category · Design
Design software after AI
120 tools in this category. 24 are rated killed and 64 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $1,187 a month.
120
tools tracked
24
killed
64
survived
$1,187
$/mo at risk
most-voted in Design
A 
Adobe Illustrator
palette Design
Still the professional standard; no longer the only way to get a vector.
why
Inkscape and Figma cover the headline feature free, so the $23/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
OpenAI · 2025-03 $23/mo
P 
Procreate
palette Design
Survived by publicly refusing to add AI, and being rewarded for it.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the design job, so this one still earns its $2/mo.
OpenAI · 2025-03 $2/mo
I 
InVision
palette Design
The prototyping layer disappeared into the tools on both sides of it.
why
Figma and Penpot now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
OpenAI · 2024-05 free
A 
Affinity Designer
palette Design
Survived by being the anti-subscription, then getting even cheaper.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the design job, so this one still earns its $6/mo.
OpenAI · 2025-03 $6/mo
A
Adobe InDesign
palette Design
Long-document typesetting turned out to be an unglamorous moat.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the design job, so this one still earns its $23/mo.
OpenAI · 2025-03 $23/mo
P 
Photopea
palette Design
Already free, already in the browser, already good enough.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the design job, so this one still earns its $5/mo.
OpenAI · 2025-03 $5/mo
every Design tool in the archive
search
/
The Death List
120 of 120· $1,187/mo at riskU
Untitled UI
paletteDesign· $349
YES
Anthropic · 2025-09 · Coding agents generating full component libraries from a described design system
shadcn/ui and Radix UI now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $349/mo is optional.
P
Piktochart
paletteDesign· $29
YES
Google · 2024-02 · AI deck and infographic generation everywhere
Canva and Gamma now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $29/mo is optional.
T
Tome
paletteDesign· $20
YES
OpenAI · 2024-02 · GPT-4 + generic deck generation
Gamma and Claude + Slides export now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $20/mo is optional.
G
Galileo AI
paletteDesign· $19
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Prompt-to-UI shipped inside mainstream tools
Figma AI now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $19/mo is optional.
V
Venngage
paletteDesign· $19
YES
Google · 2024-02 · Free AI infographic generation
Canva and Gamma now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $19/mo is optional.
D
Designs.ai
paletteDesign· $19
YES
Google · 2025-08 · Canva Magic Studio and free AI generation covering logos, video and voice in one product
Canva and Adobe Express now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $19/mo is optional.
M
Marvel
paletteDesign· $12
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · AI UI generation skipped the mockup stage
Figma now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $12/mo is optional.
U
Uizard Autodesigner
paletteDesign· $12
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Generated interfaces from mainstream tools
ChatGPT now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $12/mo is optional.
S
Shots
paletteDesign· $12
YES
Google · 2025-04 · Gemini image editing dropping screenshots into styled backgrounds in one prompt
Rotato and CleanShot X pick up the same job, so the $12/mo now buys packaging rather than capability.
P
Playground
paletteDesign· $12
YES
Google · 2025-08 · Canva, Adobe Express and free frontier image models covering graphic design generation
Canva and Adobe Express now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $12/mo is optional.
S
Snappa
paletteDesign· $10
YES
Google · 2024-02 · Canva free tier plus generated graphics
Canva and ChatGPT now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
S
SlidesAI
paletteDesign· $10
YES
Google · 2024-08 · Gemini in Google Slides
Google Slides and Gamma now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
D
Desygner
paletteDesign· $10
YES
OpenAI · 2025-03 · GPT-4o image generation and AI design tools create graphics from prompts
ChatGPT Images and Canva now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
R
Reve
paletteDesign· $10
YES
Google · 2025-11 · Gemini image models matching its typography and prompt-adherence advantage
Ideogram now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
P
Pixelcut
paletteDesign· $10
YES
OpenAI · 2025-05 · Chat assistants editing product photos and writing the ad copy in the same conversation
Photoroom and Canva now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
P
Photoroom API
paletteDesign· $10
YES
Google · 2025-08 · Free background removal and object editing inside Gemini, Photos and every phone camera app
Photoroom and Google AI Studio now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
F
Fotor
paletteDesign· $9
YES
OpenAI · 2025-03 · Native image generation and editing in free chat products
ChatGPT and Photopea now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $9/mo is optional.
