Adobe Creative Cloud alternatives
At 1 user, Adobe Creative Cloud costs $69.99 a month. 3 design tools cost less, from $12 (Canva). The closest match, Figma, covers 81% of what Adobe Creative Cloud does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Adobe Creative Cloud does
Core: Multiple third-party models, Scene and template editor, Vector drawing, AI design generation, AI object removal & fill, Layer-based pixel editing, Native desktop apps, Native desktop app.
Important: Generative video footage, Image-to-video animation, Teams, SSO and compliance, Motion design, Desktop and mobile apps, Plugins and community, RAW photo development, AI masking for local edits, AI background removal, Mobile editing apps, Team workspace and brand kit, Multi-track timeline editing, Pro color, VFX & audio, Team collaboration & review, Plugins & app ecosystem.
Also has: Native audio generation, Camera and keyframe control (partly), Consistent multi-shot stories (partly), AI editing of real footage (partly), Prompt to finished video (partly), AI video ads (partly), Developer API (partly), Mobile apps, UI and app design (partly), Templates & stock assets, Brand kit (partly), Real-time co-editing (partly), Interactive prototyping (partly), Developer handoff (partly), Shared component libraries (partly), Interactive runtimes and embeds (partly), 3D design (partly), Logo and brand generator (partly), Charts & infographics (partly), UI design references (partly), Photo library and catalogue, Batch editing and presets, AI image upscaling (partly), AI portrait retouching, AI product photo scenes (partly), AI headshot generation (partly), AI personal editing style (partly), Tethered shooting, Browser-based editor (partly), Image editing API (partly), Transcript-based editing (partly), Auto captions & transcripts (partly), Long-to-short social clips (partly), AI avatar presenter videos (partly), AI video dubbing (partly), AI audio & video cleanup (partly), Animated explainer creation (partly), Browser-based editor, Mobile editing app, Social publishing & scheduling (partly).
Alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud at 1 user, best match first
- Figma: $20/mo Annual billing is $16/editor/mo; monthly $20 used (Professional plan, full editor seat, month-to-month billing ($20)). It covers 81% of Adobe Creative Cloud; missing or partial: AI object removal & fill (partly), Motion design (partly), Desktop and mobile apps (partly), Templates & stock assets (partly), 3D design. Free plan: Starter is free with unlimited drafts, but one folder holds up to 3 combined Design and Sites files, 3 FigJam and 3 Slides files.. Last price hike: Mar 2025.
- Canva: $12/mo Annual-billed /12; month-to-month price unverified (Pro, one editor seat: US$144/yr billed annually divided by 12 = US$12/mo (PricingSaaS, Sep 14 2026); month-to-month list). It covers 73% of Adobe Creative Cloud; missing or partial: Vector drawing (partly), Native desktop app (partly), Generative video footage (partly), Motion design (partly), Desktop and mobile apps (partly). Free plan: Free plan: AI capped at up to 20 Standard or Premium uses (Sep 2026) and Brand Kit limited to 3 colors (Apr 2026).. Last price hike: Aug 2026.
- Adobe Illustrator: $22.99/mo Annual, billed monthly; no month-to-month price shown (Illustrator single-app plan, 1 user: US$22.99/mo on the annual plan billed monthly (no month-to-month price shown)). It covers 67% of Adobe Creative Cloud; missing or partial: AI object removal & fill (partly), Motion design, Templates & stock assets (partly), Interactive prototyping, Developer handoff. Free plan: none. Last price hike: Jun 2025.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Adobe Creative Cloud
- Framer (Website builders): covers 67% of Adobe Creative Cloud; missing or partial: Vector drawing (partly), AI object removal & fill, Motion design (partly), Desktop and mobile apps (partly), Templates & stock assets (partly)
- Adobe Photoshop (Photo editing): covers 61% of Adobe Creative Cloud; missing or partial: Vector drawing (partly), AI design generation (partly), Motion design (partly), UI and app design, Templates & stock assets (partly)
Prices at every size
- Adobe Creative Cloud: 1 user $69.99/mo, a 10-person team $999.90/mo (Annual commitment billed monthly; no monthly plan shown)
- Figma: 1 user $20/mo, a 10-person team $200/mo (Annual billing is $16/editor/mo; monthly $20 used)
- Canva: 1 user $12/mo, a 10-person team $208.33/mo (Annual-billed /12; month-to-month price unverified)
- Adobe Illustrator: 1 user $22.99/mo, a 10-person team $379.90/mo (Annual, billed monthly; no month-to-month price shown)
Cheapest self-serve plan, billed month to month (annual price ÷ 12 when only an annual commitment is sold), that lets each editor make unlimited designs and export them for commercial use with no watermark, in the formats the tool's job needs (PNG plus SVG or PDF for graphics, shareable prototypes for UI tools). AI-first generators must include 100 generations a month; viewer, developer and guest seats are not counted.
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