Luminar Neo vs Picsart AI Photo Editor

In short

• Both: Edits images, Upscales, Mobile app
• Only Picsart AI Photo Editor states: Text to image, Image to video

Luminar Neo

AI photo editor for enhancing, retouching, compositing, and restoring images on desktop and mobile.

Plans

All Platforms

• $159.00

• Luminar on Desktop and Mobile for life
• Cross-device editing
• Luminar on Web (coming Fall 2026)
• Luminar Prime included
• Continuous updates
• AI Tools renewable after 365 days with Luminar Prime

Max

• $199.00

• Luminar on Desktop and Mobile for life
• Cross-device editing
• Luminar Prime included for 1 year; renews every year
• New features released during your subscription are yours to keep forever
• Access to Library of Assets for 365 days
• Luminar on Web (coming Fall 2026)

Desktop Only

• $129.00

• Luminar on Desktop for life
• AI Tools included for 365 days
• Continuous updates
• Access to Fall Upgrade 2026 features
• AI Tools renewable after 365 days with Luminar Prime
• Access to Library of Assets

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Edits images — “Replace unwanted or damaged pixels with pixels of your choosing from anywhere in your photo.” source
• Upscales — “Enlarge your photos while preserving every detail and texture.” source
• Mobile app — “Mobile App for iOS/Android/ChromeOS” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-16 Luminar 1.28.1: Better DNG support, faster editing and more (1.28.1)

  Uses the official Adobe DNG SDK for DNG handling; adds JPEG XL DNG support; batch export around 15% faster; Details up to 40% faster.

• 2026-08-05 Luminar 1.28.0: Meet a fresh design in Luminar (1.28.0)

  Catalog and Edit are now one space; redesigned right sidebar; exports up to 27% faster; Preset previews up to 3.8× faster.

• 2026-06-17 Luminar Neo 1.27.1: Bring your Lightroom library along (1.27.1)

  Lightroom Migration transfers photos, folders, albums, ratings, and basic edits; adds support for the Ricoh GR IV and Ricoh GR IV Monochrome.

Picsart AI Photo Editor

Picsart AI Photo Editor lets users edit photos, remove backgrounds, generate images, apply effects, and create designs on web and mobile.

Plans

Pro

• $10.5/mo Billed yearly
• $15/mo

• Access to all photo & video editing features
• Advanced background & object removal
• Unlimited image generations with Flex.2 Klein
• Millions of stock photos & Getty video clips
• Support for 3+ brand kits
• 100 GB of cloud storage

Ultra

• $37.5/mo Billed yearly, per seat
• $75/mo Billed monthly, per seat

• 140+ leading AI video, image, and audio models
• Early access to advanced AI features
• Option to buy add-on credits that never expire
• Bulk edit up to 100 images at once
• Add team seats
• 300 GB of cloud storage per seat

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Text to image — “Turn your imagination into stunning AI images with text-to-image AI.” source
• Edits images — “Use AI Replace to transform parts of your image with ease of use, or take advantage of AI Sketch to turn even the most haphazard sketches into art.” source
• Upscales — “Improve image quality and bring out more detail.” source
• Image to video — “Image to Video Effects” source
• Mobile app — “Install the app” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-25 Seedream 5.0 Pro vs Flash vs Lite: what each one is actually for (Seedream 5.0)

  Seedream 5.0 Pro, Flash, and Lite are available on Picsart.

• 2026-09-25 How to use Picsart inside Grok Bot for full content production

  Picsart is available in Grok Bot through a plugin for image, video, audio, and editing tools.

• 2026-09-24 Draft mode for Seedance 2.5: preview in 480p, deliver in 1080p (Seedance 2.5)

  Draft mode for Seedance 2.5 adds 480p previews and 1080p final renders in Picsart AI Playground.