Should you buy it??
Trust it
based on 2 of 5 signals
Rank in For Designers · Jun 15?
Now at #1
Where it stands in For Designers right now — a weekly trend line builds as history grows.
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI · critics · buyers · brand claims — each opened up in full further down ↓
Best on Claude (avg #1.0), weakest on ChatGPT (#1.0)
Main competitors
Top rivals in For Designers.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Best on Claude (avg #1.0), weakest on ChatGPT (#1.0) Averaging across the AI panel, Photoshop 2026 sits around #1.0 this snapshot.
Perplexity
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Didn’t rank Photoshop 2026 this snapshot.
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
- Affinity Photo 2
by Serif
Photoshop 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- GIMP 3.0
by GIMP
Photoshop 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- Affinity Designer 2
by Affinity
Photoshop 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- GIMP 2.10
by GIMP
Photoshop 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- Canva Pro (2026)
by Canva
Photoshop 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- InDesign 2024
by Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop 2026 leads 1–0
Across 1 shared question
- Illustrator 2024
by Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop 2026 leads 1–0
Across 1 shared question
The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #1 across 2 intents tracked.
- FootprintStrongest in Best Graphic Design Software (#1).
- AI verdictAll AI assistants agree — average rank lands within #1.0 to #1.0.
- TraitsMost often described as “ai tools” (3 mentions).
- Closest rivalAffinity Photo 2 (2–0 across 2 shared intents).
- MakerBy Adobe — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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