Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Adobe

The 20 closest creative software alternatives to Adobe, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Adobe? The closest matches are acrobat.com, Envato® and Semrush. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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Sites searched
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01 · Entity

About Adobe

Adobe adobe.com

Adobe: Creative, marketing and document management solutions

Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. We help our customers create, deliver and optimize content and applications.

Wikidata: American multinational computer software company

Top 100 · #61 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Adobe sells subscription software for graphic design, photo and video editing, generative AI image creation (Firefly), PDF and document management (Acrobat), and enterprise marketing and customer experience tools.

Who it’s for
Creative professionals, businesses, students and teachers
Business model
Software subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Adobe’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

AutodeskMarketoCorelSmallpdfBazaarvoiceCanvaAvid TechnologySemrushEnvato®acrobat.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Adobe

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Adobe, thumbs down if it isn’t.

  1. 01
    acrobat.com Top 10K

    PDF service from Adobe

  2. 02
    Envato® envato.com Top 10K English

    Envato® | AI Tools and Unlimited Creative Assets

    Create and customize content with AI tools and unlimited creative assets for professional and commercial use.

  3. 03
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

  4. 04
    Avid Technology avid.com Top 10K English

    American multimedia technology company

  5. 05
    Canva canva.com Top 1K English

    Canva

    online graphic design platform

  6. 06
    Bazaarvoice bazaarvoice.com Top 10K English

    Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences

    The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.

  7. 07
    Smallpdf smallpdf.com Top 10K English

    Smallpdf - A Free Solution to all your PDF Problems

    Smallpdf - the platform that makes it super easy to convert and edit all your PDF files. Solving all your PDF problems in one place - and yes, free.

  8. 08
    Corel corel.com Top 10K English

    Design, illustration, and productivity software | Corel

    Explore creative and productivity software by Corel, from CorelDRAW and PHOTO-PAINT to WordPerfect, MindManager, WinZip, and beyond.

  9. 09
    Docusign docusign.com Top 10K English

    Docusign | #1 in Electronic Signature and Intelligent Agreement Management

    Create, commit to, and manage your agreements all in one platform with Docusign IAM. Electronically sign for free.

  10. 10
    Flipsnack flipsnack.com Top 10K English

    Online Flipbook Maker - Create Interactive Flipbooks | Flipsnack

    Create flipbooks online using our interactive flipbook maker. Flipsnack is the easiest way to make brochures, magazines & catalogs. Upload PDF or design online!

  11. 11
    Marketo marketo.com Top 10K

    software company providing market automation software

  12. 12
    Autodesk autodesk.com Top 1K

    American software company

  13. 13
    Scribd scribd.com Top 1K English

    Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.

    Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting.

  14. 14
    Celtra celtra.com Top 10K English

    Celtra | Home

    Celtra offers software solutions for marketers and publishers that want to leverage the power of automation and AI to drive ad performance and deliver the best results in the new era of digital advertising.

  15. 15
    iLovePDF ilovepdf.com Top 10K English

    iLovePDF | Online PDF tools for PDF lovers

    iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, PDF to JPG and more!

  16. 16
    Copy.ai copy.ai English

    Future proof your business with GTM AI

    Introducing the first-ever GTM AI platform. Automate hundreds of tedious, repetitive tasks and empower your team to scale success like never before.

  17. 17
    Wondershare wondershare.com Top 10K English

    Wondershare - The Creator's Era of AI-Powered Creativity

    A New Era Belongs to Every Creator. Wondershare's AI-powered platform puts professional video production, design, and innovation tools in your hands. Simple. Powerful. Limitless creativity. Discover what's possible.

  18. 18
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

  19. 19
    MasterClass masterclass.com English

    online education platform

  20. 20
    Shutterstock shutterstock.com Top 10K English

    shutterstock.com

    American stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools provider

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to adobe.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Adobe uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Adobe is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=6fc5c32209614c905d88a1cff92d08be1eff034a63a75ebdf…
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-sign-verification=9c3b7ea5e23da29a4a3d23d89c194c4914a70966bd944…
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=9uYxhBbyOGbk9B1aIn6fheLO/Cg08iHVd7RwDua…
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=4JjiCeoO4ZI71Wz54ZByVZYNBLNCDNPcLz4lv…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Rg8rw6QFcht0wbcstENHTQ3h5l_ujrfBPxhuE7cfBFE
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=3rlk6hdq3nk34qcs4bsz8dua9a1hoa
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=2a1b8fd92b346bd4b1d8e3d2e42517e031841d95
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-xsmU3ZeWiAU4L5v23bd1l0tS

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