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The Stack92 picks · 9 stages · 10 stacks

What senior designers actually use.

AI design tools, organized by the stage of the work — research to ship. Real picks from designers doing it, with a preview and free-or-paid at a glance. Not another ranked list.

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Specs, code, get it to engineering.

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Ship & handoff

18 results
Cursor
Freemium

Build the real prototype in code

PrototypeShip
Lovable
Freemium

Idea to full-stack app, in chat

PrototypeShip
v0
Freemium

Prompt to real React UI

PrototypeShip
Anima
Freemium

Design to React/Vue/HTML

Ship
Bolt.new
Freemium

Idea to deployed URL, fast

PrototypeShip
Builder.io
Freemium

AI visual development and CMS

Ship
Claude Code
Paid

Terminal-native AI coding agent

PrototypeShip
Magic Patterns
Freemium

Screenshot to editable UI

PrototypeShip
Replit
Freemium

AI collaborative coding platform

PrototypeShip
Subframe
Freemium

Visual editor that ships production React plus Tailwind.

Ship
Windsurf
Freemium

AI code editor by Codeium

PrototypeShip
Knapsack
Paid

Enterprise DS integration platform

ShipUI
Stark
Freemium

AI accessibility compliance for design

ShipUI
Style Dictionary
Free

Open-source build system turning tokens into any platform.

ShipUI
Supernova
Freemium

Design system management platform

ShipUI
Tokens Studio
Freemium

Design token management for Figma

ShipUI
Zeplin
Freemium

Design-to-dev handoff

Ship
Zeroheight
Freemium

Design system documentation hub

ShipUI
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