--- description: Learn more about Adobe Photoshop price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Adobe Photoshop Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Graphic Design Software](/directory/31010/graphic-design/software) > [Adobe Photoshop](/software/1012156/adobe-photoshop) # Adobe Photoshop Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1012156/adobe-photoshop Page: 1 / 99\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1012156/adobe-photoshop?page=2) > Image editing tool that helps businesses edit and enhance photos, create digital drawings \& store files in a centralized repository. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 2434 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 2434 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Adobe - **Founded**: 1982 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$22,99 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Adobe Photoshop is available for $59.99per month. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - CAD Tools - Collaboration Tools - Content Import/Export - Content Sharing - Custom Brushes - Custom Fonts - Design Templates - Drag & Drop - Image Editing - Image Library - Mobile App - Pattern, Color & Art Storage - Pre-built Templates ## Integrations (10 total) - Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe After Effects - Adobe Bridge - Adobe Creative Cloud - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe InDesign - Adobe Lightroom - Adobe Premiere Pro - Canva - CorelDRAW ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Graphic Design Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31010/graphic-design/software) ## Related Categories - [Graphic Design Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31010/graphic-design/software) - [Photo Editing Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/32778/photo-editing/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The capabilities for this software seems endless with many years of use, still feel like i haven't scratched the surface to what can be created on the software. > > **Cons**: whilst boasting may features it can become a bit overwhelming even after many years of use, i feel those with no design experience will struggle to use the software or where to start. The pricing of the software on it's own can also be considered a barrier for those who want use photoshop for personal use. > > I've really enjoyed using photoshop for creating graphics and touching up images. It's the best software out there in my opinion for designs, and when you become comfortable understanding it, makes expanding your designs easy through other adobe platforms. ----- ### "Adobe Photoshop is a Powerhouse" — 5.0/5 > **Zach** | *01 March 2026* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Adobe software remains unrivalled when it comes to photo editing and graphic design. Photoshop has been a vital tool when it comes to enhancing and editing images. Photoshop stacked with other Adobe applications is a must-have for any marketing department. Photoshop makes it simple to export and save files in a variety of formats. > > **Cons**: The switch to a SAAS (software as a service) model has always been the major downside of Adobe products. Having to pay an ever increasing annual subscription for a service that is vital to graphic design is a major pain point for many creators and designers. Adobe should go back to the old days when you could truly purchase the software and did not need to be stuck in a subscription model. > > Having used Photoshop for several years now it has become a staple piece of software in my marketing stack. Being part of an Adobe organization makes things seamless when it comes to editing photos, videos and developing graphics for marketing purposes. While the software is expensive it really provides an incredible set of tools and features that can't be matched by other software. ----- ### "The sad state of Adobe Photoshop" — 2.0/5 > **Sven** | *04 February 2026* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ability to perform extensive digital editing and surgery with options to organise layers in groups and apply individual effects. > > **Cons**: Weak performance even on high end machines Lack of overall stability and plethora of bugs, overall quality Absence of innovative tools and processes General lack of progress in application development compared to CS6 Lack of integration with Camera Raw, Bridge and other tools Abysmal performance and quality of the bride application > > Adobe is wants us to believe that their products are gold standard in image processing and spearheading the "AI Revolution" The truth about the technical state of Photoshop and their so called AI is ... Not only the AI revolution is not happening. In fact Adobe is offering a technically outdated and partly dysfunctional product as state of the art and at the same time putting their customers at a disadvantage wherever they can. Users who hope for a plethora of new productivity tools and features, stellar performance gains with incredibly more powerful hardware will be thoroughly disappointed as compared to even CS6. The product is basically still on the technical level of 2012, bugged, extremely slow, inaccurate and cumbersome. Changes applied in the past to introduce "modern" features made it worse. People who apparently never worked on a professional workflow designed tool and interface behavior that disrupt your learned workflows and is in part strongly counterproductive. Some highlights: Even basics do not work properly. Custom key or workspace configurations break and get reset frequently to the defaults. Adobe is pestering users with new tools and features which mostly are just useless, annoying and hindering your workflows instead of offering progress. Memory management is basically absent leading to constant out of memory errors even on 64 GIG machines while processing rather small files. Multi-Tasking at least across Bridge and PS ? Too much for Adobe in 2025 to master such alien technology Problems with GPU integration are everywhere rendering GPU support basically useless. The clues less support staff tells you not to use GPU Acceleration features if you run into problems ... Its like as if Porsche would tell you not to drive your car if you experienced issues ... Processing speed is abhorrently slow even on high performance machines. There is not really a performance gain at all compared to the 2012 version. Due to the overhead of useless new features its rather slower. Working with the same files from 2012 does not show improvement. On a machine which is insanely more powerful. Text management is still on the level of PS 3. Barely usable. If you are offline text can no longer be changed. Rendering of PDF Text is like a lucky draw ... Often the text does not render properly breaking your design. Only rasterizing solves such issues ... Insane ... Their tools can still not create good object maskings ... now AI would certainly be helpful here. Alas its nowhere to be found. Instead we are dealing with the same outdated tools from a decade ago. The PDF engine can still not auto process PSB files properly. Color statistics synchronisation across image series is still missing from the toolbox. The color Matching is an inferior and laughable attempt to address this. Patching is still not able to realistically remove blemishes on sightly larger areas without blotching everything. The Bridge application could be the perfect complement as a file manager but it is so bugged that it is just a nuisance. The performance is ridiculously bad even with ultra fast NAND SSD. Creating thumbnails takes minutes and need to be recreated almost each time you review a certain folder irrelevant of what you define in the settings. Opening an already fully indexed folder sometimes takes 10 seconds until you can start scrolling ... if you click too quickly the app freezes. Modern UI feelings ... Settings break all the time ánd need to be reapplied. Finally, the highly praised AI is either hilariously absent from the program or generates laughably bad results. Nude photography is excluded even from the "AI" functionality. Fact is ... companies like Adobe or Phase One do simply have no idea on how to leverage AI and improving a product. They are big mouthed about those thing while they do not even have age old standards like image file management mastered. ----- ### "Best Graphic Design Software in the History of the Universe (Not kidding)" — 5.0/5 > **Hannah** | *30 December 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: If I never had another photo editing software in my life, I wouldn't complain. Adobe Photoshop is the one-stop package for all graphic design, there just isn't another that compares in terms of variety of features available, ease of use, and overall the most user-friendly interface. > > **Cons**: I dislike that I cannot own the software outright, and that it is only available by purchasing a monthly subscription with recurring billing. It also requires a 1 year contract with Adobe, meaning you have to purchase it for at least. > > I've tried other platforms and every time I do, I just wish I was using Adobe Photoshop. Coming from a design background with over a decade of freelance design experience, Adobe Photoshop is industry standard for a good reason: it is simply the BEST. ----- ### "Powerful, Professional, and Worth the Learning Curve" — 5.0/5 > **Don** | *30 March 2026* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It gives you complete control—from basic adjustments like brightness and contrast to advanced tasks like layer-based compositing, retouching, and digital painting. The layer system is especially powerful, letting you edit non-destructively and experiment freely without ruining the original image. > > **Cons**: while Photoshop is incredibly powerful, it may not always be the most beginner-friendly or budget-friendly option. > > Photoshop is a reliable, industry-standard software that delivers excellent results. It’s best suited for users who need high-quality editing and are willing to invest time in learning it. ----- Page: 1 / 99\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1012156/adobe-photoshop?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1012156/adobe-photoshop) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data