Pixlr
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveBrowser photo editor with generative fill and background removal
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $2.49/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free version is ad-supported. Plus is $2.49 a month billed monthly or $1.99 on annual billing for 80 AI credits; Premium $9.99 ($7.99 yearly) for 1,000 credits and all models; Ultra from $24.99 ($19.99 yearly). Our fetch was served euro prices by location; the USD figures come from the vendor's own text on the pricing and home pages.
Use tool ↗About Pixlr
Pixlr runs a layer-based raster editor and a simpler template-driven design app in the browser, alongside AI tools for generative fill, object and background removal, upscaling, image extension and text-to-image, plus newer video and audio generators and an agent that takes instructions in chat. Generation runs on third-party models the site names, such as Flux, Kling, Recraft and Veo, and paid tiers meter it in monthly AI credits while raising how many jobs run at once. The free version is ad-supported and needs no account, and there are mobile apps and a desktop suite. It is published by Pixlr Pte Ltd in Singapore, part of the Inmagine Group that also owns the 123RF stock library.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Plus 2.49 per month or 1.99 per month yearly with 80 AI credits and 1 concurrent generation; Premium 9.99/7.99 with 1,000 credits and all image, video and audio models; Ultra from 24.99/19.99; served in euros to our EU fetch, while the page's own copy states Plus at $1.99/month annual or $2.49/month (15 October 2026)pixlr.com ↗
- Home page: free AI photo editor and generator in the browser, models named as Flux, Kling, Recraft and Veo; plans start at $1.99/month; free version usable without an account (15 October 2026)pixlr.com ↗
- Desktop suite download page; footer reads Pixlr Pte Ltd 2026 (15 October 2026)pixlr.com ↗
Is Pixlr legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Jul 19, 2007 (19 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Amazon, valid until Dec 16, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2008The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Pixlr Pte Ltd, SingaporeOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Pixlr
The cheapest way to get real layer editing plus generative fill without an Adobe subscription: under $3 a month removes the ads and adds AI credits. Pixlr now routes generation through third-party image and video models, but the full model menu starts on the $9.99 Premium tier, and the free tier is ad-heavy enough to be irritating.
Pros
- Entry paid tier at $1.99-$2.49 is one of the lowest in the category
- Two apps in one: Pixlr E for pixel work, Pixlr X for fast template edits
- Free tier is genuinely usable for basic edits, just ad-supported
- Seventeen-plus years of continuity behind it, unusual for a browser editor
Cons
- The 80 monthly credits on Plus cover about 80 fast images or 16 higher-quality ones
- Concurrency is throttled per tier, with 1 generation at a time on Plus
- Prices display in local currency, so the USD figure shifts by region
- No public API or scripting found, so batch work has to be done by hand
Best for
- Marketers and small shops doing quick product cutouts and social crops
- Chromebook and locked-down-laptop users who cannot install desktop software
- Anyone who wants Photoshop-style layers and masks without a Creative Cloud bill
- Schools — Pixlr is free for education
Not for
- Print or high-end retouching that needs 16-bit colour and precise colour management
- Automated pipelines, since no public developer API was found
Watch out: Plus covers basic AI use only; access to all image, video and audio models, private generations and 1,000 credits start at the $9.99 Premium tier.
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