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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/inkscape-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/inkscape-profile/alternatives/) # Inkscape User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 518 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 3.9/5 - Customer support: 4.0/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Functionality: 4.3/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 275 reviews (53%) - 4 stars: 202 reviews (39%) - 3 stars: 35 reviews (7%) - 2 stars: 3 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 3 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - I like that there are many niche extensions that can also be added to Inkscape and that the community supports the open source, with regular updates still being made. - I’ve used Inkscape for various vector-based tasks, especially when I need a lightweight and cost-free solution. - The tool itself has a learning curve which is comparable to Adobe products, but it is an easy transition if you are familiar with competitor products. ### Most mentioned cons - The interface feels less polished compared to paid alternatives. - UI can be unintuitive at times, lacks the customisability that other software allows for and does not support dark mode. - I do constantly fight the RGB default and have to ask someone with adobe access to convert my PDF's to CMYK. ## Inkscape customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 518 (page 1). ### Inkscape is a great product for those who want to create vector images. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jessica S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall I like Inkscape and find it a good option and replacement to adobe illustrator which is not free to use #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Inkscape is a must have for creating vector images. I use it frequently to create designs and print them on my laser. #### Cons Inkscape is not very user friendly. I’m always having to google or YouTube videos with tutorials on how to use the software. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape Money --- ### Most popular Opensource Vector Design Software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Stanley M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Inkscape has been my companion for quit some time and its agood replacemnt for CorelDraw and Illustrator for most of my project. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Community support and availability of tutorials for Inkscape make it the go to application for vector design and the fact that its free and opensource make it the best or student and newbies to getting started. Also support for Windows and GNU Linux make a fine addition. #### Cons Lack of support for most data file format especially proprietary one that are industry standard. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape Cost of implementing Inkscape is zero on license and that is very vital for startup. --- ### Great free alternative to Adobe Illustrator! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I used Inkscape early in my design career when I couldn't really afford expensive design software and it worked great to get design work out the door. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Can't beat free software! But more than that it has a ton of depth and powerful features. You really can create any kind of vector graphics you'd want to with Inkscape. #### Cons It can be a little hard to learn and the interface isn't quite as polished as some other more popular design software. --- ### Great for SVG - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Rodrigo T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Years ago I started using Inkscape seriously, to create things like logos and baners, after a short learning curve, the tool became very useful, and its use was almost daily for a while. However, when I started trying to create derivative works, from resources bought in asset stores, which usually come as AI or EPS, I started having problems. Today I use it in conjunction with the paid tools, because its support for SVG is really great, and some quick tasks are done in an easier way than in other software, such as converting to PNG, which is much less bureaucratic. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The fact that Inkscape is free software and is great for editing SVG format makes it an indispensable tool. #### Cons The most important thing for commercial use, which makes it impractical to use Inkscape alone is the limited support for .AI and .EPS files, as these are popular formats for distributing content in asset stores. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape I have already done a review of Illustrator here, and I can say that for a while I was jumping between Inkscape and Illustrator, sometimes due to compatibility problems with the IA and EPS files and sometimes due to problems with the financial cost of maintenance. I actually found the middle ground using Inkscape for SVG and quick tasks (as it is much smaller), but Illustrator paid for larger professional tasks. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape CrDoc was a good tool, and it was also free, but it had the big problem of using proprietary file format, when I needed to exchange files with other companies, it became impractical. With Inkscape, for a long time I was able to work only with it. CrDoc also had some bugs or limitations in simple tasks. --- ### My Vector Design System - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Evelyn F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered For me, this is an extraordinary design software, super intuitive to use, handy since it possesses a portable version, and the vector image format is great for building icons compatible with almost any website out there. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is Completely free. The user-interface works phenomenal. Designing is super straightforward. #### Cons The layers management and some other fancy features from paid alternatives are missing. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape It is a free software with super intuitive features, lightweight and fast. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape In the first place I wanted a free software, but, after using Inkscape for a while, I found myself more productive designing in this software than using any other with more complexes user-interfaces and tools managements. --- ### Best software for logo editing and creation. