Make Memes Online — Free & Easy

Adobe Express is our top-rated online meme maker for 2026 with a score of 9.4/10. It offers AI-powered meme generation using Adobe Firefly (trained on licensed content), thousands of meme-specific templates, professional typography with outline and glow effects, and watermark-free exports on the free tier — a combination no other tool in our comparison matches.

Adobe Express is the only tool in our comparison that offers watermark-free exports on its free tier with full resolution output. Canva avoids watermarks on its free tier but locks many premium templates behind Canva Pro ($14.99/month). Kapwing, Predis, Supermeme, and Imgflip all add watermarks to free exports.

A good online meme maker needs: a large library of trending templates, professional typography controls (not just Impact font), the ability to upload custom images, quick export for social platforms, and ideally a watermark-free free tier. Adobe Express leads our rankings because it delivers all of these, plus AI-powered generation with commercially licensed output.

Kapwing is the strongest choice for video memes with its timeline-based editor, video trimming, text overlays, transitions, and audio support. Adobe Express also has a solid video editor with caption generation and subtitle tools. Both are significantly better for video than Imgflip or Supermeme.

For beginners, Adobe Express or Imgflip are the easiest starting points. Adobe Express has an intuitive interface with AI that can generate meme concepts from a text prompt. Imgflip requires zero learning curve — pick a template, add text, download — though it lacks design flexibility and adds a watermark on its free tier.