The Best Paid Illustrator AlternativesTop Vector Graphic Apps & Digital Painting Tools like Illustrator

The best paid alternative to Adobe Illustrator is CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Illustrator and many of them is paid so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting paid alternatives to Adobe Illustrator are Boxy SVG, Graphic, Xara Designer Pro and Amadine.

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Adobe Illustrator alternatives are mainly Vector Graphic Apps, but if you're looking for Digital Painting Tools or Graphic Design Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Mac, Windows + Free, Linux, iPad and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Illustrator.
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  1. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite icon

    CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

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    It is one of the oldest and most reliable vector tools in the industry, not only offering excellent performance, but also providing an intuitive interface that's ideal for any beginner designers. Different from Illustrator, you can choose to pay a monthly subscription or obtain a license through a one-time purchase (although a bit expensive), which will include other compatible Corel design software such as Photo-Paint (Corel's alternative to Photoshop), as well as a font manager and content organization applications. CorelDRAW lets you edit multi-page documents, non-destructively convert bitmaps to vectors, and create QR codes.

    87 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  2. Boxy SVG icon

    Boxy SVG

     50 likes

    Vector editor for browser with transforms, symbol management, boolean ops, freehand and Bezier paths, advanced shape tools, gradients, raster import/export, grouping, Google Fonts, customizable shortcuts, and HTML5 serialization for diverse designs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
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  4. Graphic icon

    Graphic

     37 likes

    Vector illustration app for macOS, iPhone, and iPad offering advanced design tools, SVG, PDF, and PSD support, touch and Apple Pencil compatibility, layers, shape and path editing, precise layout controls, professional workflows, and nondestructive object editing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Amadine

    Amadine is a macOS vector graphics app designed for both beginners and pros, offering a user-friendly interface, precision design tools, multiple layers, and a seamless workflow. It's developed by BeLight Software, emphasizin...

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  6. Xara Designer Pro icon

    Xara Designer Pro

     32 likes

    Xara Designer Pro offers tools for illustration, photo editing, and desktop publishing, with exceptional vector design capabilities. Suitable for billboards, business cards, and more, it supports diverse file formats, provides abundant templates, and powers web design and prototyping without coding.

    58 Xara Designer Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Amadine

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    Amadine is a macOS vector graphics app designed for both beginners and pros, offering a user-friendly interface, precision design tools, multiple layers, and a seamless workflow. It's developed by BeLight Software, emphasizing intuitive use and versatile creativity.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. VectorStyler icon

    VectorStyler

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    VectorStyler (for Mac) is an advanced vector graphics and illustration software, with a competitive feature set, and several new features and workflow enhancements. VectorStyler is developed with the goal of providing all the capabilities, designers and illustrators are familiar...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. Adobe FreeHand icon

    Adobe FreeHand

     20 likes

    Adobe FreeHand is a computer application for creating two-dimensional vector graphics (use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images, also known as geometric modeling), oriented to the professional desktop publishing market.

    25 Adobe FreeHand alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. Xara Photo & Graphic Designer icon

    Xara Photo & Graphic Designer

     28 likes

    Xara Photo & Graphic Designer, formerly Xara Xtreme, is a fast graphics software with versatile illustration tools and advanced photo management. It streamlines creative tasks, allowing users to retouch images, create social media posts, and design website graphics in one...

    49 Xara Photo & Graphic Designer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Super Vectorizer Pro icon

    Super Vectorizer Pro

     14 likes

    Super Vectorizer Pro is a professional image vector tracing converter on Mac & Win that automatically traces image lines and converts bitmap images like JPEG, GIF and PNG to clean, scalable vector graphic of Ai, SVG, DXF and PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  14. Mayura Draw icon

    Mayura Draw

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    Mayura Draw is a vector-based drawing program. Unlike bitmap-based "paint" programs, vector-based drawing programs define each object that constitutes the drawing by its co-ordinates and not by pixels. This enables drawings to be modified easily.

    36 Mayura Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. Canvas GFX icon

    Canvas GFX

     13 likes

    Canvas 11 is the single most cost-effective, integrated solution for the creation, enhancement, presentation and sharing of technical illustrations and graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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