Life After Adobe Alternatives That May Help You Cut The Cord

This is the first edition of the brand new playlist so many of you have asked for: Life After Adobe: Cutting The Adobe Cord.

Today we focus on Platform and Price of the many Adobe Alternatives commonly used to replace Adobe CC software, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Lightroom, Audition and more.

Include any programs I missed and vote which Adobe alternatives you would like to hear more about.

A current list with pricing and platform can be found here:





Adobe PhotoShop Alternatives
Affinity Photo - Windows, Mac, iPad $49.99
Acorn - Mac $29.99
Sketch - Mac $99/yr or FREE
Pixelmator Pro - Mac $49.99
Corel PHOTO-PAINT - Windows $599.99
Corel Paint Shop Pro - Windows $79.99
SumoPaint - Web Based FREE or $4.00/mo Pro
Gimp - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
Krita - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
Paint.net - Windows FREE
Pixlr - Web Based, iOS, Android FREE


Adobe Lightroom Alternatives
Affinity Photo Windows, Mac, iPad $49.99
ON1 Photo RAW 2019 - Windows, Mac $99.99
Luminar - Windows, Mac $64.00
Capture One Pro - Windows, Mac $299/$150
DxO PhotoLab - Windows, Mac $99.00 Essential / $159.00 Elite
Alien Skin Exposure X4 - Windows, Mac $119
Corel Aftershot Pro - Windows, Mac, Linux $54.99/$39.99
ACDSEE PhotoStudio 2019 - Windows $99.99
PhotoDirector 10 - Windows - $55.99
DarkTable - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
RawTherapee - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE


Adobe Illustrator Alternatives
Affinity Designer - Windows, Mac, iOS $50.00
Inkscape - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite - Windows $200
Sketch 52 - Mac $99.00
Autodesk Graphic - Mac $29.99
Vectr - Web Based, Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook FREE


Adobe Premiere Alternatives
Davinci Resolve - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE or $299 Studio
Vegas Pro - Windows $199 and $799 for the Suite
Avid Media Composer - Windows, PC $199/year
Final Cut Pro - Mac $299
PowerDirector - Windows $99.99 Ultra $129.99 Ultimate
Lightworks - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE or $19.90 Pro
HitFilm Express - Windows, Mac FREE / $351.00 Pro
Apple Final Cut Pro X - MAC $300
VideoPad - Win, Mac, And/iOS FREE, $39.95/$69.95
Windows Movie Maker - Windows FREE
Apple iMovie - Mac, iOS FREE
OpenShot - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
KdenLive - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE


Adobe After Effects Alternatives
Apple Motion - Mac $299.00
Fusion - Windows, Mac, Linux $299.00
Filmora - Windows, Mac $59.99
Blender - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE


Adobe Audition Alternatives
Audacity Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
Cakewalk - Windows - FREE
Logic Pro X - Mac $79.99
Reaper.fm - Windows, Mac, Linux $60.00
GarageBand - Mac FREE
Ableton Live - Win, Mac $99.00/$499.00/$799.00
Pro Tools - Windows, Mac $599.00
Reason - Windows, Mac $399.00
FL Studio Producer - Windows, Mac $199.00
Shortcut - Windows, Mac, Linux FREE
CuBase Pro - Window, Mac $ 290.00


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