Apexkit vs PhotoRoom Pro
PhotoRoom is one tool. Apexkit is PhotoRoom + the entire rest of the stack.
PhotoRoom Pro at $13/mo is a beautifully focused product — background remover, AI shadow generator, batch processing, e-commerce templates. It's the right answer if you ship 50 product photos a week for Shopify. For everyone else (occasional product shot, headshot, photo restore, plus all the non-image tools we already covered), Apexkit's image stack matches PhotoRoom on the 80% case at one-third the price, and bundles the other 90 tools.
TL;DR
PhotoRoom Pro: AI image editing for e-commerce. ($12.99/mo · $59.99/yr)
| Feature | Apexkit | PhotoRoom Pro |
|---|---|---|
Entry price | £7.99/mo (Basic) | $12.99/mo (Pro) |
Number of image tools | 6 (bg remover, upscale, restore, headshot, convert, compress) | 7 (bg remover, shadow, retouch, batch, templates) |
Tools beyond image | Yes | No |
Batch processing | Coming Wave 2 | Yes |
E-commerce-specific templates | No | Yes |
Full feature comparison
| Feature | Apexkit | PhotoRoom Pro |
|---|---|---|
AI Background Remover | Yes | Yes |
AI Shadow / lighting realism PhotoRoom's shadow gen is best-in-class for e-comm. | Coming V2 | Yes |
Photo Restoration | Yes | No |
Image Upscaler (4×) | Yes | Yes |
AI Headshot generator | Yes | No |
Format conversion (WebP/PNG/JPG) | Yes | Yes |
E-commerce listing templates | No | Yes |
Batch / bulk processing | Coming Wave 2 | Yes |
Non-image tools (PDF, AI writing, audio) | Yes | No |
Mobile app | PWA coming month 6 | Yes |
Choose Apexkit if…
You edit photos occasionally + need PDF, AI writing, transcription tools. You want one bill that covers everything, not the deepest image tool.
Try freeStick with PhotoRoom Pro if…
You ship dozens of product photos a week, need e-commerce templates + AI shadow + batch processing. Image editing IS the job.
We'd rather you stay where you're best served than churn next month.
Things PhotoRoom Pro still does better
We won't pretend we beat them on everything. Three honest wins for the competition:
- PhotoRoom's e-commerce templating workflow is a real moat — if your job is Shopify product photography, stay on PhotoRoom.
- Their AI shadow / lighting tools are well ahead of any general-purpose model we use.
- Their batch processing UX is a finished product; ours is on the roadmap.
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Comparison last reviewed May 2026. Information about PhotoRoom Pro reflects publicly available pricing and feature lists at that time and may change. Apexkit is a trademark of Apexkit Ltd; PhotoRoom Pro is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is independent comparison content, not endorsed by PhotoRoom Pro.