Adobe Firefly vs NovelAI

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

Adobe Firefly

Generate and edit images, video and audio with AI for creators and teams

Free · from $9.99/moVisit site

NovelAI

Anime image generation and AI-assisted story writing in one subscription

From $10/moVisit site

Choose Adobe Firefly if…

you want a free plan to start with
you want the lower entry price ($9.99/mo vs $10/mo)
you work on iOS, Android
you're in its core audience: designers, marketers

Choose NovelAI if…

you want to trial it before paying
you're in its core audience: anime artists, content creators

Side by side

FeatureA

Adobe FireflyN

NovelAI

Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial

Starting price$9.99/mo$10/mo

Free plan

Free trial

API

Open source

Commercial use rights—

Inpainting / edit—

Outpainting / expand—

Image/style reference—

Custom model training—

Built-in upscaling—

Transparent PNG export—

PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb

CategoryImage GeneratorsAnime & Art Styles

CompanyAdobe · United States · since 1982 · part of The Vanguard GroupAnlatan Inc.

Full feature lists

A Adobe Firefly

Text-to-image generation
Generative Fill photo editing
Text-to-video generation and video upscaling
Audio and video translation and dubbing
Music and sound effect generation
Firefly Boards for mood boards and storyboards
Access to partner models from Google, OpenAI and Runway

N NovelAI

NovelAI Diffusion V5 anime image model
Natural-language and tag-based prompting
Separate character definitions for consistency across scenes
Inpainting to change selected areas of an image
Director Tools for clothing, lighting and pose edits
Built-in canvas to guide generations
Story generator powered by GLM 4.6
On-demand Anlas credit purchases

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Team size	Adobe Firefly	NovelAI
1 person	$9.99 Firefly Standard	$10 Starting subscription
5 people	$99.95 Firefly for teams	$10 Starting subscription
20 people	$399.80 Firefly for teams	$10 Starting subscription

Work it out for your team

People

Adobe FireflyFirefly Standard$9.99/mo
NovelAIStarting subscription$10/mo

Prices are per month on yearly billing; these vendors publish no monthly rate. The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.

All plans and prices

Adobe Firefly

FreeFree

Firefly Standard$9.99/mo

Firefly Pro$19.99/mo

Firefly Pro Plus$49.99/mo

Firefly Premium$199.99/mo

Firefly for teams$19.99–$199.99/mo per license

NovelAI

Starting subscription$10/mo

Price changes we've recorded

We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.

Adobe Firefly

Nov 5, 2026Starting price: none → $9.99/mo; Firefly Standard: LE 238.26/mo (regional page, incl. VAT) → $9.99; Firefly Pro: LE 477.66/mo (regional page, incl. VAT) → $19.99; Firefly Pro Plus: LE 1,140.00/mo (regional page, incl. VAT) → $49.99; Firefly Premium: LE 4,560.00/mo (regional page, incl. VAT) → $199.99; New plan: Firefly for teams ($19.99); Plan dropped: Firefly Pro for teams

NovelAI

No changes since we started tracking.