Adobe Illustrator alternatives
At 1 user, Adobe Illustrator costs $22.99 a month. 2 design tools cost less, from $12 (Canva). The closest match, Adobe Creative Cloud, covers 100% of what Adobe Illustrator does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Adobe Illustrator does
Core: Vector drawing, Desktop and mobile apps.
Important: AI design generation, Plugins and community.
Also has: UI and app design (partly), Templates & stock assets (partly), Brand kit (partly), Real-time co-editing (partly), Shared component libraries (partly), 3D design (partly), AI object removal & fill (partly), Charts & infographics (partly).
Alternatives to Adobe Illustrator at 1 user, best match first
- Adobe Creative Cloud: $69.99/mo Annual commitment billed monthly; no monthly plan shown (Creative Cloud Pro (individual, 20+ apps) at its regular US$69.99/mo; no month-to-month price is shown.). It covers 100% of Adobe Illustrator. Free plan: None on the plans page; a 30-day Adobe Stock trial is not a free plan..
- Figma: $20/mo Annual billing is $16/editor/mo; monthly $20 used (Professional plan, full editor seat, month-to-month billing ($20)). It covers 86% of Adobe Illustrator; missing or partial: Desktop and mobile apps (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 83% of Adobe Illustrator; missing or partial: Vector drawing (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.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Adobe Illustrator
- Framer (Website builders): covers 78% of Adobe Illustrator; missing or partial: Vector drawing (partly), Desktop and mobile apps (partly), AI object removal & fill
- Adobe Photoshop (Photo editing): covers 75% of Adobe Illustrator; missing or partial: Vector drawing (partly), AI design generation (partly), UI and app design, Charts & infographics
Prices at every size
- Adobe Illustrator: 1 user $22.99/mo, a 10-person team $379.90/mo (Annual, billed monthly; no month-to-month price shown)
- 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)
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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