What Graphic Design Software Do Designers Actually Need?
Designers rely on powerful graphic design software like Adobe Illustrator and Figma for creative development—but that’s only half the story. To complete a project, they often cobble together a dozen other apps for organization, feedback, and delivery. Ideate changes that by seamlessly integrating with your creative tools and replacing the rest.
Tired of Jumping Between Ten Different Tools?
You’re not imagining it—your current design stack probably looks like some version of this:
Figma templates + Illustrator exports + InDesign decks + Dropbox & Google Drive links + Typeform surveys + Asana, Airtable, & Notion tasks + Miro boards + Are.na boards + Harvest tracking + Frontify for asset management.
It’s chaotic, disjointed, and incredibly time-consuming.
If your graphic design software feels more like a collection of duct-taped solutions than a smooth workflow—you’re not alone. Designers everywhere are frustrated by the time and energy lost managing all the non-creative parts of the job.
What Should Graphic Design Software Actually Do?
The best design software should empower you to:
Create, iterate, and collaborate effortlessly
Stay in creative flow without tool-switching
Organize files, feedback, and deliverables with ease
Present and package your work without rebuilding every time
Integrate seamlessly into your existing process
Figma and Adobe do an amazing job on the creative side. But everything else—from client communication to deliverable formatting—has been left to generic tools not built for designers.
How Ideate Complements Your Creative Stack
Ideate isn’t a replacement for Adobe or Figma—it’s the platform that completes them.
By handling the operational side of design, Ideate removes the need for all the patchwork tools that clutter your process.
With Ideate, you can:
Generate mockups, decks, and progress updates automatically
Summarize and organize client feedback across platforms
Export assets in multiple sizes and formats in seconds
Keep all your work—files, comments, approvals—in one place
Integrate directly with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
Now, instead of 10+ tools, your workflow looks like this:
Creative development tools: Figma + Adobe
Operational design platform: Ideate
That’s it.
What Should You Do Next?
If you’re ready to ditch the chaos and work smarter—not harder—it’s time to simplify your stack.
Keep your favorite design tools, and let Ideate handle the rest.
Join the waitlist at ideatebetter.com and finally design in flow, not in frustration.