Roundup Design
AI design tools for freelancers
How a freelancer can shortlist image generators and editors without collecting six subscriptions or treating a demo image as a finished client file.
Microsoft Designer
Prices change. Umee only records whether a product is free, has both free and paid plans, or is paid. A trial is not the same as an ongoing free plan. Read the official pricing page before you buy.
Microsoft Designer is a graphic-design app for social posts, invitations, and simple graphics, with generative tools inside the editor. It signs in with a Microsoft account. Check the Designer site for what your account can do at no charge and which actions need a paid Microsoft plan.
Quick facts
- Job
- Design
- Pricing model
- Free and paid plans
- Official site
- https://designer.microsoft.com/
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe Firefly is Adobe's generative AI for images and design effects, on the web and inside Adobe apps. Teams use it for variations, fills, and text effects in commercial creative work. Access is tied to Adobe's plans. Read the current Firefly page for what a plan includes and how Adobe describes training and commercial use.
Design Free and paid plans
Canva
Canva is an online editor for social posts, decks, flyers, and simple video. Its AI features sit inside that editor: generating images, resizing a layout, and drafting short copy on the canvas. A free plan and paid plans are both published. Check which AI actions your plan includes before you plan a month of content around them.
Design Free and paid plans
Figma
Figma is a collaborative interface-design tool. AI features help with layout, copy, and asset tasks inside a design file, next to components, prototypes, and comments. Figma offers free and paid plans. Confirm which AI features your plan includes, and keep a human pass on anything a client will see.
Design Free and paid plans
Ideogram
Ideogram is an image generator people use when a picture needs readable lettering, such as a poster or a simple graphic. It works from text prompts in the browser. Free and paid access have both been offered. Proofread any rendered words, and check the current generation limits on the official site.