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Fotor vs Penpot
Both do 1 of the same design tools task. Below is what each says about its own limits and pricing, and how each ranks on signals we can measure or quote.
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Fotor
Enhance and edit photos with Fotor’s free online photo editor. Crop, add text & effects, retouch images, and more using powerful photo editing tools.
Signals score: 3.9 / 5 · not a hands-on test
Visit www.fotor.comB
Penpot
Penpot is the open-source design platform for teams building digital products at scale, enabling deeper collaboration across design, code, and AI workflows.
Signals score: 4.0 / 5 · not a hands-on test
Visit penpot.appPricing, limits and privacy
- Free tier
- A: Basic plan is called free forever. It has limited free credits (amount not stated), 1 concurrent generation, 50 AI Agent chats, 1 AI Agent task, 7 days of message history, 512MB cloud storage, 100 project folders, and normal JPG/PNG/PDF export.
- B: Professional plan is $0 and described as free and fully featured with no file limits, unlimited teams, and open source.
- Paid plan
- A: Pro, Pro+ and Max plans are shown, with a monthly/yearly toggle and billed-annually wording, but the prices are not shown on the fetched page. Pro has 2GB storage and 10 concurrent generations, Pro+ has 100GB and 30, Max has 500GB and 50. Paid plans list HD JPG/PNG/PDF and transparent PNG export.
- B: Unlimited: USD 7 per editor per month, capped at USD 175 per month, 14-day free trial. Enterprise: USD 25 per member per month, 14-day free trial. Private Server: USD 50k per year. Discounts for non-profit, education and open-source on application.
- Signup
- A: Not stated.
- B: The free plan has a Sign up for free button; the page does not explicitly say whether an account is required.
- Watermark
- A: The page lists Watermark-Free and Ad-free experience as features but does not show which plans include them. Free-tier watermark status is not stated.
- B: Not stated.
- Where files go
- A: Not stated. The fetched privacy page did not contain policy text, and the plan table only mentions cloud storage limits.
- B: Not stated. The privacy policy covers personal data from the website, says data is kept as long as the commercial relationship lasts, and does not say where design files are stored.
From each tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them. Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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