Adobe After Effects
The professional standard for motion graphics and visual effects, used by broadcasters, filmmakers, and design teams worldwide.
$22.49/mo
Graphic Designer
50 tools
Adobe Color
Adobe Color is a free tool for creating and exploring color harmonies, extracting palettes from images, and exploring…
Free
Adobe Firefly
Adobe Firefly is Adobe's generative AI integrated across Creative Cloud apps. Generate images, remove or expand objects, and…
Included with Creative Cloud
Adobe Fonts
Adobe Fonts is a subscription font service with thousands of professional typefaces. Seamlessly integrates with Adobe Creative Cloud…
Included with Creative Cloud
Adobe Illustrator
The industry standard for vector work. If you're creating logos, icons, or illustrations professionally, Illustrator's power and stability…
$22.49/mo
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign is the industry-standard desktop publishing software for creating books, magazines, brochures, and complex print layouts. Offers…
$22.49/mo
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop's dominance in photo editing and raster art is unmatched — the industry standard for retouching and compositing.
$22.49/mo
Adobe XD
For designers already inside Adobe Creative Cloud, XD integrates seamlessly with Photoshop and Illustrator for asset-heavy workflows.
$9.99 – $54.99/mo
Affinity Designer
The best Adobe alternative for designers wanting to escape subscriptions — one-time purchase, full-featured, and constantly updated.
$79.99 one-time
Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo is a professional raster editor with non-destructive live filters, advanced retouching, HDR merging, focus stacking, and…
$79.99 one-time
Affinity Publisher
Affinity Publisher is a desktop publishing application for multi-page layouts, long documents, and print production. Its StudioLink feature…
$79.99 one-time
Asana
Excels at scaling project management across larger teams — templates, automation, and visibility into multiple concurrent projects.
Free – $30.49/mo
Behance
Behance is Adobe's portfolio platform for creatives. Showcase your work, discover projects from designers worldwide, and get featured…
Free
Calendly
Calendly is a scheduling tool that eliminates back-and-forth emails. Share your availability, let clients/teams book time, and meetings…
Free – $16/user/mo
Canva
Canva democratizes design. For quick social graphics and presentations without a learning curve, it's unbeatable — the free…
Free – $13/mo
Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D is 3D modeling and animation software widely used for motion graphics, character animation, and visual effects.…
$62 – $115/mo
Claude
An AI assistant strong at long-form reasoning, writing, code, and working through design problems conversationally.
Free – $20/mo
Clip Studio Paint
Clip Studio Paint is a digital painting and comic/manga creation tool popular with character designers and comic artists.…
$5 – $9/mo
Color Hunt
Color Hunt is a free platform showcasing hand-picked color palettes created by designers. Browse trending palettes, filter by…
Free
Coolors
Coolors is a color palette generator offering quick palette creation, color harmony exploration, and accessibility checking. Export palettes…
Free – $3/mo
CorelDRAW
CorelDRAW is a vector graphics suite used for illustration, logo design, and print production. Offers extensive drawing tools,…
$269/yr or $549 one-time
Domestika
Creative course marketplace with a strong catalogue of illustration, branding, and craft courses.
$10 – $60 per course
Dribbble
Dribbble is a platform for designers to showcase portfolios and inspire each other. Browse design work, follow designers,…
Free – $8/mo
Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud file storage and sync service with version history, file requests, and granular sharing controls.…
Free – $16.58/mo
Figma FigJam
FigJam is Figma's collaborative whiteboarding space for brainstorming, ideation, and teamwork. Includes sticky notes, voting, templates, and real-time…
Free – $5/editor/mo
Fontlab
Fontlab is professional font creation and editing software used to design, modify, and produce typefaces. It includes advanced…
$399 – $799 one-time
Frame.io
Frame.io is a video collaboration platform enabling feedback and review on video, motion graphics, and film projects. Frame-accurate…
Free – $25/user/mo
GIMP
GIMP is a free, open-source image editor offering photo retouching, illustration, and image manipulation. Powerful alternative to Photoshop…
Free
Glyphs
Glyphs is a Mac-native font design application focused on elegant, efficient workflows. It supports variable fonts, complex scripts,…
$299 – $899 one-time
Google Drive
Google Drive offers cloud storage, real-time collaboration on documents and spreadsheets, and easy sharing. Free 15GB storage with…
Free 15GB – $10/mo
Google Fonts
Google Fonts is a free, open-source font library offering thousands of typographic choices. All fonts are optimized for…
Free
Khroma
Khroma uses AI to generate color palettes based on your personal preferences. The algorithm learns your taste and…
Free
Krea
Real-time AI image and video generation with live canvas editing and upscaling.
Free – $60/mo
Krita
Krita is a free, open-source digital painting application designed for concept artists and digital painters. Offers natural brushes,…
Free
Loom
Asynchronous video feedback is faster and clearer than text or synchronous calls — every design team should use…
Free – $12.50/mo
Masterclass
Beautifully produced courses taught by world-leading practitioners across creative disciplines.
$10 – $20/mo
Midjourney
Midjourney is an AI image generation tool using text prompts to create original artwork. Used for concept exploration,…
$10 – $120/mo
Miro
The default digital whiteboard for design teams. Whether remote or in-person, Miro enables collaborative thinking across all design…
Free – $16/mo
Monday.com
Monday.com is a flexible work management platform with visual boards, automation, and custom workflows. Highly customizable for different…
$9 – $19/seat/mo
Notion
Notion's versatility makes it invaluable for managing projects, inspiration, and team knowledge. The free tier is generous for…
Free – $10/mo
Pinterest is a visual discovery platform where designers curate inspiration boards. Search and save design inspiration, color palettes,…
Free
Procreate
Transformed digital painting on iPad. For illustrators and concept artists, Procreate's brush engine and performance are unmatched.
$12.99 one-time
Recraft
AI generator built for designers, producing true vector output, icon sets, and brand-consistent styles.
Free – $48/mo
Runway
AI video generation and editing suite covering text-to-video, video-to-video, and advanced masking.
Free – $95/mo
Skillshare
Skillshare is an online learning platform with thousands of design, illustration, and creative classes. Learn from working professionals,…
$14 – $32/mo
Slack
The default team communication platform for modern creative teams — organizes conversation and integrates directly with design tools.
Free – $12.50/mo
Squarespace
All-in-one website builder with polished templates, hosting, commerce, and domains included.
$16 – $52/mo
Toggl
Toggl is a time tracking tool helping teams understand where time is spent. Track project time, analyze team…
Free – $9/user/mo
Udemy
Udemy offers thousands of design courses from instructors worldwide. Lifetime access to courses you purchase. Frequent sales make…
$12 – $200 per course
Wix Studio
Wix's agency-focused builder with responsive CSS grid, a client dashboard, and reusable design systems.
Free – $59/mo