Inkscape An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Windows S BSD ... PortableApps.com X11 MacPorts XQuartz Support for Layers SVG Support Vectorize raster images Boolean operations ... Comma Separated Values Curve Manipulation Over-The-Top (OTT) Supports Multiple Platforms SVG Support UI customization Vector-like Add a feature 1588 Like Does some secret things that Illustrator doesn't or can't. Certainly has a more useable colour picker - shame on Adobe for that horrible colour picker! phillipsalf • Feb 2017 • 13 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree It has everything you need for a vector graphic editor, it's quite simple to use and it's completely free. I totaly recommend it! Guest • Apr 2017 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Inscape has a lot of tools and options. It's very stable. Updates are frequent. I never needed another software to get my job done. Guest • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Despite it has issues on mac, it works awesome on linux. Has a lot of on-the-way functions that Illustrator only could dream at. renemartnez • Jan 2018 Disagree Agree Ease of use, completely free, it keeps on improving. Guest • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree Apart from the advanced setup to get it to work on Mac OS, it is almost as capable as Illustrator, with very similar tools. Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree certains functions present in Ilustrator are not in Inkscape or are more dificult task to acomplish Guest • Apr 2018 Disagree Agree hard to use for website design purposes. default viewport dpi is 90 and there is no way to change it Guest • May 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It has (almost) everything that AI has, but free! Guest • Jul 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's more professional and easy to use other than adobe illustrator Guest • May 2017 • 5 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree
Affinity Designer Affinity Designer is the fastest, smoothest, most precise vector graphic design software available. Whether you’re working on graphics for marketing materials, websites... Commercial $ $ $ Mac OS X Windows Open PSD files Support for Layers Responsive design Export to PDF ... Snapping Add a feature 175 Like It has all the tools I need, minus the junk I never use, and it's a one-time price that is very reasonable; no subscription model! Guest • Nov 2016 • 13 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Really easy to use, one-time payment, a bunch of tools and especially how fast it is. Guest • Jan 2017 • 8 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It is easy to use and has just about everything you need. The one time price is a plus as well! zaji • Aug 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree As a veteran user of vector software from the beginning with MacDrawPro onto Freehand and then Illustrator, I consider Affinity Designer to be the most intuitive and user friendly of them all, amazing when you look at the size of the development team. Illustrator is a little more feature rich on the clever tool front but nothing that I really miss and the people at Serif continue to roll out updates – joy to use and now my default app, I can't sing their praises enough. Very well done! mailkos • Jan 2017 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Fast, intuitive, with great features and constant development Guest • Jun 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Inexpensive, and rapidly developed by responsive team here in the UK. Aammppaa • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Easy to use, great interface, but the best thing is that it can do 90% of what Illustrator can do for just 50$, paid once. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Krita Krita is a complete creative sketching and painting application with advanced, commercial quality features. It's free, open-source and available across all major... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Keyframe animation Support for Wacom Tablets Lightweight Smooth lines ... Texture painting Animations Auto aligment rulers Auto Correcting Customizable Document templates Frame by frame animation Fullscreen support Graphical user interface Feature Support for Layers Page labeling Portable Open PSD files SVG Support Symmetry brush Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Texture for brushes Timeline-based Vector art Add a feature 576 Like Krita is a painting program. Adobe Illustrator is a full-fledged vector drawing program. Guest • May 2018 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Its vector graphics functionality is more extensive than apps listed here, and comparable to Karbon/LibreOffice Draw. Guest • Jun 2016 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree I almost have a new career thanks to Krita, great quality! it's fast, never crashes.. and can handle all the jobs I need to do. Not gonna renew my subscription with Adobe. toby1 • Jan 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
Sketch Sketch is a vector drawing application for the Mac with an intuitive, powerful and uncluttered interface. Commercial $ $ $ Mac OS X Live Preview Bitmap Editing Cloud sync Integration with InVision ... Screen Mirroring Add a feature 177 Like It is very simple, as well as has a similar UI. chipthrasher • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Especially for prototyping and sketching, it is much better than Photoshop or Illustrator. Matt_Pub • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Much more basic than Illustrator, but capable Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree Good integration with InVision, prototyping tool. Good replacement for Illustrator : light, easy, less functionality but good conception. Try it, you keep it after ! Guest • Feb 2017 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
