Adobe vs DesignsAI
Adobe scores 8.4 to DesignsAI's 3.6 among the AI graphic design tools we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Adobe wins, 8.4 to 3.6
DesignsAI's cheapest paid plan is $9.90 a month, far under Adobe's $69.99 Creative Cloud bundle, and neither has a free plan. Adobe includes vector editing, AI image editing, product and print mockups, stock photos and fonts, and video editing; DesignsAI has none of these, generating designs from a prompt instead. Adobe has a public developer API and runs across 5 platforms; DesignsAI is web only with no API. DesignsAI does connect to 14 apps through its own workflow automation feature.
Pick Adobe if you need vector editing, image editing or mockups built into the app.
Pick DesignsAI if you want prompt based generation with workflow automation to more apps.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Edits vector artwork: Adobe yes, DesignsAI no
- Generates editable vectors from a prompt: Adobe yes, DesignsAI no
- AI image editing: Adobe yes, DesignsAI no
- File formats it exports: 5 export formats against 0 export formats
- Several people edit at once: Adobe yes, DesignsAI no
- API: Adobe yes, DesignsAI no
- Cheapest paid plan, monthly: $9.9 against $69.99
- Publishes or schedules to social: Adobe yes, DesignsAI no
- Where it runs: 5 platforms against 1 platforms
- Ways to reach support: 4 support channels against 2 support channels
- Does not train AI on what you upload: Adobe yes, DesignsAI does not say
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI graphic design tools we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Adobe leads on 4 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (6)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Adobe
DesignsAI
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Adobe
- Creative Cloud Pro bundles Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Adobe Express and Firefly generative credits with more than twenty other apps in one subscription.
- Illustrator's Concept to Vector turns a sketch or low-res image into an editable vector graphic, and its Generative Shape Fill can call on named AI models including GPT-4o and Gemini 2.5.
- Firefly-generated output can be used in commercial projects, for any feature that isn't labeled beta.
- Adobe says it does not train Firefly on Creative Cloud subscribers' personal content.
- Adobe Express includes a brand kit that applies saved fonts and colors to designs, images and illustrations in one click, plus a free scheduler that posts to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
- The apps run on the web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
- Creative Cloud Pro at the enterprise tier carries SOC 2 Type 2 certification alongside GDPR compliance across Adobe's trust program.
- Creative Cloud Pro itself has no free plan; it offers a trial instead.
- Single apps like Photoshop and Illustrator cost $22.99 a month each, shown only as an annual plan billed monthly, with no month-to-month rate listed for any Creative Cloud tier.
- Creative Cloud Pro costs $69.99 a month, and Creative Cloud Pro for Business costs $99.99 a month per license, both billed annually.
- Creative Cloud Pro for Business bills per license, so the cost scales with every seat a team adds.
- Ongoing access to the full Adobe Stock library beyond a plan's bundled trial is a separate paid add-on.
- Firefly's commercial-use permission excludes any feature still labeled beta.
DesignsAI
- DesignsAI's AI Agent routes each task across Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok rather than committing to a single model.
- Branding, Image, Video, Storyboard, Slides and Audio generators all work from one brief.
- A brand kit keeps logo, colors, typography and other assets in one workspace.
- Design approval workflows and audit trails support review before a design goes out.
- Commercial use is allowed on everything generated, including client projects.
- A separate Workflows feature can connect to apps including Notion, Slack, Gmail, Google Drive and GitHub to automate steps around a design.
- DesignsAI states it is GDPR compliant and displays a SOC compliance badge.
- There is no free plan; every tier is paid from the start.
- There is no free trial before subscribing.
- DesignsAI has no AI image editing tools such as background removal or object erase.
- There is no vector editor and no way to generate an editable vector from a prompt.
- DesignsAI has no public API.
- There is no single sign-on option.
Adobe vs DesignsAI: common questions
Which is better, Adobe or DesignsAI?
Adobe scores 8.4 and DesignsAI 3.6 out of 10 among the AI graphic design tools we rate. Adobe is ahead on what you can make, workflow and output, teams and platforms and privacy and trust. DesignsAI is ahead on pricing.
Is Adobe or DesignsAI cheaper?
Adobe's cheapest paid plan is $69.99/mo (Creative Cloud Pro, billed annually) and DesignsAI's is $9.90/mo (Go), or $8.30/mo billed annually. Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do Adobe and DesignsAI have a free plan?
Neither has a free plan.
What can Adobe do that DesignsAI cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: edits vector artwork, generates editable vectors from a prompt, aI image editing (erase, expand, relight), product and print mockups, edits or animates video, stock photos, graphics and fonts included, several people edit at once, aPI and publishes or schedules to social.
