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Corel Painter pricing
Corel Painter publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- One-time
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Corel Painter plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full License | On request | 2 | Entry tier |
| Upgrade | On request | 1 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Full License
On requestThe entry tier. It covers perpetual license for current major version, desktop app for windows and mac.
Upgrade
On requestOver Full License, this tier adds:
- Discounted upgrade pricing for existing Painter owners
What the product covers
The full Corel Painter feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
core
- Natural-Media Brush Engine
- Custom Brush Creation
- Canvas Textures
- Photo Painting Tools
- Layer Support
People bring Corel Painter in for digital painting that mimics traditional media, concept art and illustration, converting photographs into painted artwork, custom brush development for artists. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Corel Painter are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Design Tools
Too few design tools tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corel Painter (this page) | On request | one-time | - | |
| PaintTool SAI | 5500/month | one-time | - | vs Corel Painter |
| Playground AI | Free, then $12/month | freemium | - | vs Corel Painter |
| Magnific | On request | usage-based | - | vs Corel Painter |
| Adobe Illustrator | $22.99/month | subscription | - | vs Corel Painter |
| Gravit Designer | Free | freemium | - | vs Corel Painter |
| Krea | On request | usage-based | - | vs Corel Painter |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Corel Painter badges page.
Before you pay for Corel Painter
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between On request and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Corel Painter against the tools that do have one before committing.
Corel Painter runs on windows, mac, and is published by Corel. The full record is on the Corel Painter review, and the rest of the category is under best design tools tools.
Corel Painter pricing questions
- How much does Corel Painter cost?
- Corel Painter publishes 2 tiers, from On request for Full License up to On request for Upgrade. The cheapest paid tier is On request.
- Does Corel Painter have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Corel Painter is listed as one-time. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Full License and Upgrade on Corel Painter?
- Upgrade costs On request against On request, and adds discounted upgrade pricing for existing painter owners.
- Which design tools tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 7 design tools tools listed alongside Corel Painter have a free tier: Playground AI, Gravit Designer.
- What am I actually paying for with Corel Painter?
- The record lists 5 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for digital painting that mimics traditional media, concept art and illustration, converting photographs into painted artwork.
- Does Corel Painter charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Corel Painter prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Corel Painter against before paying?
- The closest design tools tools in this directory are PaintTool SAI, Playground AI, Magnific, Adobe Illustrator. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Corel Painter covering price, platforms and features.