ChatGPT| Source | Share | Links |
|---|---|---|
| adobe.com | 38% | 101 |
| helpx.adobe.com | 23% | 48 |
| canva.com | 22% | 67 |
| figma.com | 17% | 43 |
| help.figma.com | 10% | 22 |
| business.adobe.com | 10% | 17 |
| coreldraw.com | 7% | 14 |
| frontify.com | 5% | 10 |
| affinity.studio | 5% | 9 |
| itechguides.com | 5% | 9 |
AI Rankings · Design and creative software · Australia
Best design and creative software in Australia, according to AI (October 2026)
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 60 questions a buyer in Australia types when looking for design and creative software. The engines named 162 companies in Australia. Adobe is named most often, in 77% of answers, followed by Canva (52%) and Affinity (35%). 44 are named by all three engines.
The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.
- 60 buyer questions
- 180 answers read
- 3 engines
All 162 companies AI names in Australia
Click a company to open its full report: every answer that names it, where it stands in each one, and the sites behind every rival. Mentioned is the share of answers that name the company: all 180, one engine’s 60 in the engine columns. Green marks that engine’s 3 most recommended. A crossed circle means it never named the company. Click a heading to sort.
Every company AI named in Australia, ranked by how consistently it is named.
3 most recommended. 159 named. The rest not cited.
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Where AI gets its answers
Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 60 answers for Australia, by the share of answers citing them.
ChatGPT
Gemini| Source | Share | Links |
|---|---|---|
| adobe.com | 20% | 30 |
| canva.com | 15% | 28 |
| affinity.studio | 8% | 19 |
| lucidlink.com | 7% | 32 |
| softwareadvice.com.au | 5% | 6 |
| dsigns.com.au | 5% | 28 |
| zapier.com | 5% | 22 |
| capterra.com.au | 3% | 8 |
| business.adobe.com | 3% | 14 |
| storyflow.so | 3% | 24 |
Google AI Mode| Source | Share | Links |
|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | 27% | 40 |
| canva.com | 22% | 42 |
| reddit.com | 22% | 28 |
| adobe.com | 12% | 19 |
| au.pcmag.com | 8% | 12 |
| figma.com | 8% | 16 |
| affinity.studio | 8% | 9 |
| business.adobe.com | 7% | 12 |
| helpx.adobe.com | 5% | 8 |
| dsigns.com.au | 5% | 6 |
One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: adobe.com tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.
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What “Top 3 in AI answers” means
A company gets the badge when it is in the top 3 on any single engine, by how many of that engine’s answers recommend it, not just name it. The badge names the engine, so a company can hold it on Gemini and not on ChatGPT. In Australia that is Adobe, Canva and Affinity on ChatGPT. Adobe, Canva and Affinity on Gemini. Adobe, Canva and Affinity on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 3 companies. A badge holder confirms its website inside the report and puts the badge on its site, and it links back to this page.
The 60 questions we asked
Every company was measured against the same 60 questions, asked the way a buyer types them, with no company name in the question. Grouped by how the question is asked: four kinds.
Use case (the job is named)
8 questions
- I've just gone freelance as a graphic designer in Australia, so which design software gives me the most for about $30 a month?
- What video editing software is easy enough for our small marketing team in Australia to cut social clips in-house?
- What ux design tool do product designers at Australian startups use for wireframes and clickable prototypes?
+ 5 more questions in this group.
Alternatives (excluding the well-known)
the question asks for options outside the market leaders13 questions
- Which design software lets a freelance designer in Australia pay in Australian dollars instead of US dollars?
- Is there a design suite with a one-off purchase option instead of a monthly subscription, for a small business in Australia?
- What illustration software do Australian publishers use for children's books, other than the household names?
+ 10 more questions in this group.
Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)
a plain category question with one qualifier5 questions
- Can you suggest a cheaper design suite than the industry-standard one that still handles photo editing, illustration and layout for an Australian business?
- We want to move off the pricey market-leading design suite without losing old project files, so what are Australian businesses switching to?
- What's the best design and creative software in Australia for under $20 a month?
+ 2 more questions in this group.
Other phrasing
34 questions
- Which design and creative software lets a ten-person agency in Australia work on the same file at the same time?
- Looking for creative software with shared team libraries, fonts and brand assets for a small design agency in Australia.
- Can you recommend graphic design software where clients can comment right on the artwork and approve proofs, for a studio in Australia?
+ 31 more questions in this group.
How we measure
Each of the 60 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 180 answers. We read every answer and record which companies it names. A company’s share is the part of answers that name it. Different spellings of one company are merged into one row.
Left out: companies outside Australia, and names that aren’t design and creative software. A name AI gave without a website we could find is listed without a profile.
One run per question means a single answer moves a company at the bottom of the table by a point. Treat differences of 1 to 2% as noise and the top 20 as stable.
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Questions about this ranking
Why isn’t my company listed?
Either no engine named it in the 180 answers we read, or it was named and we could not match it to a website. Search the list above. If it was named, its full report is ready. If it was never named, Findrix shows what AI says when buyers ask about design and creative software, which rivals it names instead, and a ranked list of fixes: the page, the edit, and the next scan ticks it off. It starts with the 7-day trial.
What is in the full report?
Everything we collected about the company: its position on each of ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, recommended or only mentioned, its average position in the answer and what AI says about it word for word. It is free and open to anyone, no login. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.
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