Adobe Firefly (Text to Image) · Image generation
Free Adobe daily allowance runs Firefly Image 5 (1:1, 1K) to export a 1024×1024 unwatermarked PNG in 6.21s server wait with exact sign text and object counts, though the robot hand uses a 3-ring clamp; login and daily limits apply.
US-West (California, AS2914)
1024 × 1024 · PNG · Open native file ↗
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
US individual Firefly web free feature and four monthly subscriptions; excludes student/business, full Creative Cloud and other regions; includes four generative credit add-on subscriptions · 2026-10-20
Count and free export specification are not stated; subsequent generative editing may require separate credits
First-year promotion advertised through October 21; regular price USD 49.99/month. Renewal and eligibility follow the offer terms.
Rules [1]First-year promotion advertised through October 21; regular price USD 199.99/month. Renewal and eligibility follow the offer terms.
Rules [1]9 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Four US individual Firefly monthly plans and four credit add-on subscriptions are listed. Pro Plus/Premium first-year promotions end October 21, with regular prices separately shown. Official pages do not quantify daily free removal counts or regional tax amounts. Generative credits concern other AI features and do not establish a payment requirement for free removal.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Self-serve cancellation in Adobe Account (monthly plans cancel anytime; annual billed-monthly plans subject to Adobe terms)
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
US individual Firefly subscriptions ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Official generative credit add-on subscriptions ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-21
Free daily generations available; Firefly Standard $9.99/mo, Firefly Pro $19.99/mo (verified in structured pricing table)
Daily free allowance + monthly/annual Firefly & Creative Cloud plans
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1024×1024 (1K PNG)
- Attached file dimensions
- 1024 × 1024 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- No visible watermark (native 1024×1024 RGB PNG with C2PA metadata)
- Free allowance
- Free Adobe account includes daily free generations ('Daily free generations' badge in prompt bar) supporting Firefly Image 5 (1K)
- Account requirements
- Supports free Google / Apple / Facebook / Email Adobe account sign-in
- Maximum specification record
- 1024×1024 (1K PNG)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Supports composition reference upload, mosaic/carousel history view, and one-click opening in Photoshop Web
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Strong typography and object counting (59.0/65): 'REALTEST 2026' text and 3 red apples + 2 blue ceramic mugs are 100% exact, while the retro robot hand is stylized as a 3-segment brass clamp instead of 5 distinct fingers.
- Fixture
- anchor_t2i_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 6.21 s
- End-to-end reference
- 6.82 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Prompt bar explicitly displays remaining daily free generations before and after each run
- Interaction
- Left inspector clearly exposes Model (Firefly Image 5), Aspect Ratio (1:1), and Resolution (1K); hovering the generated image provides one-click Download or Open in Photoshop Web. A dismissible 30%-off banner appears below the canvas without blocking export.
- Entity record
- Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)
- Origin
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Domain history record
- Founded 1982 (domain registered 1986)
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud async Firefly Image 5 pipeline (POST image-v5.ff.adobe.io/v1/images/generate-async -> GET bks-epo8552.adobe.io/v2/jobs/result, server_s = 6.21s)
- Retention statement
- Governed by Adobe enterprise privacy policy; user content is not used to train foundational Firefly models
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_t2i_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · US individual Firefly subscriptions (snapshot ↗) · Official generative credit add-on subscriptions (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 90.1/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_t2i_v1
Honesty & reputation · 88/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 28 / 35 | Landing page provides a prompt entry box and 'Go to Firefly' link; signing in with a free Adobe account on firefly.adobe.com/generate/images displays 'Daily free generations (2 left today)' and exports a native 1024×1024 unwatermarked PNG (1.41MB) using Firefly Image 5 (1:1, 1K). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 26 / 30 | Left inspector clearly exposes Model (Firefly Image 5), Aspect Ratio (1:1), and Resolution (1K); hovering the generated image provides one-click Download or Open in Photoshop Web. A dismissible 30%-off banner appears below the canvas without blocking export. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 20 / 20 | Flagship Firefly Image 5 model by Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), trained on licensed Adobe Stock content with built-in C2PA Content Credentials. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | Dispatches async generation via POST image-v5.ff.adobe.io/v1/images/generate-async and polls bks-epo8552.adobe.io/v2/jobs/result (network-observed server wait 6.21s), delivering a native 1024×1024 lossless RGB PNG. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 91/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 59 / 65 | Text rendering (25.0/25: Wooden sign prints 'REALTEST 2026' across two lines with 100% accurate spelling) · Count & color binding (20.0/20: Exactly 3 red apples on the left and 2 blue ceramic mugs on the right on a dark oak table) · Anatomy & structure (14.0/20: Vintage brass robot's right arm holds the sign stick with a 3-ring + thumb clamp claw rather than 5 distinct humanoid fingers). | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); native export is a 1024×1024 (1K) RGB lossless PNG (1,412,597 bytes) with C2PA Content Credentials (12/12). | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 12 / 15 | 2026-10-21 same-run CDP network timing: 6.21s server wait from POST image-v5.ff.adobe.io/v1/images/generate-async to terminal GET bks-epo8552.adobe.io/v2/jobs/result poll (6.82s end-to-end, async_verified) (12.0/15). | Evidence A → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-16
Initial evaluation on anchor_t2i_v1 with Adobe Firefly Image 3. - 2026-10-19
Standardized 30/70 aggregation, decimal half-up rounding, and SHA-256 evidence inventory. - 2026-10-19
Captured native 1024×1024 PNG export with Firefly Image 5; held pending same-run landing screenshot and server timing. - 2026-10-21
Completed same-run landing/result/download screenshots, native 1024×1024 PNG export, verified async server timing (server_s = 6.21s), and full seven-aspect scoring; auto-approved via contract gate.