Rating
4.7
454 reviews
Starting price
$4,999
Categories
2
Founded
1987
Employees
1
Vector graphics tool designed to help graphic designers, web designers, game developers, and professional illustrators create UI/UX designs, typography, icons, and concept art. Affinity Designer provides a contour tool, which enables designers to create abstract shapes for logos or architectural designs using artboards of any size. The solution also offers 100 percent zoom and pixel preview functionality, which lets teams view vectors in retina resolution to maintain the accuracy of the artwork.
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(454 reviews)
Affinity Designer is a great alternative for vector and branding work, especially for designers who prefer a one-time license.
Pros: It’s fast, responsive, and capable of handling both vector and raster work in one environment. The pricing model is very appealing for small teams, and the quality is strong enough for professional branding.
Cons: Some advanced features found in industry-standard tools are missing. File compatibility with Adobe formats can occasionally require extra adjustments.
Rafia R. · Graphic Designer - Visual Branding · Information Technology and Services · January 16, 2026
Pros: I had some experience with affinity before it's canva's. I love the several images editing features it's offering. Compared to big mane, it's easier.
Cons: I feel many lacks using Affinity Designer. Maybe some options aren't where I had habits to find on other tools.
Christian S. · Web Producer · Translation and Localization · December 14, 2025
Always being able to handle everything that I have asked it to do. The layout is easy to navigate and follow.
| Category | Page | Rank | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vector Graphics | 1 | 5 | - |
| Graphic Design | 1 | 19 |
Domain confidence 95%
Pros: Affinity design is an all-in-one complete designer package. Great value for money, brilliant graphic designs, help tutorials are easy to understand and follow. The security is good and data seems to be well protected. Design creation has regular updates and easy to use software. The image editing is fantastic and on par with photoshop at a much reduced cost. I love it!
Cons: Have not found any negative aspects what-so-ever with this software. If I have to find one thing it would be, that if you have never used this type of software before, it has a quite in-depth learning curve. You need to watch all the tutorials.
Susan M. · Author · Writing and Editing · December 11, 2025
Great tool, price is excellent and very competitive regarding the market and everything the software can do
Pros: This is a powerful tool. I wa sinterested abut it because there was an offer for the entire Affinity Suite, and i really like this tool. I don't create that much design with edit but i edit a lot of them with it and it'es an excelelnt tool
Cons: Pretty hard to assimilate but as it shares a lot in common with Affinity Photo which is great when learning.
Tossoukpe J. · Photo and Videomaker · Events Services · June 1, 2025
Overall, as a Designer, I use Affinity Designer on a daily basis in my business. I could not run my business without it.
Pros: I love the robust capabilities that Affinity Designer has. It is a great alternative for other Design apps and softwares, for a fraction of the cost.
Cons: There really isn't anything that I don't like about Affinity Designer. It meets all of my needs as a professional Designer.
Amy J. · Designer and Business Owner · Design · May 9, 2025
I like affinity designer, I used it a lot for logo and branding creation. It’s very similar to adobe illustrator, overall is a great tool with a much lower price than its competitor.
Pros: The price. It was way cheaper than adobe and had most of the same functionalities.
Cons: That you are not able to vectorize images - this has been lacking for so long, is the only ready I miss having adobe.
Alexandra L. · Customer success manager · Marketing and Advertising · April 29, 2025
I used Adobe Illustrator for years. When they moved to a subscription model I looked for an alternative and found Affinity Designer. After I got use to their user interface I wouldn't go back to Adobe.
Pros: Ease of use and very powerful in terms of graphic design including vector art.
Cons: There is not much to not like about this software! The price is amazing too.
Robert B. · Pastor · Non-Profit Organization Management · April 25, 2025
Utilisateur depuis de nombreuses années, Affinity Designer dispose de toutes les fonctionnalités nécessaires pour réaliser mes compositions graphiques : icônes, illustrations, logos
Pros: Affinity Designer est une excellente alternative à Photoshop/Illustrator pour créer des visuels.
Cons: Je ne vois pas d'aspects négatifs à reporter concernant Affinity Designer.
Anonymous User · Developper · Internet · April 23, 2025
The software makes graphic desight effortless for me.
Pros: Its user-friendly features and its a affordability.
Cons: Its a great software, I love everything about it.
Stephen E. · Graphic Design · Design · March 8, 2025
My overall experience is great so far. It's a very capable software and I really love the one-off payment that gives you access to the entire suite.
Pros: It has a nice user interface and plenty of powerful features such as seamlessly switching between vector and raster graphics.
Cons: I wish there was an Image Trace feature for converting png images to vector.
Vasilis K. · Web Developer and Designer · Information Technology and Services · January 14, 2025
Fast and powerful software with everything needed for graphic design and illustration.
Pros: Extremely good software for graphic design and illustration. Offers all needed tools. One-time payment instead of subscription model.
Cons: Everything I need is included, but generative AI tools like in Adobe products would be nice to have.
Anonymous User · Managing Partner · Photography · January 14, 2025
Required some playing with to learn the features, but the control on elements is so precise.
