using Adobe's own models, which Adobe says are trained on licensed and public-domain content, alongside partner models from Google, OpenAI and others. It is sold on its own and is also part of Creative Cloud, and its monthly generative credits also work in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and Adobe Express.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Adobe Firefly, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Video is where credits run out, and partner-model output isn't covered by Adobe's commercial assurance.
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Best for AI images and video inside Adobe's apps
Adobe Firefly makes images, video, audio and vectors, and its credits also work inside Photoshop, Premiere and Illustrator.
- 2
Paid plans start at $9.99 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $9.99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly.
- 3
There is a free plan
Free daily generations across image, video and audio without a plan, including models such as Nano Banana and Luma Ray3.14. Limits refresh every day.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
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Image generation and editing
Generate Image, Generative Fill and Generative Expand add, remove or extend content, and are unlimited on every paid plan.
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Video generation and editing
Make clips from text or images, add or remove objects and swap backgrounds in existing video, and upscale footage with Topaz Astra.
- 7
Audio tools
Generate sound effects, music and speech, and translate audio or video into more than 20 languages.
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A 3.0 GPA, above 19 of 21
That is against the other AI image and video generators we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Adobe Firefly you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Adobe Firefly at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $9.99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of Standard, Pro and Pro Plus
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Adobe
- Category
- AI Image & Video Generators
- Our grade
- 3.0 GPA, very good
- Store rating
- 4.7 on the App Store, 10,765 ratings
The report card
Best for AI images and video inside Adobe's apps
Adobe Firefly makes images, video, audio and vectors, and its credits also work inside Photoshop, Premiere and Illustrator. Standard is $9.99 a month, with unlimited standard image features and enough credits for about 20 short clips. Video is where credits run out, and partner-model output isn't covered by Adobe's commercial assurance.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Standard is $9.99 a month for 2,000 credits, right on this category's cheaper quarter. Standard image and vector features are unlimited, and the credits cover up to 20 five-second videos or 100 minutes of music. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A free daily allowance of image, video and audio generations, with models such as Nano Banana, that refreshes every day. The listing doesn't say how much it is. Paid plans also have a 7-day free trial. |
| Features | A | Images, video, audio and vectors: Generative Fill, object removal in video, music, speech, translation into 20+ languages and partner models. What rivals don't match is the same credits working in Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere, and Adobe's own models trained on licensed content. |
| Ease of use | B | 4.69 from about 10,800 App Store ratings, a hair under the 4.7 that earns an A. There's a lot on offer across image, video and audio, but nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, iPhone and Android, and the credits also work in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom and Express. No Firefly desktop app of its own, and the iPhone app isn't listed for iPad. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Adobe Firefly is for
- Great if you already live in Photoshop or Premiere and want the credits to work there too
- Handy when you need images, video and audio from one maker
- Good for commercial work where you care where the training data came from
Who it is not for
- Not for you if you want leftover credits to carry over, since they reset each month
- Skip it if you need partner-model output covered, as Adobe's assurance is for its own models
- Tight if video is the main job, as Standard stops at about 20 five-second clips
Good to know
Good for
- Creative Cloud users who want generation inside the apps they already use
- Commercial work where the origin of training data matters
- Teams that need image, video and audio generation from one vendor
Worth knowing
- Monthly credits reset on the billing date and do not roll over; video, audio and partner models all draw on them.
- Team versions of Pro, Pro Plus and Premium cost the same per license but need an annual commitment, billed monthly.
- Adobe's commercial-use assurance covers its own models; you are responsible for partner-model output, and IP indemnity is for enterprise plans.
- The iOS app is listed for iPhone only, not iPad.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$9.99
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Adobe Firefly has a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly.
A free daily allowance of image, video and audio generations, with models such as Nano Banana, that refreshes every day.
Free
$0
A daily allowance of image, video and audio generations that refreshes each day.
Firefly Standard
$9.99
per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly
Unlimited standard image and vector features; credits cover up to 20 five-second videos or 100 minutes of music.
Firefly Pro
$19.99
per month for 4,000 credits, billed monthly
Up to 40 five-second videos, plus Photoshop on web and mobile and Adobe Express Premium.
Firefly Pro Plus
$49.99
per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly
Up to 100 five-second videos, 33 minutes of video translation and 500 minutes of music a month.
Firefly Premium
$199.99
per month for 50,000 credits, billed monthly
Unlimited use of the Firefly Video Model, plus credits for partner models and audio.
Creative Cloud Pro
$69.99
per month, billed annually
The Creative Cloud suite of 20+ apps, which includes Firefly with 4,000 credits a month.
