Illustrator Alternatives

Adobe Illustrator is described as 'Vector graphics editor with advanced color controls and creative effects for comprehensive design tools across print, web, and mobile content' and is a leading Vector Graphic app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Illustrator for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPad and Linux apps. The best Adobe Illustrator alternative is Inkscape, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Illustrator are Affinity Designer, Linearity Curve, Figma and CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.

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Adobe Illustrator alternatives are mainly Vector Graphic Apps, but if you're looking for Graphic Design Tools or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Mac, Android, Linux, Free, iPad and Online + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Illustrator.
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  1. Kwippe icon
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    Kwippe has a curated database of over 33,000 open source and creative commons vector icons, emojis, and other graphics that can be customized in our easy to use editor and variations generator.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  2. Mayura Draw is a vector-based drawing program. Unlike bitmap-based "paint" programs, vector-based drawing programs define each object that constitutes the drawing by its co-ordinates and not by pixels. This enables drawings to be modified easily.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. YouiDraw icon
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    Create stunning vector graphic design with YouiDraw drawing, logo maker and painter. It’s like Adobe Illustrator but it works on HTML5 canvas.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  4. Hyvector icon
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    Your friendly vector editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Omber icon
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    Omber is a new type of vector design program that lets you use color in new ways in your vector drawings. With Omber's advanced soft shading tools, you can easily make dramatic color blends or subtle color gradients in your art.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  6. Canvas GFX icon
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    Canvas 11 is the single most cost-effective, integrated solution for the creation, enhancement, presentation and sharing of technical illustrations and graphics.

    26 Canvas GFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  7. Vector drawing tool with nondestructive Boolean operations, smart shapes, gradient fills, shadows and so on built exclusively for tablets and hybrid devices on Windows 10.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. iVinci icon
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    iVinci is a new starting point in vector design industry. It's just incredibly easy, and incredibly fast, for both beginners and experts.

    Notable features: -Use SVG as native file format. You can use files created by iVinci directly in may other Apps. -Powerful Bezier path e.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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  9. Realdraw icon
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    *Vector-like Editing

    Flexibility first! Any object you create is editable all the time. You can change shapes, group objects, move them in layers, resize, edit envelopes etc. Any object has its own changeable properties like color, texture, outline, lights, material, transparenc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Sketsa is a cross platform vector drawing application based on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). The visual design tools allows designer to select, draw, and edit objects easily, while the integrated SVG XML source editor allows them to hand edit SVG source code for greater...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Artboard icon
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    Artboard vector drawing software for everyone. Simple. Powerful. Fun.

    Artboard is simple to use to get you going fast, yet powerful enough to meet your everyday drawing needs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. RealWorld Paint icon
     23 likes

    RealWorld Paint is an free portable image/photo/animation editor. It supports layers with styles and can import and export Photoshop, GIMP and Paint.net images with layers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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