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AI tools for graphic designers: our selection (109)
For graphic designers, we selected 109 verified AI tools across 24 categories, 99 of them with a free tier. Best scored: remove.bg, RunDiffusion, and Luma Dream Machine.
AI for graphic designers
AI can help you explore visual directions, prepare images and handle parts of a retouching workflow. It is useful when the brief, brand constraints and intended use are explicit. It cannot replace art direction, audience understanding or the inspection of final files. During a design day, you might review a brief, generate visual options with RunDiffusion and then select a direction to develop through composition and editing. remove.bg can remove backgrounds from authorised photographs before you place them in a layout. You still need to inspect edges, proportions and consistency with the surrounding design. An appealing image does not automatically solve a communication problem. Typography, readability, accessibility and production requirements need your judgement. Assess the benefit through the work actually avoided after selection, revisions and delivery checks, rather than through the speed of producing an initial image.
Tasks where AI saves time
- Remove backgrounds from authorised photographs before inspecting the edges and preparing the images for layout.
- Generate visual options from a defined brief to support an early exploration of art direction.
- Retouch a working image to explore a visual mood before approving the choices made in composition.
- Enlarge an image for a draft layout, then inspect its details at the intended delivery size.
- Summarise the contents of a research board to prepare a presentation of possible directions for clients.
- Create texture options for visual exploration, then check their consistency with the project’s intended design language.
Our picks
Picks set by simple rules on the verified data, with no partnership:
- Best scored : remove.bg. 81/100 on our access and transparency grid.
- Cheapest paid option : Dreamina. First plan at $0.29 per month.
- Open source : FLUX. Public code, self-hosting possible depending on the project.
In figures
Of the 109 tools selected for this job, 99 (91%) offer a free tier, 63% have a public API and 23 have a French interface. The median entry price, per month, is $10 (across 63 tools with a published price). 50 disclose where data is hosted, 9 of them in Europe or on device.
AI image generators
To create images from text: 27 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RunDiffusion RunDiffusion lets people and teams creating visuals generate images and videos. It also offers image editing and upscaling, cloud execution of ComfyUI | Yes | $8.79 per month | Yes | United States | 81 |
| Krea Krea helps people create and edit visual content. It generates images from text, edits images through instructions, enlarges images, generates videos, | Yes | $5 per month | Yes | United States | 78 |
| Ideogram Ideogram creates images from text, including visuals containing text. It serves people who want to edit or extend images, remove backgrounds or mainta | Yes | $15 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 75 |
| Stable Diffusion Stable Diffusion produces images from text or existing images through an API. It serves people who want to create images, modify selected areas or enl | Yes | $0.01 pay as you go | Yes | Several regions | 75 |
| Adobe Firefly Adobe Firefly lets people creating visual content generate images, replace or remove elements, and extend photographs. It also supports short video cr | Yes | $9.99 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 73 |
| FLUX FLUX lets people creating visuals generate and edit images using descriptions or instructions. It also supports combining reference images, extending | Yes | $0.01 pay as you go | Yes | Not disclosed | 73 |
| Leonardo.Ai Leonardo.Ai lets people creating visuals generate images from descriptions and edit existing images. It also supports image resolution enhancement, vi | Yes | $12 per month | Yes | United States | 71 |
| Scenario Scenario lets people creating visual assets generate images and train models on a style or character. It also supports editing image regions, enlargin | Yes | $15 per month | Yes | United States | 71 |
AI photo editing
To edit, cut out and upscale photos: 21 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| remove.bg remove.bg lets people editing photos automatically remove backgrounds or replace them with a color. It also supports batch processing of image folders | Yes | $3 pay as you go | Yes | European Union | 81 |
| Picsart Picsart lets content creators remove backgrounds and objects, enhance images, and generate images and videos. It also supports batch image editing and | Yes | ¥1,699 per month | Yes | Several regions | 80 |
| Cleanup.pictures Cleanup.pictures lets users retouch photos by removing objects, people, or text. It also reduces blemishes in portraits and cleans up photographs of p | Yes | $36 per year | Yes | United States | 78 |
| HitPaw Online Photo Enhancer HitPaw Online Photo Enhancer lets people editing photos increase resolution and reduce blur or visual noise. It also restores old photos and improves | Yes | $9.99 pay as you go | Yes | Several regions | 73 |
| Fotor Fotor lets users edit photos, improve sharpness and resolution, and remove backgrounds or objects. It also restores old photos and creates images, col | Yes | not published | Yes | United States | 68 |
| Colorize.cc Colorize.cc lets people restoring old photos add color and reduce scratches and defects. It also improves sharpness and resolution, supports targeted | Yes | $12 one-off payment | Yes | Several regions | 68 |
| Palette Palette colorizes black-and-white photos for people who want to compare color options and specify colors through text. It processes multiple images an | Yes | $72 per year | Yes | United States | 68 |
