Photopea

Photopea is a free online image editor that looks and works much like Photoshop. It runs in any web browser, opens PSD files and more than 40 other formats, and processes everything on your own device instead of uploading it.

Who is Photopea for?

Photopea suits marketers, founders and small teams who need to edit images now and then: resizing ad creatives, editing a PSD template from a designer, cutting out product photos or building social media graphics. It is also useful when a colleague sends a Photoshop, Sketch or Figma file and you do not have that software. Photopea was first released in 2013 by developer Ivan Kutskir.

What are Photopea's main features?

Photoshop-style editing

Photopea has the core tools that designers expect: layers, layer styles, adjustment layers, raster and vector masks, smart objects, channels and paths. Adjustments include Levels and Curves, and filters range from blurs to Liquify, Puppet Warp and Vanishing Point. You can also create and edit vector shapes for logos and icons.

File formats

PSD is Photopea's main format for opening and saving, so you can hand files back to a designer who uses Photoshop. Photopea also opens PNG, JPG, GIF, WEBP, SVG, PDF, AI, AVIF, HEIC, TIFF, Figma, Sketch, INDD and RAW camera files such as CR2, NEF and ARW. Finished work can be exported to JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF and other formats for ads, emails and landing pages.

AI tools

Photopea can remove a background with one click and replace part of an image based on a text description. These tools help with product photos and quick ad variations.

Local processing and offline use

Photopea says it runs on your CPU and GPU, that files never leave your device and that you can keep working offline after the page has loaded. That matters if you edit confidential campaign material or client assets.

Automation, templates and API

Actions, scripts and variables let you repeat edits across many images. Photopea also offers free templates and an API that lets developers embed the editor in their own website.

How much does Photopea cost?

Checked on 1 November 2026: all editing features are free in the browser, and the free version shows ads. A Premium account removes the ads. Photopea describes Premium as a one-time payment for a fixed period, for example 90 days, after which the account returns to free without renewing. A Team Premium account lets one person pay for a whole team. Photopea does not publish its Premium prices on its website; you see them in the editor's Account window.

What do users say about Photopea?

On Capterra, Photopea holds about 4.5 out of 5 from more than 100 reviews, and on G2 about 4.6 from around 20 reviews. Reviewers on both sites often praise how closely it matches Photoshop, that it runs in the browser with no install, and that it is free. The most common complaint is the advertising in the free version. Some reviewers also mention slow performance with large files.

When should you choose an alternative?

• You want ready-made templates for social posts, presentations and ads more than detailed photo editing: Canva is easier for non-designers. See our Canva vs Photoshop comparison.
• You design user interfaces or web layouts: a dedicated design tool such as Sketch fits better.
• You edit large, complex files every day as a professional designer: desktop software will handle heavy files more smoothly.
• You need branded design assets across a whole team: look at brand template tools such as Baseline.