Design Tools in 2026, Compared by Price

We track 26 design tools. The list below is ordered by what it costs to start, cheapest first. Tools that cannot be put on that scale — usage-based pricing, a free tier, or a price we could not verify — come last, and each one says which case it is. The cheapest verified entry point is Behance at Free.

No vendor has paid for a position on this page. Price is not quality: the cheapest tool here is not the best one for your team, it is only the cheapest. We do not publish a quality score because we do not have one we can stand behind. How we score tools.

1. 1
   Behance

   Adobe's portfolio network.

   Free

2. 2
   Blender

   Open-source 3D modelling, animation and rendering.

   Free

3. 3
   Penpot

   Open-source design and prototyping tool.

   Free

4. 4
   Framer

   Best designer site builder.

   From $5/user/mo

5. 5
   Carrd

   Simple one-page sites.

   From $9/mo

6. 6
   Midjourney

   Elite AI art.

   From $10/mo

7. 7
   Canva

   Design for everyone.

   From $12/user/mo

8. 8
   Descript

   Text-based video editing.

   From $12/user/mo

9. 9
   Figma

   Collaborative UI/UX design.

   From $12/user/mo

10. 10
    Webflow

    Build custom sites visually.

    From $14/user/mo

11. 11
    Squarespace

    Designer-grade websites.

    From $16/user/mo

12. 12
    Wix

    Popular website builder.

    From $16/user/mo

13. 13
    Wix Studio

    Pro agency platform.

    From $16/user/mo

14. 14
    Adobe Premiere Pro

    Pro video editing.

    From $22/user/mo

15. 15
    Bubble

    Most powerful no-code.

    From $29/user/mo

16. 16
    FlutterFlow

    Build native mobile apps.

    From $30/user/mo

17. 17
    Affinity Designer

    One-off purchase vector design software.

    Pricing not verified

18. 18
    CapCut

    Viral video editing.

    Free tier available

19. 19
    Coolors

    Colour palette generator.

    Free tier available

20. 20
    Dribbble

    Portfolio community for designers.

    Free tier available

21. 21
    Font Awesome

    Widely used icon library.

    Free tier available

22. 22
    Photopea

    Browser-based image editor that opens PSD files.

    Free tier available

23. 23
    Procreate

    Illustration app for iPad.

    Pricing not verified

24. 24
    remove.bg

    Automatic image background removal.

    Free tier available

25. 25
    Sketch

    Vector interface design for macOS.

    Pricing not verified

26. 26
    Spline

    3D design for web.

    Free tier available