Adobe Illustrator vs Inkscape

Overview

Adobe Illustrator

Stacks1.5K

Followers1.0K

Votes2

Inkscape

Stacks116

Followers84

Votes12

Adobe Illustrator vs Inkscape: What are the differences?

What is Adobe Illustrator? Create logos, icons, sketches, typography and complex illustrations. The industry-standard vector graphics app lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography, and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.

What is Inkscape? An open source vector graphics editor. It is professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This software can be used to create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos and complex paintings.

Adobe Illustrator and Inkscape belong to "Graphic Design" category of the tech stack.

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Detailed Comparison

Adobe Illustrator	Inkscape
The industry-standard vector graphics app lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography, and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.	It is professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This software can be used to create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos and complex paintings.
Statistics
Stacks 1.5K	Stacks 116
Followers 1.0K	Followers 84
Votes 2	Votes 12
Pros & Cons
Pros 2 Vector Creation Cons 3 Massive disk space usage 3 Adobe Updater to slow you down even more 2 Expensive 1 Clunky 1 Not really a tool for web design	Pros 3 Free 2 Vector Creation 2 Linux compatible 2 Simple design 2 Easy to use Cons 1 Crashes sometimes
Integrations
Adobe Photoshop	No integrations available

What are some alternatives to Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape?

Figma

Figma is the first interface design tool with real-time collaboration. It keeps everyone on the same page. Focus on the work instead of fighting your tools.

Sketch

Easily create complex shapes with our state-of-the-art vector boolean operations and take advantage of our extensive layer styles.

Adobe Photoshop

It is the best in the world of graphic design and image processing software that will realize any of your ideas. Create and enhance photos, illustrations and 3D graphic objects.

Adobe XD

A vector-based tool developed and published by Adobe Inc for designing and prototyping user experience for web and mobile apps.

Zeplin

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Blender

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ProtoPie

It is the easiest tool used to turn your UI/UX design ideas into highly interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, all the way to IoT. ProtoPie runs on macOS & Windows and the player app is on iOS and Android.

Readymag

Readymag—an online platform for website creation focused on design & creativity. Advanced typography. Powerful animations. Code injection & third-party tool integrations.

Affinity Designer

No bloat, no gimmicks, just all the tools you need, implemented how you always dreamed. It is a stripped back, pro-end workhorse that will always get your job done. It was created to thrive on the electric pace of the latest computing hardware. Live, responsive and incredibly fluid, it’s simply a joy to use.

Affinity Photo

It is born to work hand-in-hand with the latest powerful computer technology, it’s fully-loaded photo editor integrated across macOS, Windows and iOS.