Adobe XD vs Getty Images

Adobe XD is Adobe's UI/UX design and prototyping tool, built to fit naturally into workflows already using Photoshop and Illustrator. It supports vector-based screen design, auto-animate transitions for prototypes, and voice prototyping for testing voice-driven interfaces. XD integrates with Creative Cloud Libraries, allowing shared colors, character styles, and assets to flow between XD and other Adobe apps, which is useful for teams with an existing Adobe-centric design pipeline. While Adobe has shifted investment toward Figma-style collaborative tools industry-wide, XD remains actively used by teams already standardized on Creative Cloud.

Getty Images is a premium visual content platform—here presented in its Swedish edition—offering a vast library of royalty-free photography, illustrations, vectors and video. The service covers both creative assets for commercial campaigns and editorial visuals for news, fashion and entertainment storytelling, making it a go-to destination for professionals who need dependable, high-quality imagery. The Swedish homepage emphasizes two current offers: content sourced through global premium partnerships that highlight real people, real stories and real social impact, and newly introduced image subscriptions for individual users that can save up to 90% per download. This makes ongoing access to premium creative and editorial images more affordable than traditional one-off purchases. With its Swedish-language interface, Getty Images.se is aimed at marketers, media companies, designers, and content creators alike. The platform combines search and discovery tools with flexible licensing, from single downloads to subscriptions, enabling organizations to legally source and manage visuals for websites, advertising, publications, video and more.

• Tight integration with Adobe Creative Cloud
• Fast, lightweight vector engine
• Good auto-animate prototyping
• Familiar to Adobe users

• Massive premium library covering creative, editorial, news, fashion, and entertainment content
• New image subscriptions can cut per-download costs by up to 90%
• Curated global partnerships deliver authentic, representation-focused visuals
• Includes both still imagery and video in royalty-free options

• Smaller plugin ecosystem than Figma
• Real-time collaboration less mature
• Adobe has slowed new feature investment

• Premium stock content is generally more expensive than free or microstock alternatives.
• Editorial images come with usage restrictions and are not suitable for commercial advertising.
• Watermarked previews mean you must purchase a license before using the final file.
• The new subscription savings are currently described for single-user plans, which may not fit larger teams.