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PClipdrop vs Luminar Neo
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Clipdrop if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: marketers, designers
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Choose Luminar Neo if…
- you work on macOS, Windows, iOS
- you're in its core audience: hobbyist photographers, professional photographers
Side by side
Feature Clipdrop Luminar Neo
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Facial images stored only temporarily as needed to return results
Security and compliance—GDPR
GitHub stars467—
Background removal
AI upscaling
Generative fill/erase
Relighting
Batch processing—
RAW file support—
Photoshop/Lightroom plugin
PlatformsWeb, APImacOS, Windows, iOS
CategoryPhoto EditingPhoto Editing
CompanyInitMLShinyfields Limited
Based in—Cyprus
Founded20202008
Part ofJasper.ai—
Key features
C Clipdrop
- Text-to-image generation
- Background removal and replacement
- Cleanup of objects, people, text and defects
- Image upscaling up to x16 on Pro
- Relight to change image lighting
- Uncrop to extend photos into new formats
- Universal resizer for social media formats
- Photoshop plugins and usage-based API
L Luminar Neo
- One-slider AI enhancement with EnhanceAI
- AI sky replacement
- Portrait retouching with SkinAI and FaceAI
- Generative erase, swap and expand
- Upscaling, noise reduction and sharpening
- HDR merge, focus stacking and panorama stitching
- Raw support including CR3, NEF and RAF
- Plugin for Lightroom Classic and Photoshop
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Clipdrop
Free$0
ProNot listed
APIUsage-based
Luminar Neo
Desktop Only£89.00 (sale, was £377.00)
All Platforms£139.00 (sale, was £405.00)
Max£159.00 (sale, was £464.00)
Luminar Engine (business)Custom
Strengths and limitations
Clipdrop
- Free plan includes daily uses of most tools
- Pro raises limits to 1,000 uses per 24 hours per tool
- API and Photoshop plugins available
- Pro price not shown on the pricing page
- Free plan limited to 20 uses per day on several tools
- No mobile apps listed
Luminar Neo
- One-time purchase with no required subscription for the desktop app
- Desktop license covers 2 devices on macOS and Windows
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Works as a plugin for Lightroom Classic and Photoshop
- AI tools are included for only 1 year on perpetual plans
- Web version not yet available (listed as coming Fall 2026)
- Pricing page shows prices in GBP, with no USD prices listed
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