QuarkXPress

Affinity Publisher

Layout tool for brochures, publications, print documents and PDFs.

CorelDRAW

Vector illustration and production suite often used for print, signage and illustration workflows.

Beautiful.ai

AI-assisted presentation creation with structured templates.

Keynote

Apple presentation tool for visual decks, creative pitches, and client dossiers.

Adobe InDesign

Professional page-layout software for brochures, magazines, books and PDFs, sold only through a monthly Adobe subscription.

Esko Studio

Esko Studio is an Adobe Illustrator plugin for 3D packaging design and photorealistic visualization, with pricing available only on request.

Pacdora

Online packaging design platform providing 3D mockup generator, customizable dieline templates, and 3D modeling tools—no design experience required.

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.

Excalidraw

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

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.

Midjourney

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

Milanote

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

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.

Dynamic Mockups

Automated product mockup generator with API and batch export.

Affinity Photo

Professional, non-destructive photo editor with RAW development and layers, entirely free since Canva's 2024 acquisition.

Dropbox

Dropbox is a cloud storage and file-sync service with automatic sync, sharing and version history, from a 2 GB free plan up to a $24/seat/month Advanced plan.

Leonardo AI

Leonardo AI generates and edits images with proprietary and third-party AI models, using a token-based credit system across free and paid tiers.

Brandmark

AI-powered logo creation tool. Automatically generates multiple logo concepts based on your description, then allows customization and download of vector, PNG files, and brand guidelines.

Pics.io

Digital asset management (DAM) on top of Google Drive or S3.

Framer

Framer is a no-code visual website builder with a built-in CMS, staging environment and AI-assisted design and content features.