Sketch

RATING:

4.63

(761)

About Sketch

Sketch is designed to help businesses create icons and vector graphics, collaborate with team members and modify designs' topography or fonts via a unified platform. The application enables employees to automate workflows, receive feedback on designs, and share prototype links with internal and external stakeholders. It provides a variety of other features such as data export, project management, reporting and more. Sketch allows professionals to handle data synchronization activities and invite clients and external collaborators to access or edit specific documents. Additionally, it helps designers create and store symbols and layer styles in a centralized repository and share them with specific users. Sketch comes with an application programming interface (API), whi...

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Sketch Pricing

Sketch is available to users for $9 per editor seat per monthly or $99 billed yearly

Starting price: 

$9.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Sketch Reviews

Overall Rating

4.63

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Sketch

1 - 5 of 762 Reviews

Jakob

11 - 50 employees

Used less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

Reviewed April 2021

Worth the effort, but be prepared to invest some time

User Profile

Ryan

Verified reviewer

Design, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2019

Worth it's weight in gold

Overall, it's been an interesting journey learning to use Sketch. I came from an Adobe environment and learning to use Sketch was not a tedious process. Many of its functions are so similar. Only difference is shortcuts and layout, but allows you to do your job without any hassle.

PROS

It's so effective in creating artworks for both vector and raster based graphics and cost so much less than the largest competitor. It also has huge support and multiple plugins helping it become a platform that allows you to link it to other softwares like inVision for instance. It's become my daily driver.

CONS

Not much to hate. Could use some extra polishing in functionality, i.e: isolating graphics & better scaling functions. Not as polished as the Adobe software.

Reasons for switching to Sketch

The company I work for uses Sketch as its main software. Adobe software is in use but not by everyone. So too accommodate my environment, I also began using it and have not turned back since.

Andualem

Biotechnology, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

A Powerful and Intuitive Tool for Vector-based Design

As a user of Sketch, I appreciate how easy it is to create vector graphics and designs using the software. The interface is user-friendly and the design tools are intuitive, making it easy to bring my ideas to life. I also enjoy the large community of users and resources available for learning and troubleshooting. However, I have encountered some issues with the software being slow or buggy when working with large files or complex designs. Additionally, as a Windows user, I am unable to use Sketch as it is only available for macOS.

PROS

1.User-friendly interface with intuitive design tools2.Optimized for creating vector graphics, making it easy to scale artwork without loss of quality3.Large community of users and resources for learning and troubleshooting4.Support for plugins and integrations with other design tools5.Regular updates and improvements to the software

CONS

1.Only available for macOS, limiting accessibility for some users2.Limited functionality for photo editing or working with raster images3.Some advanced design features may require plugins or additional software4.Can be slow or buggy when working with large files or complex designs5.Steep learning curve for beginners who are new to vector-based design

Reasons for switching to Sketch

1.User-Friendly Interface: Sketch has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to use even for beginners. 2.Optimized for Vector Graphics: Sketch is optimized for creating vector graphics, which means that it is easy to scale artwork without loss of quality. 3.Plugin Support: Sketch supports a range of plugins and integrations with other design tools. This makes it easy to extend the functionality of the software and to work seamlessly with other design tools that you may be using.

Thomas

Internet, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2022

A nice tool to design apps & websites

I'm using it as a frontend developer, so when i open the document it's already created by a designer. I use the sketch document to get the visual aspect of the app/website, exports visual elements etc.

PROS

i like how it is possible to manage content & design. It's easy to re-use components / graphical elements in the document and between documents.

CONS

It's not always easy to export elements from a document (icons / components) as a frontend developer when the designer added many effects on it.

Reasons for switching to Sketch

It's faster and easier to design app/websites and export elements from it for the integration part.

Anonymous

10,000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

Best Product Design Tool Available For Mac/iOS

I really love using Sketch. It's one of my favorite tools to use for mobile app designing. Even though it's collaborative features are not that great, however, it's clean interface, intuitive design, key shortcuts and tons of plugin options makes it one of the best product design tool out there.

PROS

My company primarily uses Sketch to design the mobile application designs and share them using the Zeplin plugin. I have used Sketch to create high fidelity mockups and mobile app designs. I love it's clean UI, intuitiveness, various plugins, pixel perfection. As I am a Product owner and coming from a non-designer background, there has been a little learning curve while learning to use this product but it was all worth it. Additionally, the key command shortcuts makes the design process so easy and productive for me. I highly recommend using Sketch for your product designs.

CONS

One of the biggest limitation of using Sketch is that it is only available on Mac and this limits the collaboration with the rest of the team (which might be majorly on Windows). Additional issue I have faced multiple times is that whenever I am creating Product designs which has numerous art boards (like 60+), Sketch tends to lag a lot and makes it impossible to export the files. Moreover, Sketch is not a great tool for Prototyping.

Reasons for switching to Sketch

In my company, Sketch is the preferred tool used for mobile app designing. So for a few Projects where we had to design mobile applications for the Client, I used Sketch for wireframing and UI designing (instead of Figma, which is our go-to design tool for those projects where most of the team members are using Windows machines).