Inspo AI

Excalidraw

Infinite-canvas whiteboard with a hand-drawn style, free real-time collaboration, and an open-source core.

ShotDeck

Cinematic reference database for moodboards, framing, lighting, and art direction.

FLUX AI

Image generation model and ecosystem used for visual exploration and creative production.

Hugeicons

An icon library of 51,000+ UI icons across multiple styles, with dev and design formats, free for one style and paid from $8.25/month.

Milanote

Milanote organizes notes, images, links and files on visual boards for creative projects, with real-time board sharing.

FigJam

Collaborative digital whiteboard by Figma for brainstorming, team alignment, and planning. Included free with all Figma plans, no additional cost.

Krea AI

Unified interface aggregating 60+ AI image and video generation models with a shared compute-unit credit system.

Midjourney

Subscription AI tool that generates images from text prompts, billed by monthly fast GPU hours, with no free plan.

Whimsical

Wireframes, flowcharts, mind maps and docs on infinite canvas with AI.

PureRef

Lightweight reference board for artists, illustrators, and 3D.

ChatGPT

Conversational AI assistant for writing, coding, and analysis, free on a base model or unlocked further on paid tiers up to a developer API.

Ideogram

AI image generator with integrated text rendering: render text in images with 90% accuracy (vs 30% Midjourney), variations, remixing, and developer API. Fast and quality modes.