Adobe Express vs Hotpot.ai
Adobe Express scores 8.6 to Hotpot.ai's 4.0 among the AI graphic design tools we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Adobe Express wins, 8.6 to 4.0
Adobe Express and Hotpot.ai cost almost the same, $9.99 and $10 a month, and both have a free plan. Express adds video editing, a stock library, a brand kit, social scheduling and editing together in real time, none of which Hotpot.ai offers. Hotpot.ai keeps to image generation, AI image editing, mockups and an API, with commercial use allowed.
Pick Adobe Express if you want video, stock, a brand kit and team editing.
Pick Hotpot.ai if you mainly need quick AI images and mockups.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Edits or animates video: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- Stock photos, graphics and fonts included: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- File formats it exports: 7 export formats against 0 export formats
- Apps it connects to: 13 integrations against 0 integrations
- Several people edit at once: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- Cheapest paid plan, monthly: Adobe Express $9.99, Hotpot.ai $10
- Brand kit: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- Publishes or schedules to social: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- Single sign-on: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- GDPR: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai no
- Ways to reach support: 3 support channels against 2 support channels
- Does not train AI on what you upload: Adobe Express yes, Hotpot.ai does not say
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI graphic design tools we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Adobe Express leads on 4 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (7)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Adobe Express
Hotpot.ai
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Adobe Express
- The free plan alone includes more than 100,000 templates, over a million Adobe Stock photos, videos and music tracks, and more than 4,000 fonts, at no cost.
- Real-time co-editing and commenting let more than one person work on the same project together.
- Content made with its AI features is designed to be commercially safe, and Adobe does not train its models on your personal content.
- It runs in the browser and on iOS and Android, integrates directly with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat and Lightroom, and publishes straight to social platforms and Vimeo.
- Generative AI on the paid Premium plan is capped at 250 credits a month per user.
- There is no node-level vector editing; SVG appears only as an export format.
- Phone and chat support are reserved for paid subscribers, while the free plan gets community support only.
Hotpot.ai
- A free tier is available with no account needed.
- AI image editing covers background removal, object removal, upscaling, colorizing, restoring and face enhancement in one place.
- Templates cover Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube posts, plus game assets.
- A SaaS API, including a dedicated Stable Diffusion API, lets Hotpot's tools be added to another app or workflow.
- One-time credit packs are available for anyone who does not want a recurring subscription.
- Commercial use is allowed once credits or a license are purchased.
- Generated app graphics can be placed directly onto iOS and Android device mockups.
- The free tier is licensed CC BY-NC, so its output cannot be used commercially.
- There is no brand kit.
- There is no real-time collaboration or a comments and approval workflow.
- There is no vector editor and no way to generate an editable vector logo.
- There is no video generation or editing tool.
- There is no GDPR mention anywhere in the privacy policy.
- There is no single sign-on option.
Adobe Express vs Hotpot.ai: common questions
Which is better, Adobe Express or Hotpot.ai?
Adobe Express scores 8.6 and Hotpot.ai 4.0 out of 10 among the AI graphic design tools we rate. Adobe Express is ahead on what you can make, workflow and output, teams and platforms and privacy and trust.
Is Adobe Express or Hotpot.ai cheaper?
Adobe Express's cheapest paid plan is $9.99/mo (Premium) and Hotpot.ai's is (credit-based pricing, varies by product). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do Adobe Express and Hotpot.ai have a free plan?
Yes, both do.
What can Adobe Express do that Hotpot.ai cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: edits or animates video, stock photos, graphics and fonts included, several people edit at once, comments and approval, brand kit, publishes or schedules to social, single sign-on and gDPR.
