Inkscape Alternatives

Inkscape is described as 'Open source vector graphics editor supporting SVG with features like custom brushes, pressure sensitivity, and layer management across multiple platforms' and is a leading Vector Graphic app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Inkscape for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPad apps. The best Inkscape alternative is Linearity Curve, which is free. Other great apps like Inkscape are Adobe Illustrator, Affinity, Graphite and LibreOffice - Draw.

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Inkscape 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 iPad, Android, Free, Online, Open Source, Android + Free 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 Inkscape.
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  1. 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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    • Windows
     
  2. 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
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  3. AutoDraw icon
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    AutoDraw is an intuitive drawing tool for everyone. It's a Google Experiment project that provides relevant suggestions as you draw, based on what it guesses you're drawing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    AutoDraw vs Inkscape Comments
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    AutoDraw is a toy game to play. Not a vector editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Autodraw is a game, not an editor. It lacks every aspect of a vector editor except for the drawing aspect

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Inkscape is a Vector Picture Editor AutoDraw Is a little minigame where you have to draw a theme/object in a certian amount of time, while yes AutoDraw can be fun, it is not a Vector Photo Editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • AutoDraw is Free and ProprietaryInkscape is Free and Open Source
  4. Xfig icon
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    Xfig is an interactive drawing tool which runs under X Window System Version 11 Release 4 (X11R4) or later, on most UNIX-compatible platforms, and e.g. under Darwin on the MacIntosh and any X server under Microsoft Windows.

    20 Xfig alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. SciDraw icon
     1 like

    Create publication-ready figures & data charts with AI. Illustration + Visualization in one platform. Trusted by 10,000+ researchers worldwide.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Cenon icon
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    Graphical tool of a special kind. Build upon a modular graphics core, Cenon offers a wide variety of applications. The feature-rich Cenon core is open source software and at home on many computer platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Ipe icon
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    Ipe is a drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or (encapsulated) Postscript format. It supports making small figures for inclusion into LaTeX-documents as well as making multi-page PDF presentations that can be shown on-line with Acrobat Reader.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. IDesign icon
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    Precision 2D vector drawing & design for the iPad and iPhone / iPod Touch.

    Make professional quality designs, illustrations and technical drawings on the move using your fingers at last! iDesign has unique features and offset controls which allows you to draw accurately with.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. LaTeXDraw icon
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    LaTeXDraw is a graphical drawing editor for LaTeX. LaTeXDraw can be used to 1) generate PSTricks code; 2) directly create PDF or PS pictures. LaTeXDraw is developed in Java and thus runs on top of Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

    15 LaTeXDraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Vectorize! is the perfect tool for quickly and easily converting any pixel graphic into a resolution-independent, scalable vector format.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Vector Paint icon
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    Vector Paint is a very simple drawing program, that lets you draw points, lines, curves and shapes.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Vector Paint vs Inkscape Comments
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    No options for path union, difference, intersection etc make this pretty useless for doing any work.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Vector Paint is Free Personal and ProprietaryInkscape is Free and Open Source
  12. Xyris icon
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    Xyris is an advanced animation builder designed for creating high-performance animated SVG graphics. Its intuitive interface caters to both beginners and professionals, enabling users to design captivating animations with ease.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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