--- description: Review of Adobe Photoshop Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Adobe Photoshop | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Graphic Design Software](/directory/4151/graphic-design/software) > [Adobe Photoshop](/software/221524/adobe-photoshop) # Adobe Photoshop Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/221524/adobe-photoshop Page: 1 / 99\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/221524/adobe-photoshop?page=2) > Adobe Photoshop is a photo editing and graphic designing solution that helps businesses edit and enhance digital images and create drawings, paintings and animations. It allows designers to create raster images in multiple layers and handle image masking and alpha compositing processes via a unified platform. It offers a variety of other features such as project tracking, live streaming, offline access, data storage management and more. The application enables employees to collaborate with team members for various projects, configure workflows and render text, vector graphics and 3D graphics. Additionally, Adobe Photoshop lets professionals invite other users to edit files and create photo collages. Using Adobe Photoshop’s pen tool, users can draw paths closely attaching the object outline for isolating them from the background. Pricing is available on a monthly subscription and support is extended via phone, email, forums and online videos. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 2444 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 2444 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Adobe - **Founded**: 1982 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$22.99 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Adobe Photoshop is available for $59.99per month. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - 3D Digital Asset Management - CAD Tools - Collaboration Tools - Content Import/Export - Content Sharing - Custom Brushes - Custom Fonts - Data Storage Management - Design Management - Design Templates - Drag & Drop - File Management - Generative AI - Image Editing - Image Library - Interactive Content - Mobile App - Pattern, Colour & Art Storage - Pre-built Templates - Preview Functionality ## Integrations (10 total) - Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe After Effects - Adobe Bridge - Adobe Creative Cloud - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe InDesign - Adobe Lightroom - Adobe Premiere Pro - Canva - CorelDRAW ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Graphic Design Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4151/graphic-design/software) ## Related Categories - [Graphic Design Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4151/graphic-design/software) - [Photo Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4418/photo-editing/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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However, it's totally worth it and it makes sense. ----- ### "More Than Just a Photo Tool" — 5.0/5 > **Jennifer** | *28 August 2025* | Real Estate | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love all the different things that can be done with adobe photoshop. It can be used in my personal life as well as with my business. It works great for editing photos. I use it for designing my business cards. The logo and graphics can all be edited in the same place. I like that I can a yearly fee to use all of the tools. I can switch from my personal use to business use using a login giving it an extra security feature. > > **Cons**: Their is a lot of learning to use photoshop. I am constantly watching video tutorials to do different designs. I had a problem with billing and trying to get an actual person to help me took a lot of effort. > > Overall, it is a great product with multiple uses. There are so many different features and is a constant learning experience. ----- ### "Couldn't do what I do without it" — 5.0/5 > **Stefanny** | *25 August 2022* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love the ease of the software. I also love all of the tutorials not only online user post but adobe directly offers. > > **Cons**: There is nothing I do not love about this. > > I use adobe photo shop on a daily basis for everything from photo editing to advertisement creation. ----- ### "AI isn't magic, and even if it were, you don't get much for your money." — 2.0/5 > **David** | *4 January 2026* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10 > > **Pros**: It goes without saying that its long history as a household name and industry standard photo editor is not unearned. For a wedding photographer, it's an excellent tool and can definitely do the job most of the time, in the right hands. > > **Cons**: Its expensive pay monthly subscription model and reliance on AI is not in its favour. Many other options are available, and despite the hype over AI, the results are unsatisfactory when digging deeper, and equally good (or bad) results can be achieved with free alternatives, albeit with a little extra work and hardware. In case you're thinking of renting Photoshop for its AI features to do the work for you, bear in mind that with the basic Photoshop subscription you get very little use of its generative AI features per month unless you pay for an even more expensive add-on package. If you don't need generative AI, there are many other options out there. While I find generative AI underwhelming and grossly over-hyped, I have conducted many hours of tests and experimented with many models and workflows, including custom ComfyUI set-ups and decided that using Krita with AI produced just as good (or bad), and sometimes better results than Photoshop's, for free. > > I still use Photoshop CS3 regularly and have done since 2010. It was paid outright, and if Photoshop were still available as a perpetual licence product, it would probably rate higher. I did a thorough test of the latest version of Photoshop at the very end of 2025 and decided it was definitely not worth the subscription. Affinity, while far from perfect, is a much preferable alternative for 99% of the work that can be done in Photoshop. ----- ### "An industry standard must have" — 5.0/5 > **Tamis** | *3 February 2026* | Music | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: This is a very robust product. Once you get used to it, you can move around it with ease, especially with the keyboard shortcuts. I like the select object feature to gab and object quickly and the built in AI generation to easily replace or remove things from the picture. I integrates with premiere pro so that when you change something in photoshop it automatically updates in premiere. I also like how you can import a video and edit or pull off a single frame. They also offer a student discount which makes it affordable. There is a cloud storage feature and a way to share projects. I haven't needed to contact support as their help pages seem to cover my questions. > > **Cons**: They have gotten rid of some old feature that I used to use a lot, like the tint option, and now I have to use the hue function which took some getting used it. Also, it is now part of a subscription instead of being able to buy it outright, but seem most software is like that now. It does take up some computer processing, but they also have a stripped down on-line version. > > I have been using Photoshop for a couple of decades back when it was sold in a box. It has changed a lot and you can do so much more with it. It is my go to for graphic creations for my website or album covers. I use it a lot, actually, nearly everyday. It is a necessity if you do anything with graphics. Definitely an industry standard, ----- Page: 1 / 99\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/221524/adobe-photoshop?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/221524/adobe-photoshop) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data