Adobe Firefly

Adobe Firefly

Adobe Firefly generates and edits images, video, and design variations.

Oximy ResearchUpdated 19 September 2026

Overview

A+
Transparency
4 / 10
Trust
98 / 100

Trains on your data

Free
No
Paid
No
Opt-out
Yes

Incidents

1
  • criticalAdobe Agrees to $150 Million Settlement and Injunction to Resolve Alleged Violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act

Assessed SEP 21, 2026 · Checked by hand SEP 21, 2026

Firefly is covered by Creative Cloud SOC 2 and ISO 27001; customer content is excluded from default training, optional program controls are documented, and Adobe's subscription settlement is recorded.

Trust breakdown

A+

98 / 100

Overall trust score

Data safetyComplianceIncidentsLegal
Data safety100
Compliance92
Incidents100
Legal100

Data and privacy

Trains on your data

No training on user data

Storage regions

US

Sub-processors

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Data retention

Generation History is stored in the user’s Enterprise Storage location indefinitely unless manually deleted.

Deletion: Adobe will, at the choice of the Customer, delete or return to the Customer all Personal Data after the end of the applicable term for Cloud Services, as further specified under the Agreement.

Incidents

Powered by

Firefly Image 5Firefly Video ModelGPT ImageGemini Nano BananaRunway Gen-4.5Luma AI Ray 3

Moat and openness

Not disclosed
Moat Not disclosed out of 10

Moat

  • Proprietary Model
  • Proprietary Data
  • Network Effects
  • Switching Cost
  • Unique UX
  • Distribution
Not disclosed
Openness Not disclosed out of 10

Openness

  • Open model weights
  • Published research
  • Open source contributions
  • Transparency reports
  • Public safety evals

Company

Adobe

Founded
1982
HQ
San Jose, California, United States

Popularity

Not disclosed

monthly visits

Value and ROI

What it should move: It reduces concept turnaround and time spent creating asset variations.

Best fit

It fits teams that review generated images and video alongside their Adobe creative files.

The catch

Teams must review rights, accuracy, and brand fit. Using Adobe files increases dependence on Adobe.

In our stacks for

References