Alternatives to Penpot
10 design illustration tools · all vetted and categorised
Collaborative interface design in the browser.
Best for design teams that need real-time collaboration and seamless developer handoff.
Design and publish production websites visually.
Best for designers who want to ship real, interactive websites without handing off to a developer.
Drag-and-drop design for non-designers.
Best for non-designers and marketers who need polished visual content quickly without learning a professional design tool.
Free, open-source professional vector editor.
Best for illustrators and designers who want professional vector tools without an Adobe subscription.
Professional vector design with a one-time purchase.
Best for professional designers who want Illustrator-level capability without recurring subscription fees.
Online collaborative whiteboard for brainstorming and diagramming.
Best for remote teams who need a shared visual space for workshops, sprint planning, journey mapping, and async collaboration.
Open-source whiteboard that produces hand-drawn-style diagrams.
Best for developers and technical teams who need quick, clean architecture diagrams and wireframes without installing anything.
Visual workspace for flowcharts, wireframes, and mind maps.
Best for product teams and designers who need polished flowcharts and wireframes with minimal manual layout work.
Mac-native UI design tool with a strong plugin ecosystem.
Best for Mac-based UI/UX designers who work primarily in Apple environments and rely on Sketch's mature plugin ecosystem.
Platform for creating, editing, and deploying Lottie JSON animations.
Best for developers and designers who want to add polished micro-animations to apps and websites without large video files or complex CSS keyframes.