A
Artbreeder
paletteDesign· $9
YES
OpenAI · 2025-08 · Text-to-image models making latent-space breeding an obsolete way to reach an image
Google AI Studio now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $9/mo is optional.
Z
Zeplin
paletteDesign· $8
YES
Anthropic · 2025-08 · Coding agents reading design files directly and writing the components themselves
Figma now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $8/mo is optional.
B
BeFunky
paletteDesign· $7
YES
OpenAI · 2025-03 · Free generation plus Canva's free tier
Canva and Photopea now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $7/mo is optional.
N
NightCafe
paletteDesign· $6
YES
Google · 2025-08 · Free frontier image generation in ChatGPT, Gemini and every phone assistant
Google AI Studio and Civitai now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $6/mo is optional.
C
Cleanup.pictures
paletteDesign· $5
YES
Google · 2025-08 · Magic Eraser and generative fill shipping free in Google Photos, iOS and every editor
Google Photos and Photoroom now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $5/mo is optional.
C
Coolors
paletteDesign· $3
YES
Anthropic · 2025-01 · Chat assistants generating accessible palettes with hex codes and CSS variables in one reply
Realtime Colors and Adobe Color now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $3/mo is optional.
I
InVision
paletteDesign· free
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Prototyping collapsed into design tools and then into code generation
Figma and Penpot now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
K
Kaedim
paletteDesign· $150
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-10 · Open text-to-3D and image-to-3D models producing game-ready meshes at a fraction of the cost
Meshy and Tripo cover the headline feature free, so the $150/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
A
Anima
paletteDesign· $39
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-03 · Figma and general models both generate code from designs now
Figma and Builder.io cover the headline feature free, so the $39/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
A
Axure RP
paletteDesign· $29
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · AI-generated interactive prototypes
Figma covers the headline feature free, so the $29/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
L
Lovart
paletteDesign· $24
KINDA
OpenAI · 2026-02 · Canva, Adobe and Figma shipping AI design agents to their existing user bases
Canva and Adobe Express cover the headline feature free, so the $24/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
A
Adobe Illustrator
paletteDesign· $23
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-03 · Native image generation plus one-click vectorisation
Inkscape and Figma cover the headline feature free, so the $23/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
L
Looka
paletteDesign· $20
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-02 · ChatGPT + image gen logos
Canva and ChatGPT cover the headline feature free, so the $20/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
P
Polymet
paletteDesign· $20
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-12 · Figma Make and v0 giving away prompt-to-UI inside tools designers already pay for
v0 covers the headline feature free, so the $20/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
V
Vectary
paletteDesign· $19
KINDA
Google · 2024-12 · Text-to-3D generation from free models
Blender covers the headline feature free, so the $19/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
R
Rotato
paletteDesign· $19
KINDA
Google · 2025-07 · Image models rendering convincing 3D device mockups straight from a screenshot
Shots covers the headline feature free, so the $19/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
L
Locofy
paletteDesign· $18
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-03 · Models read a screenshot and write the component directly
Figma and v0 cover the headline feature free, so the $18/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
I
Invoke
paletteDesign· $15
KINDA
OpenAI · 2026-03 · ComfyUI owning open-model workflows while hosted tools own everyone else
ComfyUI covers the headline feature free, so the $15/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
W
Womp
paletteDesign· $15
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-10 · Text-to-3D models generating finished meshes without anyone opening a modelling tool
Spline and Meshy cover the headline feature free, so the $15/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
V
Visme
paletteDesign· $13
KINDA
Google · 2024-02 · Gemini in Slides plus free AI deck builders
Gamma and Canva cover the headline feature free, so the $13/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
P
Picsart
paletteDesign· $13
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-03 · Native generative editing everywhere
Canva and Photopea cover the headline feature free, so the $13/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
U
Uizard
paletteDesign· $12
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-02 · GPT-4o UI generation
v0 and Figma cover the headline feature free, so the $12/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
S
Sketch
paletteDesign· $12
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-06 · AI mockup generation + Figma
Figma and Penpot cover the headline feature free, so the $12/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.