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Adobe Firefly
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DeepInfra
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Ollama
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TaglineCommercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.Blazing-fast, pay-as-you-go inference API for open-source LLMs and multimodal models, now plugged directly into the Hugging Face ecosystem.Run LLMs locally. One-line install, GUI optional.
CategoryImageDataDev PlatformDev Platform
PricingFree + included with Creative CloudFree + $19-$89/user/moFree $5 credit on signup, then pay-as-you-go from $0.06/M tokensFree + open source
Best forAnyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.Backend developers and ML engineers who want the cheapest reliable inference for open-weight LLMs in production, especially those already living inside the Hugging Face ecosystem.Devs wanting offline/local LLMs for privacy or experimentation.
Strengths
  • Trained on licensed content — commercially safe
  • Generative Fill in Photoshop is incredible
  • Native to Adobe ecosystem
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • Among the cheapest per-token rates for open-source models — consistently undercuts Together AI and Fireworks on small models
  • OpenAI-compatible API means zero migration headache from existing stacks
  • Now a first-class Hugging Face Inference Provider, so HF-native workflows (SDKs, Playground, agent harnesses) get DeepInfra with a one-line swap
  • Runs on H100/A100 and NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs with auto-scaling and 99.982% uptime SLA on dedicated tier
  • Supports LoRA adapter deployments and private custom model hosting, not just public models
  • Run Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc. on your laptop
  • Simple CLI + API
  • Hardware-aware (picks the right quant)
Weaknesses
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Tied to Adobe subscription
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • Primarily developer/API-first — no meaningful consumer-facing product or chat UI to speak of
  • Model breadth (77 tracked) lags behind aggregators like OpenRouter or Replicate for niche or newly-released models
  • No free tier beyond the $5 signup credit; requires a card or prepayment to continue
  • Needs beefy laptop for larger models
  • Speed way behind cloud APIs
Kai's verdictS-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone.A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.DeepInfra is the quiet workhorse of the inference API space — serious price performance on H100s, a genuinely clean OpenAI-compatible API, and now a native HF provider makes it a strong default choice for any team running open-source models at scale. (Verdict pending Phi's full review.)S-tier for local inference. If you care about privacy or want to tinker, install this today.
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