Tools · Category

Design tools, ranked by real usage_

As of 4 November 2026, Canva leads Design tools with 8,793 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Adobe InDesign at 6,478.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Canva · 8,793
Runner-up
Adobe InDesign · 6,478
Most hiring, 90 days
Canva
Highest postings per company
Quadient Inspire
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
16,938companies across the category
52%of them on Canva
35,149postings naming a Design tool in 90 days
13tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every Design tool we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
CanvaCanva
8,793
17,2602.0
2
6,478
14,3562.2
3
753
1,3451.8
4
272
1,0633.9
5
LaTeXLaTeX Project
136
2842.1
6
127
1831.4
7
EskoEsko
87
1722.0
8
BarTenderSeagull Scientific
83
1171.4
9
QuarkXPressQuark Software
70
691.0
10
MadCap FlareMadCap Software
57
951.7
11
PTC ArbortextPTC
44
1262.9
12
Adobe InCopyAdobe
27
351.3
13
Quadient InspireQuadient
11
444.0
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Canva leads Design tools with 8,793 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Adobe InDesign at 6,478. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/publishing-template-design)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

Design tools: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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