Category
Design assistants and utilities: 8 compared
Short answer
Smaller tools that help with palettes, typography, usability testing and AI features inside design software. This page lists 8, alphabetically and unranked. 4 of 8 list a free plan. 2 of 8 have a verified entry price in US dollars, with a middle value of $49 a month and a range of $31 to $49.
How do the design assistants and utilities compare?
Color palettes, font pairings, design critique and research. Common outputs here: color palette, design critique, font pairing, prototype. An empty cell or "Not verified" means we could not read the fact from an official page; it does not mean the answer is no.
| Tool | Entry price | Free plan | Export code | Export to Figma | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attention Insight | From $31/mo | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Official pages read |
| Coolors | Not verified | Yes | Not verified | Not verified | Partly verified |
| Figma (Figma AI) | Not verified | Yes | Not verified | Not verified | Partly verified |
| Fontjoy | Price not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Little verified |
| Huemint | Price not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Little verified |
| Khroma | Price not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Little verified |
| Maze | Not verified | Yes | Not verified | Not verified | Little verified |
| UXPin (AI Component Creator) | From $49/mo | Yes | Yes | Not verified | Partly verified |
The 8 tools in this category
Predictive attention analysis for designs: attention heatmaps and a clarity score for images, URLs and video, with credits, API access on higher plans and a 14-day trial.
- From $31/mo
Official pages read
Color palette generator with a free ad-supported tier and Pro plan adding unlimited saves, larger palettes, Coolors AI credits, and advanced exports.
- Free plan
Partly verified
Figma, Inc.
Figma (Figma AI)
AI features inside Figma, drawing on a shared monthly AI credit pool per seat. Free Starter plan has daily and monthly credit caps; paid seats get thousands of credits.
- Free plan
Partly verified
Neural-network font pairing generator: one-click pairings, locking fonts, manual edits and custom sample text. Source code is linked on GitHub.
- Price not verified
Little verified
Machine-learning color scheme generator for brands, websites and graphics. Pricing and export options are not stated on the landing page.
- Price not verified
Little verified
George Hastings
Khroma
Browser color tool where a neural network learns the user's color preferences and generates palettes, with saved libraries, CSS values and WCAG ratings.
- Price not verified
Little verified
User research platform with AI moderation, AI study building, survey analysis, interview transcription and an MCP server, plus tiered plans.
- Free plan
Little verified
UXPin Inc.
UXPin (AI Component Creator)
Prototyping tool with AI credits, design-system component libraries, specs and code, and a free tier. Paid Core and Growth plans per seat.
- From $49/mo
- Free plan
- Exports code
Partly verified
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