Abstract
Abstract brings Git-like version control to design files. Track design changes, compare versions, merge branches, and collaborate on…
$9 – $25/user/mo
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74 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 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
Asana
Excels at scaling project management across larger teams — templates, automation, and visibility into multiple concurrent projects.
Free – $30.49/mo
Axe DevTools
Axe DevTools is a browser extension from Deque Systems for testing digital accessibility. It scans pages for WCAG…
Free
Behance
Behance is Adobe's portfolio platform for creatives. Showcase your work, discover projects from designers worldwide, and get featured…
Free
Bolt
In-browser AI development environment that scaffolds, runs, and deploys full applications from a prompt.
Free – $20/mo
Bubble
No-code platform for building genuinely complex web applications with databases and workflows.
Free – $349/mo
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
CareerFoundry
Mentored UX design bootcamp that includes a job guarantee on its full career-change track.
$7,900 – $8,500
Claude
An AI assistant strong at long-form reasoning, writing, code, and working through design problems conversationally.
Free – $20/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
Coursera
Course platform hosting professional certificates from Google, Adobe, Meta, and major universities.
Free audit – $59/mo
Cursor
An AI-first code editor built on VS Code that can read your whole codebase and write multi-file changes…
Free – $20/user/mo
Designlab
UX/UI bootcamp pairing structured curriculum with one-to-one mentorship from working designers.
$399 – $7,749
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
Excalidraw
Excalidraw is a free, open-source whiteboarding tool for sketching diagrams and flowcharts. Simple, fast, and no sign-up required.…
Free
Figma
Figma dominates digital product design. Its collaborative, browser-based nature and powerful prototyping make it the default choice for…
Free – $75/editor/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
Framer
If your team values code-first design and interactive prototypes, Framer is unmatched — it bridges design and real…
$15 – $80/mo
Galileo AI
Prompt-to-UI tool that generates high-fidelity, editable interface designs delivered into Figma.
Paid
GitHub
GitHub is a version control platform for developers enabling collaboration, code review, and project management. Increasingly used by…
Free – $21/user/mo
GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer that autocompletes code inline across virtually every editor and language.
Free – $19/user/mo
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
Hotjar
Hotjar provides heatmaps, session recordings, and user feedback tools for website optimization. See how users interact with your…
$32 – $171/mo
Interaction Design Foundation
The largest online UX design school, offering industry-recognised course certificates for a flat membership.
$16 – $22/mo
InVision
InVision is a digital product design platform offering prototyping, user testing, and collaboration. While less feature-rich than Figma,…
$4 – $9.95/user/mo
KeyShot
The go-to for photorealistic product renders. Real-time interaction and beautiful results make it invaluable for presentations and marketing.
$595 – $1,495
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
Loom
Asynchronous video feedback is faster and clearer than text or synchronous calls — every design team should use…
Free – $12.50/mo
Lovable
Chat-based app builder that turns a plain-language description into a working full-stack web app with a database.
Free – $25/mo
Magic Patterns
AI product design tool that generates interactive React prototypes teams can test and iterate on.
Free – $30/mo
Material ConneXion
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Membership, quote only
Material UI
The most widely used React component library, implementing Google's Material Design.
Free – $180/dev/yr
Matmatch
Matmatch is an online materials platform for product designers and engineers. Search materials by mechanical, thermal, and electrical…
Free – $99/mo
Maze
Test prototypes directly from Figma or Framer without leaving your design tool — fast, affordable user research with…
$25 – $600+/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
Mural
Mural is an infinite canvas collaboration tool for brainstorming, ideation, and visual problem-solving. Integrates with popular tools, templates…
Free – $20/user/mo
Notion
Notion's versatility makes it invaluable for managing projects, inspiration, and team knowledge. The free tier is generous for…
Free – $10/mo
Penpot
The best open-source Figma alternative — fully featured, self-hostable, and completely free. Ideal for privacy-conscious teams and students.
Free
Pinterest is a visual discovery platform where designers curate inspiration boards. Search and save design inspiration, color palettes,…
Free
Radix UI
Unstyled, fully accessible React primitives for building your own component library.
Free
Relume
Library of over 1,000 Webflow and Figma sections, plus an AI site-structure generator.
Free – $48/mo
SaaSFrame
Library of real SaaS UI screens, landing pages, and email flows for reference and reuse.
Free – $99/yr
shadcn/ui
Copy-paste React components built on Radix and Tailwind that you own outright once added.
Free
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
Softr
Builds client portals, internal tools, and directories on top of Airtable or Google Sheets.
Free – $269/mo
Stark
Stark is an accessibility plugin for Figma and Adobe XD that checks designs for WCAG compliance. Provides color…
Free – $60/yr