Krita 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Krita

4.4

(79)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Krita

Krita is an open-source painting software that provides businesses with tools to create and share professional paintings or sketches on a centralized platform. Artists can use the digital workspace to manage dockers or functional panels and customize the layout according to requirements.

Krita provides organizations with pre-built brush presets, which allow them to create digital paintings or pixel arts and add 3D texturing in images. Professionals can use the freehand brush tool to customize the appearance of brushes and add effects using a drag-and-mass interface.

Krita enables professional artists to create comic panels, select bubble templates from the vector library and drag them on the canvas.

Krita Screenshots

Krita Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Krita Features

Popular features found in Vector Graphics
2D Drawing
Collaboration Tools
Data Import/Export
Image Editing
Templates
More features of Krita
Animation
Animations & Transitions
Categorization/Grouping
Custom Development
Customizable Templates
Design Management
Drag & Drop
Labeling
Media Import
Synchronous Editing
Tagging
Text Editing
WYSIWYG Editor

Krita User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

62%

23%

13%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.4

Juan F.

Verified reviewer

Outsourcing/ Offshoring

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

Start animating 2D

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

It is easy yo use if you have use other software that do the same.

Cons:

For what I need to do, I have no complaints.

Boris T.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Open Source drawing software made by artists

I use Krita both for private projects and professionally. I was looking for a digital painting software that would be able to go head-to-head with Photoshop in that regard and I found it in Krita. It is a great piece of software that allows me to create art uninterrupted and with ease. The default brush selection is amazing and the functions are familiar if you used Photoshop so there is almost no learning curve. For work, I use Krita to generate small graphics for the website that need that "hand made" feel rather than the sleek vector design required for some other projects. All in all, I would highly recommend Krita to anyone looking to draw or paint. The best thing is that it has no subscription fee, it is absolutely and completely free.

Ratings Breakdown

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Pros:

It has digital painting and drawing as its main focus. Other similar software focuses on photo manipulation primary and painting secondary, while Krita has it the other way around. The user interface and tools at your disposal are all made for content creation. It is a very refreshing take on a digital painting software. Krita also comes with a great set of brushes, once again, optimized for digital drawing and painting.

Cons:

I loved Krita but from time to time I had issues with brush lag with both my Wacom and my Huion tablets. I would draw a line and it would appear seconds later, or it would decide to dance around the canvas creating a scribble rather than a straight line.

Reasons for choosing Krita

It was more focused into digital drawing, which is what I needed at the time.

Reasons for switching to Krita

We could not afford the expensive subscription that Adobe pushes.

Robert G.

Verified reviewer

Music

Self-Employed

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Approachable Elegant Software with the Usual Open Source Roadblocks

Overall, Krita is a very capable product, great for learning, and acceptable for its purposes. In the long run, a user running any kind of enterprise or business will likely want to find a paid product for the Quality Assurance and Support that comes with it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

It was approachable and pretty full-featured in its design. The docking system is convenient and after a few basics I was able to get a good ways before really having to resort to online materials for extra help. The dock, tile, and brush system are all very solid and flexible. Although the layout is messy in some ways it keeps the main tasks fairly up-front and simple. They also seem to be constantly updating the program. While it doesn't have touch controls, its support for my drawing tablet seemed to be pretty robust (full disclosure, there are so many tablets on the market that it's hard to say whether my experience is representative).

Cons:

The cons, sadly, made my time with Krita limited and I soon had to switch to a comparable paid product. These are issues that, in my opinion plague most free open source projects, so your mileage may vary depending on how important "free" is. First, the documentation is lacking. Sometimes it's just what you expect, but because they are constantly adding features for some features the documentation is missing entirely. Secondly, their constant updates and the nature of a collaborative open source product means a lot of features break for extended periods of time while they get around to figuring them out and fixing them. The result of this is that I felt like I was spending as much time talking to (or reading from) other users on Reddits and forums to figure out what a large number of functions were supposed to do, how they were supposed to work, and what any workarounds were for them being broken. It's due to many similar reasons why I have sworn off open source products in my business, but for students or those without the same concern of clients and running an enterprise, something that works 80% of the time and requires much more involvement might be preferable as it costs 100% less (free!).

