Adobe Illustrator

By Adobe

How often 10 AI models recommend Adobe Illustrator, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

7%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#18of 29 on Best design and prototyping tools

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

5of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. GPT-6 Luna25%
2. GLM-5.317%
3. Claude Haiku 5.58%
4. Qwen 3.8 Flash8%
5. DeepSeek V4 Pro8%
6. Gemini 4 Argon0%
7. Kimi K30%
8. MiniMax M30%
9. Mistral Large 40%
10. Nemotron 3 Ultra0%

Never named it: Gemini 4 Argon Kimi K3 MiniMax M3 Mistral Large 4 Nemotron 3 Ultra

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best design and prototyping tools 2

• GPT-6 LunaA dependable investment for precise vector work, icons, and scalable visual assets.
• DeepSeek V4 ProUnmatched for vector illustration, icon design, and print-ready artwork.

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Adobe Illustrator highlighted.

Best design and prototyping tools

29 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

FigmaSketchFramerAxure RP

Contested

1. 5Adobe XD86%
2. 6ProtoPie74%
3. 7Balsamiq65%
4. 8InVision63%
5. 9Marvel63%
6. ⋯
7. 18Adobe Illustrator7%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best design and prototyping tools	8	25		8	8	17

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best design and prototyping tools				27

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Adobe Illustrator vs FigmaAdobe Illustrator vs SketchAdobe Illustrator vs FramerAdobe Illustrator vs Axure RPAdobe Illustrator vs Adobe XDAdobe Illustrator vs ProtoPie

Compare with another product

Other Adobe products: Adobe Acrobat Sign, Adobe Marketo Engage, Adobe XD, Adobe Commerce, Magento, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform

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