LibreOffice - Draw Draw lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Portable Export to PDF Add a feature 202 Like Draw is not professional vector editor - it's just office tool to show something simple, eg. diagrams, etc. M_O_Z_G • Mar 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree More of a charting, flowchart designer than a vector illustrator Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It doesn't open Illustrator native *.ai files. Guest • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite With vector illustration, page layout, photo-editing and tracing software, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 is ideal for professional and occasional designers tackling any... Commercial Windows Customizable Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Add a feature 136 Like It's much easier to use and understand. It gives the average user a quicker grasp of editing and creating graphics. It is also less greedy with RAM. Guest • May 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Excellent Graphics Suite, I've been using it since version 3 Guest • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree The first vector illustrator I ever used. Sadly not available on the Mac Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree
Vectr Vectr is a free graphics editor. Vectr is collaborative like Google Docs, and runs both in your web browser and on your desktop as a native app. With an intuitive... Free Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS Convert images to PDF Vector art Add a feature 38 Like Cannot open existing ai- and eps-files. Exporting is very limited. Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree
Adobe Fireworks Adobe Fireworks is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces with Adobe Fireworks CS4 software. Create and optimize... Commercial Mac OS X Windows No features added Add a feature 144 Like Discontinued As described at http://blogs.adobe.com/fireworks/2013/05/the-future-of-adobe-fireworks.html , development of Fireworks has been stopped, but last version, Adobe Fireworks CS6 (v12), released in 2012, is still available as part of the http://hypervtx.in/software/adobe-creative-suite/
Boxy SVG Boxy SVG is a vector graphics editor simillar to Adobe Illustrator, Sketch and Inkscape. Made with and for the modern Web Platform. Can do illustrations, icons, banners... Commercial Mac Windows Chrome OS Chrome Support for Keyboard Shortcuts SVG Support Add a feature 29 Like
Clip Studio Paint Clip Studio Paint, previously Manga Studio or ComicStudio in Japan, is a family of software applications for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows used for the digital creation... Commercial Mac Windows Built-in 3D model viewer Clear interface Keyframe animation Support for Layers ... Natural media painting Open PSD files Smooth lines Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Tablet support Texture painting User story mapping Vector strokes Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature 63 Like It's a bitmap editor - used mainly for painting and creating comics Guest • Dec 2017 Disagree Agree
Gravit Designer A cross-platform vector graphics tool, runs as desktop application and in-browser too. Free Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS Ad-free Portable Asset Pipeline Browser based ... Built-in Color picker Cloud sync Embedded tutorials Global palette Master Design Multiplatform support (Desktop, Mobile) Works Offline Persistent Linux Resource export SVG Support Unlimited Canvas Area Vectorize raster images Web fonts Website wireframing Add a feature 145 Like Entirely free. Easier to use than Inkscape, better with vectors than Krita, and available on more platforms than Sketch. It's a little slow and gummy when you've made a very complicated picture, but it's honestly the best possible alternative I've found. Thank you, and thanks to Gravit. rvanarsdale • May 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is a simple yet powerful vector editing program suitable for vector artists, web designers, publishers, logo designers, etc. It also features non-destructing boolean operations (better pathfinder), showcase mode, multiple strokes and fills, global palettes, and more, surprisingly without any clutter. Guest • Jul 2017 Disagree Agree Intuitive, many of the same basic and intermediate functions as Adobe Illustrator. Icons/illustrations provided are great! Love the cloud storage capabilities too. lindsayshaver33 • Jan 2018 Disagree Agree It's free, and also easy to use. Some advanced features are lacking, but the dev team is constantly adding new ones. Guest • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree A modern intuative one stop shop for graphic creation, lot of smart features developed constantly from a very dedicated development team. And its free! e_tek • Apr 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
Apache OpenOffice Draw Draw, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a graphics editor that gives you the tools to communicate with visuals and diagrams. With a... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Desktop publishing Add a feature 107 Like More of a flowchart designer than a vector illustrator Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Autodesk Graphic Full-featured graphic design and illustration application created for macOS and iOS. Commercial Mac OS X iPhone iPad Apple Pencil support Add a feature 24 Like
OmniGraffle OmniGraffle can help you make eye-popping graphic documents—quickly—by providing powerful styling tools, keeping lines connected to shapes even when they’re moved, and... Commercial Mac OS X iPad No features added Add a feature 169 Like
Karbon Karbon, component of Calligra Suite , is the scalable vector drawing application in KDE. It allows artists to create complex drawings... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD KDE High Availability SVG Support Add a feature 36 Like
