Adobe XD vs Graphite
Side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, ratings, and alternatives.
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.
Graphite is a community-built, comprehensive 2D content creation application for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics. It is powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine, allowing users to create complex graphics and animations with ease.
Free starter plan; paid plans bundled with Creative Cloud from $9.99/month.
- Tight integration with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Fast, lightweight vector engine
- Good auto-animate prototyping
- Familiar to Adobe users
- Free and open-source
- Community-driven development
- Node-based procedural graphics engine
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Smaller plugin ecosystem than Figma
- Real-time collaboration less mature
- Adobe has slowed new feature investment
- Steep learning curve
- Limited documentation and resources
- Dependent on community contributions
What reviewers say
Adobe XD Reviews
4.5 (4)Solid choice
Adobe XD has quickly become part of our daily workflow. Good auto-animate prototyping. One minor gripe: smaller plugin ecosystem than figma, but it hasn't been a dealbreaker. Would recommend to anyone considering it.
Great tool for design
Adobe XD has quickly become part of our daily workflow. Tight integration with Adobe Creative Cloud. No major complaints so far. Would recommend to anyone considering it.
Does exactly what we need
We've been using Adobe XD for a few months now and it's genuinely made a difference for our team. Tight integration with Adobe Creative Cloud. One minor gripe: real-time collaboration less mature, but it hasn't been a dealbreaker. Would recommend to anyone considering it.
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