Design
Creates and reviews visual work: interfaces, graphics, diagrams, whiteboards and presentations, often with others live.
Search AirStackWhy teams use it
- Designers and reviewers comment on the same file
- Shared components make products and brand consistent
- Non-designers make on-brand graphics from templates
- Whiteboards for workshops and planning with remote teams
Who uses it: Product designer, UX researcher, Graphic designer, Brand designer, Front-end engineer, Marketing manager. Watch for: Editor licences are often billed separately from viewers; check who needs edit rights and how files export if you switch. AirStack’s guide to the category.
Design in numbers
| Free plan | 7 of 15 researched |
|---|---|
| Prices read by AirStack | 11 of 15 researched |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 | 11 of 15 researched |
| Open source | 0 of 15 researched |
| AI in its one-line description | 4 of 15 researched |
Median list price per user a month: $ 12 (Zeplin Advanced), across 8 products with a published per-user price. Shares count what each product’s own pages state.
27 products
| Product | What it says it does | Starting at |
|---|---|---|
| Webflow | Webflow: The agentic web platform for modern businesses | $2500 Team / month |
| Figma | The collaborative canvas for design, code, and AI | Not observed |
| Sketch | Sketch · Design, prototype, collaborate and handoff | $12 Standard · per user / month |
| Miro | The Intelligent Canvas where your team and agents think, plan, and build together | $ 8 Starter · per user / month free plan |
| Maze | Maze puts continuous user and market research behind every decision | Not observed |
| Frame.io | Upload creative files, manage projects, assign tasks, get precise feedback, and share your work | $15 Pro · per user / month free plan |
| Zeplin | Design delivery platform for product teams | $ 12 Advanced · per user / month free plan |
| Axure RP | Axure RP is the only UX tool that gives UX professionals the power to build realistic, functional prototypes. | $29 Axure RP Pro · per user / month |
| Mural | AI-powered visual workspace for team collaboration | $17.99 Business · per user / month free plan |
| Framer | Framer is the pro website builder with a world-class design agent | $10 Basic / month free plan |
| Whimsical | The whiteboard for product builders | $ 10 Pro · per user / month free plan |
| Balsamiq | Fast, focused wireframing and prototyping tools | $ 16 Starter · per user / month |
| Prezi | Prezi is an interactive presentation platform that turns the material you already have into experiences where people participate, apply… | Not observed |
| Adobe Stock | 900M+ stock images, videos, and more that you can make your own with AI Studio | US$129.99 Unlimited Stock AI Studio / month |
| Canva | creating a safe place for you to design anything and publish anywhere. | Not observed |
| Adobe After Effects | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe Express | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe Firefly | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe Illustrator | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe InDesign | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe Photoshop | Not observed | Not observed |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Not observed | Not observed |
| Gamma | Not observed | Not observed |
| Lucidchart | Not observed | Not observed |
| Pitch | Not observed | Not observed |
| Shutterstock | Not observed | Not observed |
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; hover one for its quote. “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
Open-source candidates
- excalidraw/excalidraw OpenSSF Scorecard 5.2/10 · MIT
Projects that pass OpenSSF Scorecard’s automated checks. Automated checks, not an audit.