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Manila B.
MB
Digital Marketing Strategist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Lightweight, Powerful Alternative to Photoshop especially on Mac"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

What I like best about Pixelmator Pro is how fast, clean, and beautifully designed it is — especially for Mac users. The interface is intuitive and minimal, but still gives access to powerful editing tools. It opens almost instantly, handles large files smoothly, and offers excellent support for photo editing, design, and retouching. I also love the seamless integration with macOS features like iCloud, Sidecar, and Apple Silicon optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

While it’s excellent for most design and editing tasks, Pixelmator Pro still lacks some advanced features you’d find in Photoshop, especially for high-end compositing or animation workflows. It’s also more limited when it comes to plug-ins or industry-standard compatibility. But for 90% of everyday needs, it’s more than enough — and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Optimizing every visual detail with the right tools that I find in Pixelmator"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

Thanks to its compatibility with different file types I can receive resources from different formats and save conversion time. Also the layered editing is intuitive allowing me to make exact adjustments without changing the whole design; added to this Pixelmator is able to accurately identify specific tonalities and I can create my own organization by predefined personal working environments (illustration or design). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

I'd like to see an evolution that allows integrations with shared work platforms like Trello through visual plugins without leaving the design ecosystem; anyway this isn't a limitation due to functional shortcomings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stephanie P.
SP
Vice President &amp; Co-Owner - SEO Web Designer and Content Marketing Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Alternative To Photoshop — Keeps Edging Closer To Surpassing It"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

The price! And after that, its simplicity. Photoshop has so many gears, and isn't intuitive in getting to those gears. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

Hard to say, but probably more advanced tools that are sort A.I.-like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JP
IT Support
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"better then photoshop"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

it is easy to use, work for all apple devices,all document connect to icloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

had to pay 2 time for the app once on mac and once on ipad Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian B.
BB
Executive
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good, with limitations"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

Pixelmator can do most all the basic functions of Adobe Photoshop but without the price tag or the "cloud" component and leasing fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

It can be buggy, I had particular difficulties with the text tool after importing some TTF font files. The characters would not be visible and wouldn't take line breaks.

While the colorizing tools are generally very good, the tint/saturation tool always behaved strangely, desaturating some color values more than others. It made for an interesting effect but not always the desired one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Law S.
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Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"a simplified Photoshop app for those that do not like getting anxiety from Adobe's convoluted ux, ui"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

For quasi-designers, I would never say I am an expert graphic designer and never execute final files for clients. However, I do last-second image edits for ads, email campaigns and other marketing tactics. All Adobe apps on OS desktop are too convoluted and not intuitive for rookies to intermediate design skilled users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro's biggest downfall is scalability via shareablility. Figma is live-screen editing collaboration. Photoshop and Illustrator have been the leader in this sector for 20 years. I do not know any professional friend that uses Pixelmator on the reg like I do. Would love to cloud share or email .pxm files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EG
Online Educator, Web Designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Pixelmator Pro is the perfect image editing tool for my Mac, which has replaced Photoshop for good."
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

Pixelmator is 100% native Mac application, which follows all of the requirements to be the solid Mac app. It's functionality is on par or better than any other image editing software for mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

Nothing really. It is great, and only gets better and better. Plus, it is not a subscription, so with just a one time payment, I am getting all features for life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Martin O.
MO
Head of Marketing
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very good value for the money"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

Pixelmator is a powerful program that is still easy to use. Obviously you can't expect the full functionality of Photoshop for the Pixelmator price tag, but it is also a lot easier to get into, especially for the user with less experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

There is no great automation for deleting backgrounds from photos. There are tools you can use, but you have to decide between not perfect or not fast. Also the repair tool is very limited to easy things to repair in a picture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MB
Digital strategist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great app for apple devices"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

Ease of use, professional functions for image retouching and graphic processing, export Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

The program is continuously updated, so what is missing is also implemented. For now there is nothing wrong, so good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Doug H.
DH
Web Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Pixelmator is my go to photo editor"
What do you like best about Pixelmator?

Pixelmator has all the tools I need but isn't complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pixelmator?

I don't know any downsides to using Pixelmator Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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