Top 24 tools for product designers
Ranked by role fit + community rating. 7 categories covered.
SEO & Digital Marketing
1 toolWebsite & CMS
1 toolAI Image & Creative Generation
7 toolsMidjourney
starterThe leading AI image generator — photorealistic and artistic images from text prompts.
Adobe Firefly
professionalCommercially safe AI image generator built into Creative Cloud — trained exclusively on licensed content.
Figma
starterThe collaborative design platform — UI/UX, prototyping, and now AI-powered design generation.
Ideogram
starterAI image generation with the best typography — the go-to tool for rendering readable text in images.
Flux (Black Forest Labs)
freeOpen-weight text-to-image model from the Stable Diffusion creators — state-of-the-art quality, self-hostable.
Recraft
starterAI design tool for vector graphics and brand-consistent images — the generator designers actually like.
AI Video Generation
4 toolsRunway
starterProfessional AI video generation and editing — text-to-video, video-to-video, and AI VFX tools.
Pika
starterCreative AI video platform — text-to-video with effects like Pikaffects and Scene Ingredients.
Luma AI (Dream Machine)
starterPhotorealistic AI video generation — Dream Machine and Ray2 for cinematic text-to-video.
Captions
starterAI video creation for creators — record once, get edits, captions, and AI-powered post-production in minutes.
AI Coding & Developer Tools
4 toolsBolt.new (StackBlitz)
starterPrompt-to-full-stack web app — AI builds, runs, and deploys React/Next.js apps right in the browser.
v0 (Vercel)
starterVercel's generative UI tool — prompt-to-React-component with shadcn/ui and Tailwind output.
Lovable
starterAI-native full-stack app builder — describe what you want, get a working React + Supabase app in one prompt.
Magic Patterns
starterAI UI generator for designers and PMs — prompt to React + Tailwind components, then iterate visually.
AI Meeting & Productivity
1 toolArchitecture & Design (AEC)
6 toolsAutodesk Forma
enterpriseAI-powered early-stage architectural design — wind, sun, noise, and density analysis in the browser.
Hypar
enterpriseGenerative building design platform — author parametric building functions in code, get instant 3D output.
Higharc
enterpriseAI-native home design platform for production homebuilders — design, plans, and BOMs in one system.
Maket.ai
starterGenerative AI for residential floor plans and renderings — type a brief, get instant design options.
Snaptrude
professionalBrowser-based collaborative BIM with AI design assistance — Figma for buildings.
Veras (EvolveLAB)
starterAI rendering for architecture — Stable Diffusion-based real-time visualization from SketchUp, Revit, Rhino.