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PAI photo, video and design editor with generation models for creators and teams
Free, from $15/mo
Fotor vs Stable Diffusion
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
F
Choose Fotor if…
- you work on iOS, Android, Windows
- you're in its core audience: beginner photo editors, social media creators
S
Choose Stable Diffusion if…
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, researchers
Side by side
Feature Fotor Stable Diffusion
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes, unless you opt out
Data retentionKept while account exists; user can delete anytime; face data deleted after avatar generationKept as long as reasonably necessary, including while account is active
Background removal—
AI upscaling—
Generative fill/erase—
Relighting—
Batch processing—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, APIWeb, API, Self-hosted
CategoryPhoto EditingImage Generators
CompanyHONG KONG EVERIMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDStability AI Ltd
Based inHong KongUnited Kingdom
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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
S Stable Diffusion
- Text-to-image with the Stable Diffusion 3.5 suite
- SD 3.5 Flash and Turbo variants for faster, cheaper generation
- SDXL 1.0 available from 0.9 credits per image
- Platform API with credit-based billing
- Self-hosted deployment under a license
- Custom model training on the Enterprise plan
Plans and prices
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Fotor
BasicFree
ProSee pricing page
Pro+See pricing page
MaxSee pricing page
Stable Diffusion
Community LicenseFree
API credits$0.01 per credit
Enterprise LicenseCustom
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
- Paid plan prices are not shown in the static pricing page
Stable Diffusion
- Free Community License for organizations under $1M annual revenue
- 25 free API credits for new accounts
- Choice of model sizes at different per-image costs
- Organizations above $1M annual revenue need a custom-priced Enterprise License
- API is pay-per-credit, with no flat monthly plan listed
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