Picsart vs. Pixlr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Picsart
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
For visuals and product listings, Picsart's photo editing tools offer solutions for a variety of businesses. While Picsart's capabilities are available through web or mobile, Picsart Enterprise offers photo and video editing APIs and SDKs, integrated through a variety of services (e.g. Zapier, Make, etc.) for a variety of additional use cases.
$13
per month
Pixlr
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
Pixlr is a photo editing tool formerly part of the Autodesk suite of products, now from 123RF from the Inmagine Group (acquired 2017).
$0.99
per month
Pricing
PicsartPixlr
Editions & Modules
Picsart Plus
$13
per month
Picsart Pro
$15
per month
Picsart Enterprise - API Services
$95
per month 10k credits
Picsart Enterprise - Print Solutions
from $99
per month 1000 credits included
Picsart Enterprise - Marketing Solutions
from $99
per month 1000 credits included
Plus - paid yearly
$0.99
per month
Plus
$1.99
per month
Premium - paid yearly
$4.90
per month
Premium
$7.99
per month
Team - paid yearly
$9.91
per month
Team
$12.99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PicsartPixlr
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PicsartPixlr
Considered Both Products
Picsart
Chose Picsart
I have used Pixlr earlier but Picsart has more features than Pixlr. More effects, more stickers, and fonts on Picsart with high resolution image creation. Support also best at Picsart tool and they are improving customer experience time to time with new features.
Chose Picsart
I wouldn't compare it to the items above. I would compare it to Sketchbook, PicCollage, Phonto, etc. They all do different things and have different fonts and artistic capabilities. I use Picsart as it has artistic effects that I like but that I can't find in other apps.
Chose Picsart
  • Picsart is better in the free version, it offers a lot of features and edits.
  • The filters are good and you can make collage very easily.
  • The app is more user friendly and it is quick to edit any photos and certificate in the tool.
Chose Picsart
I used Lucidchart to develop architect-level integration flow diagrams to visualise integration flow. But Picsart has a user-friendly UI to develop and edit HQ pictures as per business requirements but some options are an enterprise where we need to pay and purchase those …
Chose Picsart
Make your photo editing game stand out with Picsart, the one app with almost limitless features that lets you be truly creative with your photos. With Canva though you can design with millions of stock photographs most of these are available in a Pro version so I end up using …
Chose Picsart
Picsart has a lot of the same basic functionality as Photoshop but is so much more intuitive and user-friendly. There's no wait for it to start up, exporting is super quick and easy, and the tools are super user-friendly. For quick fixes, this is my go-to. It's just so much …
Chose Picsart
Is easier to use and more intuitive, it has an advantage and that is that on their Instagram account they constantly upload tutorials on how to make different types of publications which makes it easy to understand for the average user. It offers a lot of options only with the …
Chose Picsart
Picsart provides more photo editing capability compared to Snagit.
Chose Picsart
Picsart provides many more tools, such as the large amounts of templates that are personally my favorite part of using this app. When using Pixlr, I always struggled getting the correct dimensions when needed. When using Picsart, it is incredibly easy and I can choose the size …
Pixlr
Chose Pixlr
Canva is a similar program using for creating content. I've tried out their suite as well but always end up coming back to Pixlr because of ease of use, and my familiarity with the product. They continue to make upgrades to the product and have always had what we feel we need …
Chose Pixlr
Pixlr has additional tools and a wider range of functionality than Piktochart and Canva and other similar tools. This can be a drawback for beginners, however for those staff who have more experience with graphic design it is very helpful in being able to get more creative with …
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User Ratings
PicsartPixlr
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PicsartPixlr
Likelihood to Recommend
Picsart is well suited for quick online photo and video creation and editing. It has a lot of templates that can be used to quickly create collages and other artwork for professional use. The video editing tool is really useful for adding sound and text to videos and creating annotated videos for presentations. It is less appropriate for professional photo and video editors, as it lacks advanced editing tools. Graphics designers and other professionals in the photo editing or video editing industry might find this product underpowered.
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Pixlr is well suited if you need to design graphics quickly, and using foreign languages. The fact that even if you use a non-Roman script (in our case, Khmer) but can still design things beautifully, is a huge value add for our team. It is less well suited for absolute beginners to graphic design, who can find the myriad tools and functions overwhelming or confusing
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Pros
  • After tweaking your image, you can share it over e-mail, on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Dropbox, and many other social media apps.
  • You can browse thousands of images on Picsart.
  • You will find a wide range of tools in Picsart to help you play with your images.
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  • It offers a broad range of editing options.
  • The ability to "save" your work history within the browser but also to a file.
  • Has a large database of copyright free images for background use.
  • Has a great selection of fonts.
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Cons
  • There are a lot of features available to only paying subscribers, but all those features still appear for the nonpaying user, marked by the crown icon. Particularly with filters and stickers, it can be annoying to scroll through the majority of locked options to find the handful that is free. A filter option would be nice.
  • It would be nice to have access to previous projects where you could still go back and undo edits you've made. The draft feature seems to only be good for one project at a time.
  • Layers would be nice. That way when you use a sticker or add a photo on top and go on to make more edits, you could still move them around instead of just having to undo everything and re-add the stick or additional photo.
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  • The previous version of Pixlr, albeit more basic, was a lot easier to use
  • Would be good to have pop up labels explaining what different tools are for
  • More videos and resources showing how to do the basics would be helpful
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Alternatives Considered
I have used Pixlr earlier but Picsart has more features than Pixlr. More effects, more stickers, and fonts on Picsart with high resolution image creation. Support also best at Picsart tool and they are improving customer experience time to time with new features.
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Canva is a similar program using for creating content. I've tried out their suite as well but always end up coming back to Pixlr because of ease of use, and my familiarity with the product. They continue to make upgrades to the product and have always had what we feel we need to make top-notch looking graphics for our organization.
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Return on Investment
  • Streamlined editing with helpful tools that would take much longer to do manually in other software.
  • Free software without a watermark like many other apps, so it costs nothing but storage space on my phone.
  • Boosted my confidence in being able to post my photos, especially of myself, because I am able to better highlight the best parts of the photos and mask the distractions or less favorable parts of photos.
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  • Pixlr offers something new and relatively easy to use that does not require excellent knowledge. In the case of professionals can make adjustments and artistic retouching of great value and excellent quality.
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