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CATEGORY 07 · 22 TOOLS

Image & design

Image generation, design tools and creative suites for social posts, ads and brand assets.

ESSENTIAL IN IMAGE & DESIGN

  1. Adobe Firefly

    Adobe's all-in-one AI creative studio (images, video, audio; 30+ models).

    FREE TIER

  2. Canva

    Online design platform with AI image, writing and design tools for marketing assets, docs and presentations.

    FREE TIER

  3. Krea

    Creative tools with AI inside: image, video, upscaling and LoRA training across many models.

    FREE TIER

All 22 Image & design tools

  1. Adobe Firefly

    Adobe's all-in-one AI creative studio (images, video, audio; 30+ models).

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Canva

    Online design platform with AI image, writing and design tools for marketing assets, docs and presentations.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Krea

    Creative tools with AI inside: image, video, upscaling and LoRA training across many models.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Magnific (formerly Freepik)

    Pro creative platform (formerly Freepik): AI image, video and audio generation, upscalers and stock content.

    EssentialPay as you go

  5. Stitch by Google

    Turns your ideas into interface designs for mobile and web, powered by Gemini models.

    EssentialFree

  6. Black Forest Labs (FLUX)

    Creators of the FLUX image (and FLUX 3 video) models; API plus open weights.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  7. ComfyUI / Comfy

    The most powerful open-source workflow engine for visual AI, now with Comfy Cloud and Comfy Agent.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Figma

    Design and code platform: Figma Design, Make (prompt-to-app), Sites, Slides and an AI agent.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. Glif

    Creative 'super agent' for images and video.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  10. Lovart

    'The design agent': from logo to a full marketing campaign in one conversation.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  11. MagicPath

    Shared visual workspace for humans and agents to create prototypes, apps and UIs.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Midjourney

    Leading AI image (and video) generation lab, community-supported.

    Worth a lookPaid

  13. Savee

    Ad-free place for designers to save, organise and share visual inspiration: one-click saving into boards, search by word, colour, image or tag, plus…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Snaptrude

    Browser-based building design and BIM platform for architects.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Sunra

    Creative suite that gives AI agents image, video, audio and 3D models (Seedance 2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, Seedream 5.0 Pro, Kling 3.0, Veo…

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  16. Superdesign

    'The Autonomous AI Designer': an AI product design agent that turns a prompt into UI.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  17. CodedVisuals (pixelcave)

    Animated visual and illustration components for React and shadcn/ui, plus AI skills agents can build with.

    NichePaid

  18. Hi3D

    Image-to-3D model generator (formerly Sparc3D).

    NicheFree tier

  19. shadcncraft

    Production-ready shadcn/ui design system for Figma and React, built for AI workflows.

    NichePaid

  20. Shaders

    Open-source library of 200+ WebGPU shader components for sites and products.

    NicheFree / open source

  21. UI Rules

    Brand and design-system rules for AI agents, delivered over MCP.

    NicheFree tier

  22. Vyb (Coco Labs)

    Design model from Coco Labs (out of stealth 20 Oct 2026) that builds marketing designs layer by layer from your own logo, fonts, colours and photos,…

    NichePricing unknown