By job / Design
Create visuals and interfaces
7 tools for design, in the order I'd try them.
Design tools compared| Tool | Score | Price | Asia |
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 Canva | 92 | Free tier; Pro available | fine |
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 Figma | 90 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 Midjourney | 89 | Paid from $10/mo | fine |
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 Adobe Firefly | 83 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 Ideogram | 81 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 Recraft | 78 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 PostNitro | 76 | Free tier; paid from $15/mo | fine |
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1.
Every small business I know already uses it. The AI bits are useful, not magic.
Free tier; Pro available
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2.
If you design screens, you're probably here already. The AI features are a nice extra, not the reason to pay.
Free tier; paid plans available
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3.
Still makes the prettiest pictures. Lousy at text in images, and the web app took its time arriving.
Paid from $10/mo
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Commercially safer image generation inside the Adobe stack.
Free tier; paid plans available
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5.
Best pick when images need legible text.
Free tier; paid plans available
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Gives you vectors and icon sets that match each other, which most image tools still can't.
Free tier; paid plans available
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The quickest way I've found to get an on-brand LinkedIn or Instagram carousel out the door, and it schedules the post too.
Free tier; paid from $15/mo
The top spot here can be sponsored. Details.