Head-to-head · facts checked 28 Oct 2026
Adobe Firefly vs Krea
Adobe Firefly uniquely has 3 features · Krea uniquely has 2 features.
From
$9.99/mo (Firefly Standard, 2,000 generative credits/mo)
Free plan
Yes
From
$9/mo (Basic)
Free plan
Yes
The verdict
Adobe Firefly or Krea?
Section 01
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Adobe Firefly
Free
Free
Limited free generations each day across image, video, audio
Firefly Standard
$9.99/mo · $101.88/yr
2,000 credits/mo
Firefly Pro
$19.99/mo · $203.88/yr
4,000 credits/mo
Firefly Pro Plus
$34.97/mo · $503.88/yr
10,000 credits/mo
Firefly Premium
$118.93/mo · $2,039.88/yr
50,000 credits/mo
Krea
Free
Free
Basic
$9/mo · $5.25/mo billed yearly
5,000 compute units a month
Pro
$35/mo · $21/mo billed yearly
Max
$105/mo · $63/mo billed yearly
Business
$200/mo · $160/mo billed yearly
For everything else about each tool, read the full Adobe Firefly review and Krea review.
Side by side
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2023 | 2022 |
| HQ | San Jose, USA | San Francisco, USA |
| AI model | Firefly Image Model 4 (proprietary) + third-party models (Flux, Kling, Veo, ChatGPT Image, Runway) | Krea 1, Krea 2, Krea 2 Turbo (own), plus 61 other companies' image and video models incl. Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0 |
| User base | 100M+ (Adobe ecosystem) | 40M+ users from 191 countries |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS |
| Languages | 25+ | Multi-language prompt support (any language per homepage copy) |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes — free trial available on Standard and Pro plans | No (free plan available) |
| Starting price | $9.99/mo (Firefly Standard, 2,000 generative credits/mo) | $9/mo (Basic) |
| Enterprise | — | Custom — Enterprise plan with custom compute packages, priority support, SLA, audit logs, Slack connect |
| Refund policy | Refunds often within a 14-day window; enterprise pricing uses contact sales/custom quotes. | — |
| All plans | Free — Free Firefly Standard — $9.99/mo Firefly Pro — $19.99/mo Firefly Pro Plus — $34.97/mo Firefly Premium — $118.93/mo | Free — Free Basic — $9/mo Pro — $35/mo Max — $105/mo Business — $200/mo |
| Positioning | ||
| Best for | Creative Cloud users who want generation inside the apps they already use, from a vendor that does not train on their content | Designers who want one of the broadest model menus, plus a node canvas, an AI agent and an API |
| Differentiator | Commercially safe AI image and video generation trained on licensed content, with deep Adobe Creative Cloud integration including Photoshop and Express | Krea consolidates 64+ leading AI models for image, video, 3D, and real-time generation into one subscription with industry-leading inference speed (sub-50ms real-time) and 22K upscaling. |
| Competitors | Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion, Canva AI, Ideogram | Magnific, Higgsfield, OpenArt, Scenario, Midjourney |
| Features | ||
| Aspect Ratio | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background Removal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Commercial Rights | ✓ | ✓ |
| ControlNet | — | ✓ |
| Export Formats | PNG, JPG, MP4 (video); format availability varies by model | — |
| Image Animation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image Reference | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image to Image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inpainting | ✓ | ✓ |
| LoRA Support | — | ✓ |
| Negative Prompts | ✓ | — |
| Outpainting | ✓ | — |
| Private Generations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt Customization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Style Controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text to Image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text to Video | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video Style Transfer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video Upscaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Canva Integration | ✕ | — |
| Key Integrations | Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Express Premium, Adobe Firefly Boards, Adobe Firefly Video Editor, Adobe Creative Cloud, Firefly mobile app | Krea API, Krea Nodes (workflow automation), Node Apps (shareable workflows), Analytics API (Enterprise), iOS app |
| Photoshop Plugin | ✓ | — |
Section 02
Adobe Firefly vs Krea: common questions
Is Adobe Firefly or Krea cheaper?
Adobe Firefly's cheapest paid plan is $9.99/mo (Firefly Standard, 2,000 generative credits/mo) and Krea's is $9/mo (Basic). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
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