Best Design Tools tools

AI features inside design platforms: layout generation, brand kits, vector work and production asset export.

18 tools ranked · updated 2026-08

1. Ranked 1

   68.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Balsamiq

   Balsamiq Wireframes · Low-fidelity wireframing and prototyping for product teams

   Best for: Product teams and founders wanting fast low-fidelity wireframes and clickable prototypes

   

2. Ranked 2

   63.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Figma

   Visly · Shared canvas for product design, prototyping and developer handoff

   Best for: Product teams needing design, prototyping and developer handoff in one shared workspace

   

3. Ranked 3

   58.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Grida

   Grida · Open-source canvas and desktop workspace for design, SVG and decks

   Best for: Designers and developers wanting an open-source local canvas with AI-assisted SVG and decks

   

4. Ranked 4

   53.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

   draw.io

   draw.io · Open source diagramming that stores files in your own storage

   Best for: Teams that want diagrams kept in their own storage rather than on a diagramming vendor's servers

   

5. Ranked 5

   52 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Desygner

   Desygner · Design, document, PDF and social tools in one workspace

   Best for: Small teams wanting design, documents, PDFs and social posts in one free tool instead of several

   

6. Ranked 6

   47.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Plasmic

   Plasmic · Visual builder that integrates with your existing React codebase

   Best for: Teams letting designers and marketers build UI on top of an existing React codebase

   

7. Ranked 7

   45.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Penpot

   Penpot · Open-source UI design and prototyping platform for teams

   Best for: Design and development teams wanting an open-source, self-hostable UI design and prototyping tool

   

8. Ranked 8

   40.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Code Images

   Ray.so · Turn code snippets into styled images

   Best for: Developers who need a styled image of a code snippet to share or embed.

   

9. Ranked 9

   38 — BenchRank score out of 100

   Excalidraw

   Excalidraw · Browser whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams

   Best for: People who want a quick browser-based sketch of a diagram with a hand-drawn look.

   

10. Ranked 10

    37.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    OpenPencil

    OpenPencil · Open-source design editor that opens Figma files

    Best for: Designers and developers who want a local, open-source editor that opens Figma .fig files.

    

11. Ranked 11

    29.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Matterport

    Matterport · 3D capture and digital twin platform for buildings

    Best for: Property marketing, facilities and construction teams that need 3D digital twins of buildings

    

12. Ranked 12

    23.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Moqups

    Moqups · Browser-based wireframing, diagramming and prototyping with live collaboration

    Best for: Cross-functional teams needing wireframes, diagrams and clickable prototypes in one browser tool.

    

13. Ranked 13

    19.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Quant-UX

    Quant-UX · Open source prototyping, user testing and analytics in one tool

    Best for: UX researchers and design teams who want to prototype and run usability tests in one tool

    

14. Ranked 14

    16.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Sozi

    Sozi · Presentation software with an editor and presenter console

    Best for: Presenters wanting an installable presentation editor they can customise with scripts and stylesheets

    

15. Ranked 15

    15.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Dribbble

    Dribbble · Design portfolio feed and marketplace for hiring designers

    Best for: Clients hiring design freelancers or agencies, and designers looking to show work and find jobs

    

16. Ranked 16

    14.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Graphite

    Graphite · Open source procedural vector editor built on a node graph

    Best for: Designers and illustrators wanting a free, node-based vector editor for procedural 2D artwork

    

17. Ranked 17

    14.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    OmniGraffle

    OmniGraffle · Diagramming, wireframing and vector drawing for Mac, iPad and iPhone

    Best for: Professionals on Apple devices who need diagrams, wireframes or vector graphics.

    

18. Ranked 18

    7.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Chalk.ist

    Chalk.ist · Turn source code into styled images in the browser

    Best for: Developers who want styled screenshots of code snippets for social posts and documentation.