Best Design Tools (2026)
9 design tools reviewed and scored. Find the best option for your needs.
Our top pick
Canva, 8.75/10
Easy-to-use graphic design platform with AI tools for non-designers and teams
Canva
Easy-to-use graphic design platform with AI tools for non-designers and teams
Adobe Firefly
Adobe's family of generative AI models for images, vectors, and video built for commercial safe use
Lovable
AI full-stack engineer that builds and deploys production-ready web apps from natural language descriptions
Synthesia
AI video generation platform that creates professional videos with realistic AI avatars from text scripts
v0 by Vercel
AI-powered UI generation tool that creates React components and full pages from text prompts
DALL-E
OpenAI's image generation model accessible via ChatGPT and API
Runway
Professional AI video and image generation platform used by filmmakers, designers, and creative studios
Tome
Discontinued AI presentation tool — shut down April 2025; team pivoted to Lightfield (tome.app no longer serves the product)
Midjourney
Industry-leading AI image generator producing stunning artistic visuals
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Our highest-scoring pick for Design, 8.75/10 overall.