| Phase | Framer | Figma Make | Claude Design | ChatGPT | V0 by Vercel | Lovable | Magic Patterns | Magic Path | Cursor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery & Research | Not suited | Okay | Good | Excellent | Not suited | Okay | Okay | Okay | Not suited |
| Ideation & Concepting | Okay | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Good | Good | Excellent | Not suited |
| Wireframing | Okay | Excellent | Excellent | Okay | Good | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Not suited |
| Low-Fi Prototype | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Okay | Good | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Not suited |
| Hi-Fi Visual Design | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Okay | Good | Okay | Excellent | Good | Not suited |
| Interactive Prototype | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Not suited | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Okay |
| Design System Work | Okay | Excellent | Good | Not suited | Good | Okay | Excellent | Good | Good |
| Dev Handoff | Good | Excellent | Good | Not suited | Excellent | Good | Excellent | Good | Good |
| Production / Ship | Excellent | Okay | Okay | Not suited | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Okay | Excellent |
| Marketing Site Launch | Excellent | Okay | Good | Not suited | Good | Good | Okay | Okay | Good |
LegendExcellentGoodOkayNot suited
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Common stacks.
These tools are used together far more often than alone. If you're paying for one, it's worth knowing what pairs with it — and where a subscription might overlap.
The Solo Product Designer
$56
An independent designer shipping features with an engineering partner. Traditional design flow, AI-accelerated.
Solo designer or small team
The Design Engineer
$56
A designer who codes, or an engineer who designs. Every step feeds the next with zero handoff friction.
Design engineers, technical designers
The Vibe Builder
$45
A non-designer founder or PM shipping an MVP end-to-end. Ideation to live app without a design tool.
Founders, PMs, indie builders
The Marketing Site Sprint
$50
From creative brief to live marketing site in under a week. Copy, mockup, publish.
Growth teams, brand designers
The Enterprise Product Team
$76/user
A design team with a mature system, shipping in a large codebase. Every tool respects existing conventions.
Enterprise design orgs