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PenpotvsAdobe Photoshop

Penpot is free; Adobe Photoshop starts at $9.99/mo. Adobe Photoshop is rated higher at 4.7/5 vs Penpot's 4.3/5.

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Penpot

Open-source design and prototyping platform for cross-domain teams

★ 4.3/5Founded 2019500K+ users users
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Adobe Photoshop

The definitive image editing and design tool for photography and graphics

★ 4.7/5Founded 1990Part of Creative Cloud (30M+) users
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⚡ Quick Stats

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Avg Rating
Penpot4.3/5
Adobe Photoshop4.7/5
🏆 Adobe Photoshop wins
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Starting Price
PenpotFree
Adobe Photoshop$9.99/mo
🏆 Penpot wins
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Features
Penpot15
Adobe Photoshop15
🏆 Penpot wins
🎁
Free Plan
PenpotYes ✓
Adobe PhotoshopNo
🏆 Penpot wins

📊 Ratings Breakdown

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Penpot

4.3/5 avg
G2 Score4.3/5
Capterra Score4.4/5
Overall Avg4.35/5
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Adobe Photoshop

4.7/5 avg
G2 Score4.6/5
Capterra Score4.8/5
Overall Avg4.699999999999999/5

⚡ Quick Verdict

Independent analysis based on features, pricing, and user ratings

Choose Penpot if you need:
  • ✓ UI Design
  • ✓ Prototyping
  • ✓ Components
  • ✓ Design Systems
  • ✓ Real-time Collaboration
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Choose Adobe Photoshop if you need:
  • ✓ Photo Editing
  • ✓ Layer-based Design
  • ✓ Generative Fill (AI)
  • ✓ Generative Expand
  • ✓ Neural Filters
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🔧 Feature Comparison

Penpot uniquely offers UI Design, Prototyping, Components. Adobe Photoshop uniquely offers Photo Editing, Layer-based Design, Generative Fill (AI). Both share 0 features.

Feature
Penpot
Adobe Photoshop
UI Design
✓
✗
Prototyping
✓
✗
Components
✓
✗
Design Systems
✓
✗
Real-time Collaboration
✓
✗
SVG-based
✓
✗
Open Source
✓
✗
Self-Hostable
✓
✗
Flex Layout
✓
✗
Grid Layout
✓
✗
Design Tokens
✓
✗
Interactions
✓
✗
CSS Ready
✓
✗
Developer Handoff
✓
✗
Plugins
✓
✗
Photo Editing
✗
✓
Layer-based Design
✗
✓
Generative Fill (AI)
✗
✓
Generative Expand
✗
✓
Neural Filters
✗
✓
Object Selection
✗
✓
Content-Aware Fill
✗
✓
Camera RAW
✗
✓
Brushes
✗
✓
Masks & Channels
✗
✓
Smart Objects
✗
✓
Actions & Automation
✗
✓
3D
✗
✓
Cloud Documents
✗
✓
iPad Version
✗
✓
Total Features
15
15

💰 Pricing Comparison

Penpot is free; Adobe Photoshop starts at $9.99/mo.

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Penpot Plans

Free tier available

Free (Self-hosted)
Free
  • • Unlimited everything
  • • Self-hosted
Free (Cloud)
Free
  • • Unlimited projects
  • • Community support
Premium
Custom
  • • Priority support
  • • SLA
  • • Coming soon
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Adobe Photoshop Plans

Paid plans only

Photography PlanBest Value
$9.99/mo
  • • Photoshop + Lightroom
  • • 20GB storage
Photoshop
$22.99/mo
  • • Single app
  • • 100GB storage
All Apps
$59.99/mo
  • • 20+ Creative Cloud apps
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