🆚 Adobe Illustrator vs. Inkscape

📈 Adobe Illustrator is much more popular than Inkscape.
🌎 Adobe Illustrator is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Inkscape is more popular in Bangladesh, Moldova, and Tajikistan.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Adobe Illustrator

Inkscape

Type

Vector graphics editor

About

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design software used to create scalable digital artwork such as logos, icons, illustrations, typography, and graphics for print and digital media.

It offers precision drawing tools, resolution-independent vector paths, multi-artboard management, support for multiple export formats including SVG, PDF, and EPS, and generative AI features such as Text to Vector Graphic and Generative Shape Fill, powered by Adobe Firefly.

Inkscape is a free and open source cross-platform vector graphics editor.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States

New York, United States

Website

adobe.com #28

inkscape.org #66,156

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 7-day trial

$275.8/year

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Adobe Illustrator vector graphics editor is 6 times more popular than Inkscape.

Total websites

Market share

Vector Graphics Editors

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Adobe Illustrator is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Inkscape is more popular in Bangladesh, Moldova, and Tajikistan.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Italy

Spain

Australia

Poland

Switzerland

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Vector Graphics Editors category.

🥈 Second most popular in South Africa in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥉 Third most popular in Poland in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥉 Third most popular in India in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥉 Third most popular in the Czech Republic in the Vector Graphics Editors category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Adobe Illustrator is more popular than Inkscape in all market segments.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Travel

Internet Services

Fashion/Beauty

Entertainment

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#192

#289

#376

#1,492

#1,711

Name

Rank

#1,767

#3,556

#5,512

#5,642

#5,954