Pros: I already had Affinity Photo and Publisher, purchased during the 50% off deal. 50% off came back again, and I was getting frustrated with the lack of control on precision Canva - so Affinity Designer absolutely gave me the control I need to produce my images. I could take my Canva work for example, and then continue in Affinity. The product was £26. A bargain.
Cons: Obviously, with any package like this, including MS Word, if it's not part of your job you only learn the bits you need. But, it's easier to learn than Adobe packages.
Anonymous User · Director · Staffing and Recruiting · November 30, 2024
Pros: Great alternative to Adobe products for an affordable price.
Cons: The UI is a little different than Adobe so there was a learning curve
TERI O. · Designer · Graphic Design · November 17, 2024
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Pros: Simple put, it is a very good and fast alternative to adobe illustrator with very competitive pricing and one off buy.
Cons: Technically speaking it is still on it's infancy, while it covers a lot of functions for a program that new, there are still things that are not yet implemented that I would love to have (although I have faith on the dev team that eventually will add everything that you may ever need).
Nikolas K. · Graphic Designer · Graphic Design · November 11, 2024
Used to use Illustrator, but that was a right pain in the neck with the subscription fees. Much more straightforward, this.
Pros: Love how easy it is to use and how smoothly it runs. Affinity Designer's a lifesaver!
Cons: Had a bit of a kerfuffle finding tutorials and resources for it. Reckon the community could be a bit bigger.
Jason M. · Graphic Designer · Design · November 10, 2024
Affinity Designer is an excellent choice for freelance designers seeking a powerful and budget-friendly alternative to Illustrator
Pros: Intuitive interface, powerful tools, and an affordable one-time price
Cons: Some features are missing compared to Illustrator, and compatibility with certain files can be tricky
Maysa M. · Graphic Designer · Design · September 23, 2024
Pros: Lo descubrí hace poco, aunque es similar a otros software de diseño, es maravilloso para la maquetación de flyers y portadas.
Cons: Me resulto complicado trabajar con hojas por separado, si bien facilita tener todo el proyecto visualizado a la vez, es algo que te tienes que acostumbrar.
Fray Agustin G. · Director de albergue · Civic & Social Organization · September 13, 2024
I was looking for a tool to do my entire design - from print materials to social media URL preview images. It covers it all and is easy to use.
Pros: Pricing for what you actually get on functionality.
Cons: Some minor issues on figuring out how to set up the studio.
Frank S. · Founder and CEO · Public Relations and Communications · September 11, 2024
I think that losing quality when sizing images needs to be improved as it is a significant issue
Pros: It’s very easy to figure out how to use, and it’s user friendlt
Cons: Image sizing loses quality of the image for vectors
Kristen W. · Owner · Fine Art · September 3, 2024
Pros: Affinity has always been a value-centered brand that genuinely cares about both the quality of its products and the satisfaction of its users. While many brands focus on maximizing profits and squeezing out every penny, Affinity chooses to do right by its customers with straightforward and simple purchase models. That's why their apps remain indispensable in my toolkit, and I feel a deep sense of loyalty toward their brand. Great job, team, and I think your 6-month model is brilliant. I wish you every success with it.
Cons: Learning curve takes time and help files could be better.
Gabriel F. · Business Owner · Consumer Services · July 9, 2024
Pros: Full-featured suite that reminds me of the way Adobe products used to work prior to subscriptions and feature bloat.
Cons: Some features are still missing, but I’m hopeful they will arrive with the Canva merger.
Marcus S. · Owner · Marketing and Advertising · June 19, 2024
Great, very very fast comparing with illustrator, fast redraw on complex documentos. Less RAM requirement to work and very good export options and compatiliby with Adobe friends
Pros: Pasta inside mutch better than illustrator with thouse cliping paths from last Century. Speed, and opening PSD in layeres and exporting in PSD format among other features and easy to learn and work.
Cons: The mini Photoshop inside, the perna stuff
João B. · Creative director · Design · May 23, 2024
Muy buena, lo recomiendo por el precio que tiene.
Pros: Que simplifica mucho los espacios de trabajo y si creación.
Cons: No tiene todas las funciones del Paquete Adobe. Si eres un diseñador gráfico de alta potencia quizás se quede corto.
Silvia C. · Dirección · Marketing and Advertising · February 9, 2024
It’s very economic and it does everything that a design needs so I really recommend it, especially to small businesses
Pros: I like the fact that it’s not a subscription but you pay it once and then have access forever. Also it has a lot of tools so you can create and personalize your design!
Cons: It a professional app so it’s not that intuitive, you have to look to a lot of tutorials and guides to fully use it
Stefania M. · CEO and founder · Marketing and Advertising · February 9, 2024
Pros: I love that you only have to pay for it once and you own it. No subscriptions, no hassles, I can learn at my own pace because there are no timelines. I love how much I’m learning I’m this program and how much it has helped me to design products I can then sell.
Cons: There is nothing I dislike about the program except the amount of time I need to have to invest in actually learning it. There are a lot of videos that even Affinity has put out to help you learn the program on all the different platforms.
Vicia A. · Sole Owner · Arts and Crafts · February 8, 2024
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