Adobe Firefly
Adobe's image, audio and video generation models.
Overview
Adobe Firefly: Adobe's image, audio and video generation models. It scores 72/100 in our art, 3D & animation ranking. Best for: Teams that need commercially cautious image generation.
Adobe Firefly generates images, audio and video. Adobe positions its models as trained on licensed content, which matters to studios worried about IP.
Pros
- Limited free tier
- Commercial use allowed
- Beginner friendly
- API
- Text to sound effect
- Multiple variations
Cons
- Pixel art: limited (Pixel art is a style effect; you can't set the pixel size or grid)
- Consistent characters across images: limited (Via Firefly Custom Models (character/style training); public beta for CC, full access on enterprise plans)
- Train on your own style: limited
- Transparent backgrounds: limited (Via the Remove background edit, then download as transparent PNG; not generated directly)
Adobe Firefly pricing
Limited daily generations
2,000 generative credits/mo, unlimited standard generations
4,000 generative credits/mo
10,000 generative credits/mo
50,000 generative credits/mo
Monthly prices in USD as listed by Adobe Firefly. Last checked 2026-10-21. Rights: Commercial use allowed for non-beta Firefly features; outputs from third-party partner models fall under those models' own terms.
Features
- Pixel art Pixel art is a style effect; you can't set the pixel size or grid Partly
- Animated sprite sheets Not confirmed
- Consistent characters across images Via Firefly Custom Models (character/style training); public beta for CC, full access on enterprise plans Partly
- Train on your own style Partly
- Tilesets Not confirmed
- Transparent backgrounds Via the Remove background edit, then download as transparent PNG; not generated directly Partly
- 4- or 8-direction views Not confirmed
- API Firefly Services API (image generation) via Adobe Developer Console credentials Yes
- Text to sound effect Yes
- Multiple variations Generate Sound Effects returns 4 variations per generation, up to 30s each Yes
- Loopable sounds Not confirmed
Checked against Adobe Firefly's own site, docs and pricing page. How we check
Score breakdown: 72/100
- Accessibility 17%88
- Output & integration 21%44
- Commercial rights 21%100
- Value 9%75
- Maturity 9%100
- Game focus 9%40
- Features 15%57
Based on price, free plan, commercial rights, exports and features. How we score
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- https://firefly.adobe.com
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- https://helpx.adobe.com/hk_en/firefly/web/custom-models.html
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- https://helpx.adobe.com/firefly/work-with-audio-and-video/work-with-audio/text-to-sound-effects.html
- https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/firefly-api/guides
- https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly/features/pixel-art-generator.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/firefly/web/work-with-images/edit-images/remove-background.html