Microsoft Image Composite Editor

This is all I need for stitching photos together. It is not perfect, but it is very easy to use, and you cannot get better value for money than freeware 😀

If you're looking for something better for this task, and do not mind paying a little for it, look no further than Affinity Photo from Serif, which is a viable alternative to PhotoShop.

Seemingly very good, but sometimes I notice it screws up and repeats textures as if using a clone brush tool.

Very powerful, can handle videos too

Very easy to use, lots of options on image format: spherical, cylinder, etc

Dead simple to use and does what it does quickly, this is great for those times you just need a simple stitcher and don't want to be bothered with setup. ICE does sometimes get the control points for your images a little wrong however, resulting in missing details or a warped result, for fine grained stitching control opt for an alternative.