| AVCLabs Photo Enhancer AI AVCLabs Photo Enhancer AI lets Windows and macOS users enlarge photos in batches and reduce image grain. It also restores facial details, colorizes bl | Yes | $19.95 per month | – | On device | 68 |
Graphic design
To create visuals, logos and assets: 12 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canva Canva supports people creating visuals from templates or generating images from descriptions. It also allows users to remove photo backgrounds, prepar | Yes | $144 per year | Yes | Several regions | 78 |
| Creative Fabrica Creative Fabrica lets people making graphic designs generate images from descriptions and compose visuals. It removes image backgrounds, increases ima | Yes | $47 per year | Yes | Not disclosed | 73 |
| Recraft Recraft is for people creating illustrations, images, and editable vector drawings. It also converts images into vectors, removes or replaces backgrou | Yes | $12 per month | Yes | Several regions | 68 |
| Canvora Canvora serves users creating visuals from text or documents. It supports social posts, carousels, brand colors and logos, visual editing, multilingua | Yes | $19 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Playground Playground helps people create visuals from descriptions and adapt logo or poster templates. Users can edit image objects and text, remove backgrounds | Yes | $12 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Stockimg AI Stockimg AI creates images, logos, and illustrations for people preparing visual content. It also edits images using written instructions and supports | Yes | $19 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| VectorArt.ai VectorArt.ai serves people creating vector illustrations, logos and icons. It generates images from text or sketch references, supports vector illustr | Yes | $4.99 one-off payment | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Microsoft Designer Microsoft Designer lets people creating visuals generate images from descriptions. It also helps compose invitations and posts, erase objects in photo | Yes | $99.99 per year | – | Not disclosed | 56 |
AI video generators
To create videos from text or images: 11 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luma Dream Machine Luma Dream Machine lets people creating videos generate sequences from descriptions or animate images. They can also edit images and videos through wr | Yes | $9.99 per month | Yes | United States | 80 |
| Runway Runway creates videos from text, animates images and modifies videos through instructions. It serves people who want to produce or edit videos and inc | Yes | $12 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 75 |
| Higgsfield Higgsfield helps people generate video scenes and reference images. Users can define camera movements, keep a character across multiple scenes, and sy | Yes | $9 per month | Yes | Several regions | 73 |
| PrismPoster PrismPoster lets people creating multimedia content generate videos from photos or text, edit images, and compose songs with lyrics. It assembles medi | Yes | $3.36 pay as you go | Yes | Several regions | 73 |
| Pika Pika is for people creating videos from text or still images. It also lets users replace video elements, extend a clip, and transfer motion to another | Yes | $10 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 71 |
| Google Flow Google Flow helps people create videos from descriptions and reference images. Users can extend and assemble sequences, adjust camera movements, and r | Yes | $4.99 per month | – | Several regions | 63 |
| PixVerse PixVerse lets people creating videos generate clips from text, animate photographs, or transform existing footage. It also controls camera movements, | Yes | $8 per month | Yes | Several regions | 63 |
| Dreamina Dreamina creates videos with Seedance models for people producing visual content. It animates images from instructions, generates images from text, ch | Yes | $0.29 per month | – | Several regions | 58 |
UI/UX design
To design user interfaces: 5 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figma Figma helps design teams draw interfaces together and build interactive prototypes. It supports sharing reusable components, generating applications f | Yes | $3 per month | Yes | Several regions | 80 |
| Stitch Stitch helps people designing interfaces create screens from descriptions and use images as references. Users can explore visual variations, link scre | Yes | not published | Yes | Several regions | 63 |
| Whimsical Whimsical helps people represent ideas and interfaces through flowcharts, mind maps, and editable wireframes. Users can collaborate on a shared board | Yes | $10 per month | – | Several regions | 58 |
| Magic Patterns Magic Patterns lets design teams create interface prototypes from descriptions. It adapts mockups to company components, imports Figma designs, suppor | Yes | not published | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Uizard Uizard lets people designing interfaces create mockups from descriptions, screenshots, or sketches. It also supports linking screens to test a user jo | Yes | $12 per month | No | Not disclosed | 55 |
Product and fashion photos
To produce product photos without a studio: 5 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photoroom Photoroom is for people preparing product and clothing photos. It supports background removal, product scene creation, virtual models, batch photo edi | Yes | $7.5 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 76 |
