Design comparison
Adobe Firefly vs Makifyai
Commercially oriented generative images and design assets inside Adobe workflows · E-commerce sellers, small marketing teams and creators who turn existing product shots into listing images, ads, mockups and social graphics without a designer - one browser workspace over GPT Image 2.5/2.6, the Nano Banana 2.x family, Seedream 5.0 and FLUX 3, with 30 free credits on sign-up and one-time packs from $9.90. A sensible fit if you want per-image credit control instead of a fixed subscription and will read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, minus a 2-10% processing fee. Not a fit if you need to know who the data controller is, how long uploaded product photos are kept, or that your outputs are licensed for commercial use before you upload client material - no privacy notice on the site names a controller, address or retention period, training use is never mentioned, and the Terms decline to guarantee commercial usability even though the marketing copy says a commercial licence is included.
| Decision point | Adobe Firefly | Makify AI |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Commercially oriented generative images and design assets inside Adobe workflows | E-commerce sellers, small marketing teams and creators who turn existing product shots into listing images, ads, mockups and social graphics without a designer - one browser workspace over GPT Image 2.5/2.6, the Nano Banana 2.x family, Seedream 5.0 and FLUX 3, with 30 free credits on sign-up and one-time packs from $9.90. A sensible fit if you want per-image credit control instead of a fixed subscription and will read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, minus a 2-10% processing fee. Not a fit if you need to know who the data controller is, how long uploaded product photos are kept, or that your outputs are licensed for commercial use before you upload client material - no privacy notice on the site names a controller, address or retention period, training use is never mentioned, and the Terms decline to guarantee commercial usability even though the marketing copy says a commercial licence is included. |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Free + paid plans / Adobe plans | Free: 30 sign-up credits plus 7-day check-in credits, no card required. Starter Pass: 40 credits valid 7 days for $4.99. Subscriptions, monthly: Basic $11.90 (100 credits/month), Standard $29.90 (300), Pro slider $59.90 (750) up to $159.90 (2,300). Billed annually: Basic $118.80/year ($9.90/mo, 1,800 credits), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80/year ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400). One-time packs, valid 6 months: 80 credits $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199. Subscriber-only top-ups, valid 6 months: 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899. Per-generation cost is published per model on /pricing (GPT Image 2 3 credits/image, Nano Banana Pro 8, Seedance 2.0 Fast 50 credits per 5s, Seedance 2.5 125 per 5s, MiniMax H3 25 per 5s). Annual cards show 17%, 33% and 50% off the monthly equivalents and the site carries a standing '-50%' promo badge. USD. Verified 2026-11-10 on /pricing, /zh/pricing and the plan config shipped in the page. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.4/5 | 3.5/5 |
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Official US monthly pricing (re-confirmed 2026-10-01) lists Firefly Standard at US$9.99 with 2,000 generative credits/month; Firefly Pro at US$19.99 with 4,000 credits/month; Firefly Pro Plus at US$49.99 with 10,000 credits/month; and Firefly Premium at US$199.99 with 50,000 credits/month and unlimited Firefly Video Model access. All paid tiers include unlimited standard image and vector generations; credits cover premium features such as video, audio, and partner-model generations. The first-year promotional rates recorded on 2026-08-25 (US$34.97 Pro Plus and US$139.91 Premium) were no longer displayed on the official pricing page on 2026-10-01.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Open verification questions
- The exact free-plan credit allocation was not exposed consistently on the public pricing page and is therefore not stated.
- Promotional pricing and unlimited-generation model coverage can change and are governed by Adobe's current promotion page and offer terms.
- Adobe does not warrant that output is non-infringing, unique, or copyrightable.
- IP indemnification is plan- and contract-specific, particularly for enterprise offerings, and should not be assumed for every Firefly subscription or beta feature.
Adobe's official Firefly FAQ and policy statements say Adobe does not train Firefly foundation models on customer content; current Firefly models use licensed content such as Adobe Stock and public-domain content. Adobe's General Terms say users retain rights and ownership in their Content and Adobe does not claim ownership. The Generative AI User Guidelines state that output may generally be used commercially; if Adobe specifically designates a beta feature as non-commercial, output from that feature is personal-use only. Credits renew monthly and do not roll over. Re-verified 2026-10-01: the four regular monthly plan prices and credit allocations are unchanged. The 30% first-year promotional rates recorded on 2026-08-25 were no longer shown on the pricing page, so only the regular list rates are carried in the summary.
Free: 30 sign-up credits plus 7-day check-in credits, no card required. Starter Pass: 40 credits valid 7 days for $4.99. Subscriptions, monthly: Basic $11.90 (100 credits/month), Standard $29.90 (300), Pro slider $59.90 (750) up to $159.90 (2,300). Billed annually: Basic $118.80/year ($9.90/mo, 1,800 credits), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80/year ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400). One-time packs, valid 6 months: 80 credits $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199. Subscriber-only top-ups, valid 6 months: 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899. Per-generation cost is published per model on /pricing (GPT Image 2 3 credits/image, Nano Banana Pro 8, Seedance 2.0 Fast 50 credits per 5s, Seedance 2.5 125 per 5s, MiniMax H3 25 per 5s). Annual cards show 17%, 33% and 50% off the monthly equivalents and the site carries a standing '-50%' promo badge. USD. Verified 2026-11-10 on /pricing, /zh/pricing and the plan config shipped in the page.
Official sources checked 2026-11-10Submitted via form by vendor; editorial entry written independently. Prices read from the served /pricing HTML on 2026-11-10 and cross-checked against the plan config shipped inside that page: monthly Basic $11.90/100, Standard $29.90/300, Pro slider $59.90-$159.90 for 750-2,300 credits; annual Basic $118.80 ($9.90/mo, 1,800), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80 ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400); one-time packs 80 cr $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199 (183 days); subscriber top-ups 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899; Starter Pass 40 cr / 7 days / $4.99. The /zh/pricing mirror carries the same USD figures with a CNY column, and every annual figure equals 12 monthly payments less the badge shown (17/33/50%). Legal set read in full: /privacy-policy and /terms-of-service both 'Last updated Oct 11, 2026', /refund-policy Aug 14, 2026; /privacy, /terms, /about, /contact and /refund all return 404 (the in-app config still points its refund_url at /refund). Sitewide footer names the operator as ARKELUMA LLC; the policy itself names no controller, address or jurisdiction. Whole-word sweep for 'train' across all fetched pages: zero hits. Processors are named only by category. Browser check on a clean profile 2026-11-10: GA4 G-CDGZN0YSBE plus stats.g.doubleclick.net, Microsoft Clarity xtk49ey6wl, c.bing.com and static.cloudflareinsights.com all fired with no consent banner rendered; cookies _ga, _ga_CDGZN0YSBE, MUID, SRM_B, ANONCHK, CLID and localStorage keys device_fingerprint / attribution_session_id were written. MX is Cloudflare Email Routing and accepts every local part, so an SMTP RCPT probe confirms the domain receives mail but not that a human reads a given address; support@makifyai.com is the published contact. Domain registered 2026-04-08 (Cloudflare registrar, NS audrey/sid); the name market is unrelated - makify.com is a DIY/YouTube hobby site and makify.app does not resolve - so no name dispute is recorded. No hands-on test: entering the product requires creating an account, which is outside the scope of an editorial check.
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