What each tool does
Fotor is an online photo editor for everyday photo work. Besides cropping, text and effects, it uses AI to sharpen photos, remove blur, upscale up to 4x, colourise black and white images and restore old pictures. It also offers AI image and video generation, design templates and marketing tools.
Clipdrop is a set of focused AI image tools in the browser. It can cut out subjects, replace backgrounds, remove unwanted objects or text, uncrop images to new formats, relight scenes and upscale by 2x or 4x. It also has text-to-image generation, a social media resizer and an API for businesses.
Key differences
- Approach: Fotor is an all-in-one editor; Clipdrop is a collection of quick, single-task tools.
- Specialities: Fotor is strong on restoration and colourising; Clipdrop is strong on object removal, uncropping and relighting.
- Developer access: Clipdrop offers an API; Fotor adds templates and marketing tools instead.
- Audience: Fotor suits casual photographers and sellers; Clipdrop suits creators, marketers and sellers editing images quickly.
- Pricing: Both are freemium. Check each pricing page for current plans.
Which should you choose?
Choose Fotor if you want a single place to edit, enhance and design, including restoring old photos and making social posts from templates.
Choose Clipdrop if you often need to remove backgrounds or objects, change image formats or resize visuals for different platforms, and you want each task done in a few clicks. Businesses that want these features inside their own apps can also use its API.
Can you use both?
Yes, and both have free starting options. You could clean up a product photo in Clipdrop and then place it into a Fotor template to create a finished social media post.