| Mokker AI Mokker AI helps people preparing product photos replace backgrounds or products within existing scenes. It also uses style references, adjusts images | Yes | $13 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Rupert AI Rupert AI creates settings around furniture photos for people preparing product visuals. It changes colors and lighting, processes multiple product im | Yes | $49 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| DoMyShoot DoMyShoot helps people preparing product content by guiding photography and creating presentation scenes. It also produces images of products worn by | Yes | not published | – | United States | 48 |
| Outfit Changer Outfit Changer replaces clothing in photos for people who want to try different styles on a person. It lets users adjust clothing appearance and dress | Yes | not published | No | United States | 38 |
3D generation
To create 3D objects and scenes: 4 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meshy Meshy lets 3D content creators produce models from text or an image. It also supports texture generation, preparing characters for animation, and anim | Yes | £8 per month | Yes | Several regions | 80 |
| Tripo Tripo creates 3D models from text or images for people producing digital objects. It generates textures, adds a skeleton and animations, and converts | Yes | $5 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 63 |
| Spline Spline lets people creating 3D content build scenes and generate models or textures with AI. It supports object animation and interactions, shared sce | Yes | $12 per month | – | United States | 55 |
| Kaedim Kaedim supports people creating 3D objects from images or sketches. It prepares topology, UV coordinates, and textures, with requests for corrections | No | $400 per month | Yes | Several regions | 53 |
Animation
To animate characters and images: 4 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viggle AI Viggle AI lets people creating animations animate a character from an image, transfer movements from a video to that character, and replace a characte | Yes | $7.99 per month | Yes | Several regions | 65 |
| EbSynth EbSynth lets people editing videos apply changes made to one image across a sequence. It supports painted animation, video colorization, optional AI k | Yes | $20 per month | – | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Plask Plask lets people creating animations extract body movements from video and apply them to a 3D character. It also edits animations, adjusts cameras an | Yes | $18 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Autodesk Flow Studio Autodesk Flow Studio helps animation creators turn video into character animation. It extracts camera movements, creates 3D characters from text or im | Yes | $80 per year | – | Not disclosed | 58 |
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- Architecture and interior design : DecorAI and Onton
- Advertising : AdCreative.ai and Pencil
- Project management : Miro AI
- AI video editing : HyperFrames
- AI app builders : Bolt
- Website builders : Framer
- AI presentation makers : Pitch
- AI content detection : Content Credentials Verify
- Developer tools : PromptBase
- Workflow automation : AI-Flow
- Note-taking and knowledge bases : Fabric
- Legal : ScoreDetect
- AI writing tools : ChatArt
- Marketing : Typeface
- Creative writing and scripts : NovelAI
Job-specific precautions
Check rights for reference images, the terms governing generated material and your commitments to the client. Do not submit confidential artwork or brand documents without authorisation. Examine possible similarities to existing works, distinctive brand elements or identifiable people. Look for distortions, invented details and inaccurate product representations. Check readability, contrast and the technical properties of final files. Keep the material needed to explain your design decisions and maintain human approval before publication or manufacture. A result that works for an internal concept may need substantial changes before delivery.
Where to start
Start with a repetitive operation, such as removing backgrounds from photographs you are authorised to use. Try remove.bg on material representative of your usual work. Record processing time and the time spent correcting edges. Compare this with your manual method on images of similar difficulty. Inspect the results at delivery size, paying attention to hair, transparency and fine boundaries. If corrections remain substantial, limit the tool to suitable images before making it part of a wider project workflow.
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Frequently asked questions
Which AI tools for graphic designers?
The most useful categories are aI image generators, aI photo editing, and graphic design. Top of our grid: remove.bg, RunDiffusion, and Luma Dream Machine.
Can you start for free?
Yes: 99 of the 109 selected tools have a free tier, for example remove.bg, RunDiffusion, and Luma Dream Machine.
Can I deliver a generated image without further editing?
First check its fit with the brief, usage rights and client requirements. Inspect details, the accuracy of depicted elements and the file’s technical properties. An image may be suitable for exploring a concept without being ready for publication. Your professional review still determines whether the work is ready to deliver.
How can I keep the art direction consistent?
Set your criteria before generating options, including palette, composition, typography, authorised references and brand constraints. Select against those criteria and revise the necessary elements. Consistency comes from decisions across the whole project, including material that was created through other methods. Keep those decisions visible when presenting work for approval.
Can AI automatically prepare an image for print?
Generated or retouched artwork still needs production checks. Review dimensions, suitable resolution, colour settings, bleed and the printer’s requirements. The image creation and editing functions listed here do not by themselves establish that a file is ready for print. Confirm the final specifications with the production provider.
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