Looking for free options for Adobe Creative Cloud programs? Quze has compiled a list of free and cheaper (one-time purchase) alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Animate, and Audition.
The list includes some well-known alternatives like Affinity Suite, Corel Draw, Canva, Sketch, Figma, etc. and also a few relatively less-known ones. Check out the complete list in the graphic below. We’ve also added links to the mentioned programs below the graphic.
Adobe Photoshop alternatives
Affinity Photo (one-time purchase)
Pixelmator Pro (one-time purchase)
GIMP (free)
Paint.NET (free)
Krita (free)
Photopea (free)
Darktable (free)
Adobe Illustrator alternatives
Affinity Designer (one-time purchase)
Corel Draw (one-time purchase)
Inkscape (free)
Boxy SVG (free)
Vectr (free)
Krita (free)
Adobe InDesign alternatives
Affinity Publisher (one-time purchase)
Krita (free)
Canva (free)
Scribus (free)
Adobe XD alternatives
Sketch (one-time purchase)
Figma (free)
Invision (free)
Framer (free)
Adobe Dreamweaver alternatives
Brackets (free)
VS Code (free)
Sublime (free)
Atom (free)
Adobe After Effects alternatives
DaVinci Resolve (free)
Blender (free)
Adobe Animate alternatives
Blender (free)
Spline 3D (free)
Pencil 2D (free)
Adobe Audition alternatives
Audacity (free)
Tracktion (free)
LMMS (free)
GarageBand (free)
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