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Affinity Designer

All-in-one design application combining vector illustration, raster editing, and page layout tools

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Vendor
Serif
Also known as
affinity-designer

Available worldwide

What is Affinity Designer?

A comprehensive design tool that integrates vector drawing, photo editing, and layout capabilities with real-time performance, precision controls, non-destructive editing, and broad export support.

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Affinity Designer pricing

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FreeFree tier

Completely free with all features included

Affinity

Free
Free

Complete access to all vector, raster, and layout tools with no restrictions or payment

  • Vector design with pen precision, snapping, and alignment
  • Symbols and constraints for UI component consistency
  • Non-destructive editing
  • Real-time pixel previews
  • Raster and photo editing tools
  • Layout tools
  • Expressive brushes for digital illustration
  • Shape warping and path manipulation
  • Export to PDF, SVG, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WebP by object, slice, or artboard
  • Batch export
  • Print-ready presets
  • Direct export to Canva
  • Free updates with new features

What Affinity Designer does

The capabilities that matter for design & creative software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Discipline
Raster / photo editing
✓
Vector illustration
✓
DTP / page layout
✓
Digital painting
✓
Platform
Platform breadth
Desktop (macOS, Windows) and mobile (iOS)
Output
CMYK / print production
-
Interoperability
PSD / AI import
-
Collaboration
Real-time collaboration / cloud
-
AI
Generative AI features
-
Extensibility
Plugin / template ecosystem
-
Pricing
Pricing model
-
Free / open-source available
✓
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Platform & deployment

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Platforms
  • macOS
  • Windows

Integrations (1)

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  • Canva→•

Affinity Designer FAQ

Common questions about Affinity Designer, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Affinity Designer?

Affinity is a free desktop application that combines vector drawing, raster photo editing, and page layout tools in a single workspace without requiring a subscription. It is indexed under Design & Creative Software.

Source: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

Is Affinity Designer free?

Affinity Designer offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

What platforms does Affinity Designer support?

Affinity Designer supports Windows, macOS and iOS. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

What security certifications does Affinity Designer have?

We have independently confirmed GDPR for Affinity Designer. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Affinity Designer not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/privacy/

Where is Affinity Designer available?

Affinity Designer is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Source: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

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Balanced composite 65 / 100
medium · 52%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency800.086.7✓
Price level1000.055.2✓
Capabilities810.043.2✓
Integrations90.050.4✓
Reliability00.060.0-
Security posture50.060.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq5 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesDtp layout: Yes · Free available: Yes · Raster editing: Yes · Vector editing: Yes · Digital painting: Yes · Platform breadth: Desktop (macOS, Windows) and mobile (iOS)mediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count1mediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityHqCountry: GB · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%
Modelfreemediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-09-04 · 75%
Trust centerhttps://affinity.serif.com/en-us/privacy/mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%
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