Best design and prototyping tools
29 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings
In nearly every answer
Contested
Adobe Photoshop
By Adobe
How often 10 AI models recommend Adobe Photoshop, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.
- Mention rate
- 4%of all answers on this question
- Best standing
- #20of 29 on Best design and prototyping tools
- Buying questions
- 1where any model named it
- Never named it
- 6of 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
Never named it: Gemini 4 Argon Qwen 3.8 Flash 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
- Claude Haiku 5.5
Still essential for raster image editing and bitmap asset production in design work.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro
Still essential for raster graphics, mockups, and photo manipulation in design.
Against the competition
Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Adobe Photoshop highlighted.
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 | 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 | 17 |
Head to head
Against the products named most often on the same questions
Other Adobe products: Adobe Acrobat Sign, Adobe Marketo Engage, Adobe XD, Adobe Commerce, Magento, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform
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