Alternatives to Fotor
An online photo editor and design tool with many AI tools for enhancement and background removal. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Fotor
An online photo editor and design tool with many AI tools for enhancement and background removal.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Fotor.
Pixlr
A browser-based photo editor with AI image generation, background removal and collage tools.
Pixlr is also a freemium browser editor with AI background removal and generation, adds a collage maker, but has no mobile apps listed and relies on third-party AI models.
BeFunky
An online photo editor, collage maker and graphic designer that runs in the browser.
BeFunky combines photo editing, collages and graphic design in the browser, with batch and AI-assisted tools, though it has no mobile apps listed and advanced features need BeFunky Plus.
Canva
An online design platform with templates and photo editing tools for making graphics in the browser.
Canva works in the browser with a template-first design focus, combining layout with photo editing, but lists no Android or iOS apps and needs an internet connection.
Adobe Express
Adobe's web and mobile app for making quick graphics, photo edits and short videos from templates.
Adobe Express runs on the web, Android and iOS like Fotor, leans on templates for social graphics and short videos, and puts premium features behind a subscription.
Picsart
A web-based creative platform for editing photos and generating images, video and audio with AI models.
Picsart is a freemium web platform focused more on generative AI across image, video and audio models, with templates and a large asset library, and needs a subscription for fuller use.
Photopea
Browser-based image editor that opens Photoshop, XD and Sketch files.
Photopea is a browser editor built for layered work that opens Photoshop, XD and Sketch files, is ad-supported unless you pay, and focuses less on one-click AI tools.
miniPaint
Open-source online image editor with layers and filters that runs entirely in the browser.
miniPaint is an open-source MIT-licensed browser editor with layers and filters, free with no ads and self-hostable, but without Fotor's AI retouching and background tools.
Polarr
Photo and video editing apps with AI tools and a large library of creator-made filters.
Polarr centres on a large library of creator-made filters, adds desktop apps for Windows and macOS plus batch RAW editing in the browser, though Polarr Next is still beta.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Fotor as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Cleanup.pictures
A web tool that removes unwanted objects, people, text and defects from photos using AI inpainting.
Fotor adds broader AI retouching, background tools and general photo editing on web, Android and iOS, with some features behind paid plans.
Clipdrop
A set of web-based AI image tools for background removal, cleanup, upscaling, relighting and generation.
Fotor offers AI retouching and background tools in the browser plus Android and iOS apps, with some features behind paid plans.
Facetune
A mobile photo and video editor for retouching selfies, fixing lighting and applying filters.
Fotor provides AI retouching and background tools in the browser and on Android and iOS, aimed at general photo edits and simple graphics rather than selfies.
Microsoft Designer
A graphic design app from Microsoft for making social posts, invitations and graphics with AI.
Fotor is a freemium online photo editor and design tool with AI retouching and background tools. It adds Android and iOS apps, with some features behind paid plans.
Pixelcut
An AI photo and video editor for product images, with background removal, upscaling and generated scenes.
Fotor is a general online photo editor and design tool with AI retouching and background removal. It has Android and iOS apps, with some paid features.
remove.bg
A web tool that removes image backgrounds automatically and can generate new backdrops.
Fotor places background removal inside a wider online photo editor and design tool, with AI retouching and Android and iOS apps. Some features sit behind paid plans.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Adobe Photoshop Express
A free mobile photo editor from Adobe with quick fixes, looks, collages and retouching.
Let's Enhance
Online AI tool that upscales, sharpens and restores photos up to 512 megapixels.
