Top 18 Best Free Design Tools

Adobe offers 60% off Creative Cloud All Apps for students and teachers. Access Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and 20+ apps.

Autodesk offers students and educators free access to professional design software including AutoCAD, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, Revit, and Inventor. Licenses renew annually while enrolled.

Canva for Education gives students and teachers free access to Premium features including templates, stock photos, and brand kits.

Figma provides free access to its Professional plan for verified students. Includes unlimited projects, version history, and team libraries.

PTC offers students a free download of Creo, their industry-leading 3D CAD software. Design, analyze, and manufacture products with parametric and direct modeling tools.

Axure offers students and educators a free educational license for Axure RP, a professional prototyping and wireframing tool. Create interactive prototypes without coding.

Chaos offers students a free educational license for V-Ray, the industry-standard rendering engine. Create photorealistic renders for architecture, VFX, and product visualization.

Enscape provides students with a free educational license for real-time 3D rendering and architectural visualization integrated with Revit, SketchUp, and Rhino.

Envato Elements offers students 50% off their subscription with unlimited downloads of templates, graphics, fonts, stock photos, videos, and music for creative projects.

Icons8 offers students 3 months of free access to their full library of icons, stock photos, illustrations, and music through the GitHub Student Developer Pack.

Iconscout gives students 1 year of free access to over 6 million icons, illustrations, 3D assets, and Lottie animations through the GitHub Student Developer Pack.

Lumion provides students with a free educational license for their real-time 3D rendering software. Create stunning architectural visualizations with drag-and-drop simplicity.

Neve by ThemeIsle gives students 1 year of free Starter Plan and agency WordPress theme through the GitHub Student Developer Pack.

ProtoPie offers free educational licenses for students. Create advanced interactive prototypes with sensors and variables.

Rhino 3D offers students an educational license at 80% off the commercial price. Industry-standard NURBS-based 3D modeling for architecture, product design, and jewelry.

Shapr3D gives students 1 year of free Business plan access. Create 3D CAD models on iPad, Mac, and Windows with an intuitive interface for engineering and design.

Sketch offers free educational licenses for students studying design. Professional vector design tool for macOS.

Webflow offers students a free CMS site plan through their education program. Build responsive, production-grade websites with a visual editor, CMS, hosting, and custom code — ideal for portfolio projects.