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PFotor vs Lensa
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Fotor if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you work on Web, Windows, macOS
- you're in its core audience: beginner photo editors, social media creators
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Choose Lensa if…
- you're in its core audience: social media users, instagram creators
Side by side
Feature Fotor Lensa
Pricing modelFreemiumPricing unknown
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionKept while account exists; user can delete anytime; face data deleted after avatar generation—
Background removal—
AI upscaling—
Generative fill/erase—
Relighting—
Batch processing—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, APIiOS, Android
CompanyHONG KONG EVERIMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED · Hong KongPrisma Labs, Inc.
Full feature lists
F Fotor
- AI image enhancement, upscaling, unblurring and restoration
- Background, object, watermark and text removal
- AI image and video generation
- AI avatars and headshots
- Photo-to-anime, sketch and painting style conversion
- Collage maker and design templates
- Batch photo editing
- Developer API and SDK
L Lensa
- One-tap effects like Golden Hour, Halo Flash and Disposable
- Presets applying full color, light and mood grades
- Beauty toolkit with Hollywood, Hair Boost and Makeup effects
- Eraser removes unwanted objects and people, rebuilds background
- Enhancer upscales low-resolution or cropped photos
- Improves dark or poorly lit shots
- Hair try-on previews haircuts from one selfie
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Fotor · fotor.com
Lensa · prisma-ai.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Fotor
BasicFree
ProSee pricing page
Pro+See pricing page
MaxSee pricing page
Lensa
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Fotor
- Free-forever Basic plan
- Available on web, mobile and desktop
- Unused credits on paid plans roll over for up to 5 months
- Developer API and SDK available
- Free plan exports at normal resolution only, not HD
- Free plan has 512MB of cloud storage and 1 concurrent generation
Lensa
- Available on both iOS and Android
- Combines effects, retouching, object removal and upscaling in one app
- Large user base with 70M+ downloads listed
- Mobile-only; no desktop or web editor listed
- No API for developers
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CC
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C
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C
CBrowser-based AI image tools for removing backgrounds, cleanup, upscaling and generation
Freemium
C
Freemium
C
Browser-based AI image tools for removing backgrounds, cleanup, upscaling and generation
Photo EditingFree planAPI
P
PP
From $7.50/mo
L
LL
Paid
L
AI photo editor for desktop, mobile and web with raw support and generative tools
Photo Editing
R
RR
See site
R
AI photo enhancer for improving and restoring photos and videos in the browser
Upscalers & Enhancers
Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Editorial policy