The free plan
Free daily generations across image, video and audio without a plan, including models such as Nano Banana and Luma Ray3.14. Limits refresh every day.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of Standard, Pro and Pro Plus
Read from adobe.com on Oct 17, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
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Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Adobe's image, video and audio generator, with partner models. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, video editing, image generation, video generation.
Web, iPhone and Android, and the credits also work in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom and Express.
- Image generation and editing
- Generate Image, Generative Fill and Generative Expand add, remove or extend content, and are unlimited on every paid plan.
- Video generation and editing
- Make clips from text or images, add or remove objects and swap backgrounds in existing video, and upscale footage with Topaz Astra.
- Audio tools
- Generate sound effects, music and speech, and translate audio or video into more than 20 languages.
- Partner models
- Models from Google, OpenAI, Flux, Luma, Runway and others run inside Firefly and draw on the same monthly credits.
- Firefly Boards
- Mood board and storyboard tools combine generated images, uploads, colors and fonts; paid plans include unlimited use of Firefly Boards.
- Credits across Adobe apps
- The same generative credits work in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom and Adobe Express as well as the Firefly web and mobile apps.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Express
Adobe Firefly is made by Adobe.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
19/21
Other AI image and video generators it is graded above
Adobe Firefly's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 19 of the 21 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on features (A, above 20 of 21) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $9.99 a month, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 4 of the 16 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 22 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Adobe Firefly’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 15 of 21
- CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 21
- AFeaturesAbove 20 of 21
- BEase of useAbove 14 of 21
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 21
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 17 AI image and video generators. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Adobe Firefly is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Adobe Firefly you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 19 of the 21 other AI image and video generators we grade. It costs $119.88 a year.
What you could not
- An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- A video editor.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Premiere among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Adobe Firefly’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Midjourney, Canva, Magnific, Leonardo.Ai and Krea
The 5 tools Adobe Firefly is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
Midjourney
From $8/mo
Image and short-video generator run on monthly GPU time.
- Adobe Firefly has a free plan. Midjourney does not.
- Only Adobe Firefly lists iOS and Android apps.
- Adobe Firefly also covers video editing.
- 3.2GPA
Canva
Free plan · from $14.99/mo
Template-based design platform for slides, graphics and video.
- Only Canva lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Adobe Firefly also covers image generation and video generation.
- Canva also covers templates and presentations.
- 3.0GPA
Magnific
Free plan · from $14.50/mo
Formerly Freepik: AI image, video and audio tools plus stock library.
- Magnific also covers templates.
- 3.0GPA
Leonardo.Ai
Free plan · from $12/mo
Image, video and 3D generator with its own and partner models.
- Adobe Firefly also covers video editing.
- 2.8GPA
Krea
Free plan · from $5.25/mo
Image, video and 3D generation with real-time canvas and plugins.
- Only Adobe Firefly lists an Android app.
- Adobe Firefly also covers video editing.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
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Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Adobe Firefly free?
Adobe Firefly has a free plan. Free daily generations across image, video and audio without a plan, including models such as Nano Banana and Luma Ray3.14.
How much does Adobe Firefly cost?
Adobe Firefly lists 6 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Adobe Firefly work on?
Adobe Firefly is available on Web, iOS and Android.
How is Adobe Firefly rated?
Adobe Firefly's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10,765 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 17, 2026.
Does Adobe Firefly have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Adobe Firefly is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Adobe Firefly have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Adobe Firefly is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Adobe Firefly open source?
Adobe Firefly is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 17, 2026.
What does Adobe Firefly integrate with?
Adobe Firefly's listing names Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Express.
Does Adobe Firefly have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of Standard, Pro and Pro Plus.
Who makes Adobe Firefly?
Adobe Firefly is made by Adobe.
What are the alternatives to Adobe Firefly?
The closest alternatives to Adobe Firefly in our directory are Midjourney, Canva, Magnific, Leonardo.Ai and Krea.
How does Adobe Firefly compare with other AI image and video generators?
Adobe Firefly's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 19 of the 21 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 2.
Is Adobe Firefly good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Adobe Firefly B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $9.99 a month, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 4 of the 16 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Adobe Firefly?
To replace Adobe Firefly you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Adobe Firefly’s own pages on Oct 17, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 17, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Adobe's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Adobe. Prices change, so check adobe.com before you buy.
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Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
1,880
Tools graded, in 47 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
1,880
tools graded
47
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Adobe Firefly, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/adobe-firefly
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Adobe Firefly’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Adobe Firefly is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Adobe. Prices and plans change: check adobe.com before you buy.