( Price and access )

PhotoEditor.sbs is free today

You can use the published tools without payment or registration. This page explains what is included, practical limits, and how the project may be funded.

What is included

Brightness, contrast, exposure, color, and temperature adjustments.
Crop, rotate, flip, filters and .cube LUTs, HSL, curves and levels, B&W by color, vignette, film grain, noise reduction and sharpening, and the Automatic panel.
Multiple-photo processing and ZIP export.
JPEG, PNG and AVIF export; WEBP output appears only when the browser supports it.
Use without creating an account and without adding a watermark to exports.

The JPEG, PNG and WEBP comparison shows the same image in all three formats, with bytes and measured RGB difference; WEBP output appears only when the browser supports encoding.

Limits depend on the device

Images are decoded into browser memory. Large photos and extensive batches need more memory, so the editor uses a preventive pixel budget rather than advertising a universal file count. Performance varies by browser and device.

The batch editor benchmark publishes reproducible measurements for 1, 10 and 25 images, and the help center covers memory, preview and ZIP failures.

Processing and network use

Image processing happens in the browser without sending the photo file to the application server. The page may still make network connections for site services and dependencies.

The local processing map details the pixel path and the possible external connections.

How the project intends to fund itself

The project may use advertising to help fund infrastructure, development, and maintenance. Ads will only be enabled after domain approval and applicable consent.

Privacy, terms, cookies, contact, author, methodology, changelog, and access-transparency pages remain blocked from ad units. The studio and download flow are not ad areas either.

If the access or funding model changes, it should be explained here and recorded in the changelog before making a different promise.

Open the editor Changelog

Last reviewed: 7 November 2026.

Questions about access and costs

Will it remain free to use?: There is no honest way to promise that forever. What is true today is that the editing and export workflow requires no account, signup, or credit card, applies no watermarks, and keeps no hidden paid version of any control. If conditions change, the update will be documented directly in the changelog.
Can I use exported photos for client or commercial work?: Yes. The photos are yours. The editor asserts no rights or ownership over what you open or export, and adds no branding or watermark to your exported files.
Why is there no paid tier with more tools?: Because every control in PhotoEditor.sbs has been implemented and tested against explicit criteria. Locking some behind payment would require maintaining separate codebases and contradictory claims — which contradicts our commitment to honest technical documentation.
What are the practical system limits?: Your client hardware and browser. Decoded bitmap pixels, available memory, and browser heap quotas determine how many photos can be held in memory and processed simultaneously. These are physical hardware boundaries, not artificial site limits.