Photopea vs UiChemy
Pricing
Photopea: Free with ads, Premium $5/mo
UiChemy: Free plan (1,000 credits/mo), Designer $11/mo ($8/mo billed yearly)
Description
Photopea: Free browser-based image editor that supports PSD, XD, Sketch, and AI files (no install, no account needed)
UiChemy: Figma and WordPress plugins that turn Figma designs, prompts and AI-built pages into editable Elementor, Gutenberg or Bricks pages
Pros
- Opens real PSD files with layers intact, the only free tool that does this reliably
- Runs entirely in the browser with no signup, no download, no waiting
- Supports an absurd range of formats: PSD, XD, Sketch, AI, WEBP, SVG, PDF
- Pages arrive as native Elementor, Gutenberg or Bricks content on your own site and keep working if you stop paying
- Imports from Figma and also from AI builders such as Lovable, Bolt, v0 and Claude
- Free plan with 1,000 credits a month and no card required
Cons
- Ad-supported free tier shows banner ads that can distract during work
- Performance drops with large files (200MB+) since everything runs client-side in the browser
- Built by one developer: bus factor of one for a tool you might rely on
- Only useful if your site runs on WordPress, and Bricks output needs a paid Bricks license
- Credits reset every month without carrying over, and AI Express conversions cost more credits than Classic Mode
- The free plan allows one site project of up to five pages
Details
Photopea is what you reach for when someone sends you a PSD file and you do not have Photoshop. It opens in a browser tab and handles Photoshop files with layers, masks, and effects intact. It also opens Sketch, XD, and Illustrator files, which makes it the universal translator of design file formats.
Built and maintained by a single developer, Ivan Kutskir, Photopea earns roughly $1M per year from ads alone. The $5/month premium removes ads and gives you higher-resolution export options. For solo founders who need occasional image editing but cannot justify Adobe’s $23/month Photography plan, this covers 90% of what Photoshop does at a fraction of the cost, or free.
UiChemy moves a finished design into WordPress without rebuilding it by hand. You install its Figma plugin and its WordPress plugin, then send a Figma frame to your site, where it arrives as regular Elementor, Gutenberg or Bricks content you can keep editing. It can also bring in pages built with Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Claude, or write a whole site from a prompt or a brief.
It suits a founder who designs in Figma, or builds with an AI tool, but wants the site to live on WordPress. The pages are stored in your own WordPress install, so they keep working if you cancel.
The free plan includes 1,000 credits a month, one Figma seat and one site project. Designer costs $11 a month, or $8 a month billed yearly, and raises those limits. Composer plans, from $5 a month billed yearly, cover only the AI code editor that works inside your page builder, using your own AI key. UiChemy is made by POSIMYTH, and every paid plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee.
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