Brendon S.

Verified reviewer

Animation

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Better than Photoshop

So far my overall experience with Krita is really amazing. I recommend this to anyone new to the digital art world or even animation and you won't need to speed any fees because it's free to use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It works very well and it's an open-source program which means it's completely free. The layout is really nice and easy to work with. It's also comparable with any format and it's a light program which means it doesn't take much to run it and not much space to install it either. It's an easy recommend especially for anyone new to digital art.

Cons:

Some updates make it unusable at times due to the fact that it's open-source but this is usually fixed in a short amount of time. Other than that no other issues so far, its only sad that a lot of people don't know about it.

Reasons for switching to Krita

Mostly due to the fact it was a monthly subscription and plus I wanted to try other alternatives that were just as good or even better than photoshop.

Liese C.

Verified reviewer

Fine Art

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Good tablet software.

I'm happy with the program and am grateful that it is free.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Krita allowed me to create CMYK and vector files for a coloring book project and I use it every time I need to submit files to a printing company.

Cons:

Not very intuituve and options are not available by clicking, some functions require hotkey shortcuts.

Reasons for choosing Krita

Much better features for a professional.

Reasons for switching to Krita

Gimp doesn't do CMYK and Gimp isn't as good for tablet integration.

Mamadou T.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Krita is the ideal tool for the creation and expression of our artistic talents.

I had a great time working on Krita including editing images, drawing text and managing my designs without difficulty, I highly recommend it.

Ratings Breakdown

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Functionality

Pros:

Krita is a very attractive software, easy to use. With lots of brush options and use. This software has allowed me to perfect my skills.

Cons:

For several months I used Krita, and I never encountered a major problem. It's a great tool.

Reasons for switching to Krita

Krita is cheaper or free than adope photophop

tara b.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Learning with krita

I love Krita and all its options. You can create awesome art and animations for free. It's easily comparable to many paid digital art software,

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There are so many tools and options to enable or disable. It's amazing once you learn what each does. At first it can be a little intimidating but once you figure out all the tools and their functions you can create stunning art. I love that Krita has so much to offer for free.

Cons:

There is a bug that makes the tool cursor stuck on color selector. It happens every so often and I'm not sure how to fix it. It fixes itself usually after restarting my computer or unplugging my drawing tablet and plugging it back in.

Reasons for choosing Krita

Less bugs and less expensive

Houyamne A.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Great but not better than Photoshop or After effects anyway!

It's fun using Krita for design skills training.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

There are a few options that make Krita exceptional- It has a very rich color palette- Amazing paintbrushes- works perfectly on Windows 10 - Supports easy file import & export- Available in the English language- It's free and fun- A library supper packed with amazing animation and transition effects

Cons:

- Can't be a better fit for crafting high-quality and advanced designs or animations- Could be amazing if it was available in many languages-Makes constant requests to download files from an external website

Lucky Griffin N.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Krita Review

My overall experience with Krita has been fun and exciting. It is a simple-to-use software with lots of functionalities to explore.

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Value for money

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Pros:

What I like most about Krita is how accessible the different kinds of brushes and drawing/painting options are right from the first page after opening the application. It is also easy to integrate with our existing processes since once designed, an image can be saved in the commonly used formats such as JPEG or PNG.

Cons:

What I liked least about Krita is that editing an imported image is not as intuitive as creating one from scratch, but I consider that a minor issue. On the whole, I like the software.

Angela P.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

One of the best digital painting software.

I make good quality designs that I can publish in self-made coloring books, and I learned to do this very quickly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I was a newbie in painting and drawing editing. I have learned the features I need very quickly. I have always found a very supportive community for all-level users.

Cons:

In my opinion, the manual is to be improved. Sometimes I need quick information about how to interpret a feature, an instruction. The manual doesn't contain the necessary information and lacks clarity.

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