Design tools

Graphic design

Graphic design

Fast branded social and web graphics with Firefly-assisted templates.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Generative graphic tools inside Creative Cloud with commercially safer training claims.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Industry-standard vector graphic design for icons, diagrams, and brand art.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Pixel-level graphic design, photo compositing, and marketing art.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Designer, Photo, and Publisher — a desktop graphic suite now under Canva.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Logic-heavy wireframes and functional prototypes for complex enterprise flows.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Sketchy low-fidelity wireframes that keep reviews on structure, not polish.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Large-scale visual workspace for enterprise reviews and war rooms.

Diagramming

Page flows · Wireframing

Online diagrams and simple wireframes with real-time comments.

Graphic design

Graphic design · Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Template-first graphic design and whiteboards for non-specialist makers.

Content design

Page flows

Doc-as-app workspace for content models, briefs, and lightweight flow tables.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard

Swiss-hosted whiteboard with strong privacy options for enterprise workshops.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

EU-hosted digital whiteboard for regulated workshops and reviews.

Content design

Page flows

Team wiki where BAs, writers, and designers park specs next to diagrams.

Diagramming

Page flows · Wireframing · Digital whiteboard

Visual workspace for flows, wireframes, and team diagrams with templates.

Service design

Page flows · Digital whiteboard

Collaborative customer journey maps with lanes for actions, channels, and metrics.

Diagramming

Page flows · Wireframing

Free draw.io editor for flows, UML, and wireframe-style diagrams you can self-host.

Content design

Wireframing · Graphic design

Single source of truth for product copy that syncs with Figma.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Docs plus diagram-as-code whiteboard aimed at technical product teams.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows · Wireframing

Hand-drawn diagrams and whiteboard sketches, free and self-hostable.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Whiteboard plus recording for teaching flows and annotated walkthroughs.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows · Wireframing

Figma's whiteboard for product teams that hand off into design files.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows · Graphic design

The default collaborative canvas for wireframes, UI, and design systems.

User flows

Page flows · Wireframing

Sitemaps, user flows, and journey maps for website and app planning.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Rapid mobile and web wireframes with a large built-in widget library.

Graphic design

Graphic design · Wireframing

Design-to-published websites with a canvas that feels like a graphic tool.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Wireframing

Apple's free board for sketches, photos, and loose page-flow doodles.

Content design

Wireframing · Graphic design

UX content platform for copy reviews, localisation, and Figma sync.

Content design

Page flows

Structured content production and review for website and service copy.

Diagramming

Page flows

Diagrams that live inside Confluence and Jira for BA and delivery teams.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Free Gemini-powered text-to-UI drafts that export toward Figma.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Card-based visual workspace for research notes, maps, and thinking boards.

Content design

Page flows

Focused writing app for content drafts without a design canvas in the way.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Free, open-source vector graphic design for icons, diagrams, and print.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Interactive wireframes and prototypes with forms, data, and device skins.

Graphic design

Graphic design

AI colour palettes trained on the combinations you actually like.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard

Meeting and workshop whiteboard with polls, timers, and engagement tools.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard

Marker-style online whiteboard that feels like a real dry-erase board.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Vector graphic design and motion on Mac and iPad, formerly Vectornator.

Diagramming

Page flows · Digital whiteboard

Enterprise flowcharts, process maps, and page-flow diagrams in the browser.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Lucid's whiteboard that one-clicks into Lucidchart process diagrams.

Graphic design

Wireframing · Graphic design

Free desktop UI and graphic editor with built-in icons and photos.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Simple wireframes and clickable prototypes for quick stakeholder tests.

Diagramming

Page flows

Office-native process, network, and page-flow diagrams with deep stencil libraries.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Teams-native digital whiteboard included with most Microsoft 365 plans.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Visual boards for mood, research, and page-flow planning used by writers and designers.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows · Wireframing

The cross-functional digital whiteboard for workshops, flows, and mapping.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Wireframes plus sitemap and review tools aimed at website planning.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

All-in-one wireframes, prototypes, and design handoff for product teams.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Browser wireframes, diagrams, and stencils for mixed design and BA teams.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Page flows

Facilitation-first whiteboard for design sprints and structured workshops.

Content design

Page flows

Docs, wikis, and light databases where writers and designers plan the work.

Diagramming

Page flows · Wireframing

Mac and iPad diagramming for precise page flows, maps, and stencils.

User flows

Page flows

Presentation-grade user flows imported from Figma and Sketch screens.

Graphic design

Wireframing · Graphic design

Open-source, SVG-native design and wireframing you can self-host.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Free browser Photoshop-compatible editor for quick graphic fixes.

Graphic design

Graphic design

Mac-native photo and graphic editor with a lighter footprint than Photoshop.

Graphic design

Graphic design

iPad illustration and graphic design used for icons, storyboards, and brand art.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

High-fidelity interaction prototypes with sensors, logic, and device input.

Graphic design

Graphic design

AI graphic design that outputs editable SVG vectors, icons, and brand art.

User flows

Wireframing · Page flows

AI sitemaps and wireframe kits that export into Webflow and Figma.

Graphic design

Wireframing · Graphic design

Mac-native UI and graphic design with symbols, libraries, and offline files.

User flows

Page flows

Visual sitemaps and page-flow diagrams for website information architecture.

Service design

Page flows · Digital whiteboard

Journey maps, personas, and stakeholder maps for service design teams.

Diagramming

Page flows

Template-heavy diagrams and floor plans that also open Visio files.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard

Sticky-note whiteboard that turns workshops into exportable tables.

User flows

Page flows · Wireframing

Map product flows, stories, and IA before anyone draws a wireframe.

Service design

Page flows

Journey management that connects research, opportunities, and delivery.

Digital whiteboard

Digital whiteboard · Wireframing

Open-source infinite canvas and SDK used as a lightweight whiteboard.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Prompt-to-wireframe and screenshot-to-mockup for early product sketches.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

AI wireframes, flows, and predicted heatmaps before you open a hi-fi file.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

Code-backed wireframes and prototypes that reuse production React components.

Service design

Page flows

Polished journey maps, personas, and impact maps with a gentle learning curve.

Wireframing

Wireframing · Page flows

AI-assisted wireframes that move from sketch or prompt toward hi-fi screens.

User flows

Wireframing · Page flows · Digital whiteboard

Fast wireframes, flowcharts, and docs in one lightweight workspace.

Wireframing

Wireframing

Minimal greyscale wireframes with almost no chrome in the way.

Content design

Page flows

Enterprise AI writing assistant and style guide for content teams.