| Photomatix Essentials | Photomatix for Linux | Photomatix Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment of Hand-Held Photos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Merge to HDR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maximum number of bracketed photos per set | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Tone Mapping with Details Enhancer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tone Mapping with Contrast Optimizer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exposure Fusion with Fusion/Natural | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exposure Fusion with Fusion/Interior | - | - | ✓ |
| Advanced Tone Mapping/Fusion Settings | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Finishing (Sharpening & Contrast) | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| Saving & Loading Custom Presets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnails of Built-in Presets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnails of Custom Presets | - | - | ✓ |
| Favorite Presets | - | - | ✓ |
| Preset Thumbnails Display Options | - | - | ✓ |
| Native RAW support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fusion from a Single RAW File | - | - | ✓ |
| Noise Reduction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic Ghost Removal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced Ghost Removal Tools | - | - | ✓ |
| Chromatic Aberration Reduction | - | - | ✓ |
| Batch Processing of Bracketed Photos | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Processing of Single Photos | - | - | ✓ |
| Opening & Saving in 32-bit HDR Image Formats | - | - | ✓ |