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Edwin O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This indeed is the best software if you want to start create and editing vector images. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a free open source software thus anyone can download and use it. Using this software is really easy even for starters since it does not have complicated components that one can't understand easily. Unlike other alternative software's, this software can run on different platforms that is Windows, MAC OS and Linux Operating systems. Lastly this software is flexible and versatile that is it can be changed or modified without changing anything. #### Cons Sometimes its processing functionality can be a little slow. Exporting an image does not support various formatting types. Even if it has more paid features on other alternative software's, this software's interface is not user friendly, it needs one learn fully in order to come up with a complete and good vector image of logo. I don't have much negative about this software only my main focus is on speed, starting even this software takes a lot of time. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape Even though does the same work as Inkscape was good for me it has more free features compared to illustrator. --- ### Without Inkscape I would have fail as a designer - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Lisandro R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Right now, Inkscape is indispensable for me and my design career. Even though Inkscape is an open-source and free application, that doesn't mean it's inferior to paid alternatives in any way. Sure, Illustrator has its great set of features, but Inkscape is nowhere lesser. I have not needed to switch to any other alternative. It gets the job done really well! Love it! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is very easy to use. It has a very friendly interface. It's really feature-packed. It has some out-of-the-box features equivalent to those in Adobe Illustrator but for free! It's open-source and get updated regularly. I love you can even work with PDF files natively. Also, I rely on the "trace bitmap" feature a lot: it's great to reuse royalty-free bitmaps on a quick design or just for inspiration. Inkscape is amazing and free! #### Cons I WISH it supported the Adobe Illustrator format (ai) but it's too much to ask as that is a proprietary file format. Also, some fundamental actions are complicated to implement: for example, setting default document properties shouldn't require to save a file in a specific folder or exporting your artwork as a .jpeg file shouldn't require an extension; those actions should be more straight forward. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape Adobe Illustrator is really expensive. I was just starting as a designer, so I had no money. Inkscape is free and doesn't lack too many features when compared. So it was the way to go. --- ### A powerful vector drawing software for your creations! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lalao R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Inkscape is a wonderful free vector tool. It is perfect for graphic design and can be used without difficulty if you take the time to learn how to use it. I recommend it! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Besides being free and open source, Inkscape has some interesting features. For example, I like the fact that it allows you to create images in SVG (vector) format, which has many advantages over traditional raster images (JPEG, GIF and PNG). Vector images are smaller, flexible and scalable without loss of quality. This is an undeniable advantage. It also adapts to the main operating systems such as Windows, Linux and MacOS. This suits me perfectly since I have two computers, one where Windows is installed and the other MacOS. #### Cons A little slow to start but I gladly forgive it because it helps me to create for example beautiful stickers! #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape What I like about Inkscape is that you can create clean vector images to use on a website for example. --- ### Best Open source free Vector graphics editor and creator. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ali L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Inkscape is one of the best free open source reliable software i use, very fast and light weight. also runs all 3 main desktop operating system Linux, MacOS and Windows. between GIMP, Inkscape and Blender that's all a graphic designer needs to get rid of all the expensive proprietary bulky design software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Inkscape is a free simple and easy to use and learn vector graphics editor and creator. #### Cons missing a few functions like importing EPS vector images format. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape Inkscape is very lightweight easy to learn and use compared to illustrator which very expensive huge in terms of size and very expensive. --- ### Great For Web Development Quick Fixes - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Nigel Masimba R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Inkscape is great for minor edits to images and for exporting SVG images to raster formats. I use it to create minimalist icons and export them to PNG format. However, due to the rise of the WebP format I've had to add an extra step to my workflow where I export from SVG to PNG, then from PNG to WebP. While I could install a WebP plugin for Inkscape I've had bad experiences with Inkscape plugins in the past and I avoid them as much as possible. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Supports most of the mainstream media formats. Uses okay file compression for exported PNG files. It's easy to use and learn. It's stable. #### Cons It does not support WebP image import and export out of the box. Compatibility issues when objects/shapes are not converted into paths. If I don't convert SVG objects to paths they might not display correctly in other applications. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape The other options are not supported on Linux-based OSs #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape Corel Draw is not supported on my current operating system (Linux-based) --- ### The Sky's the Limit - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lizel V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mental Health Care - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I enjoy it thoroughly. I use it with the Ink/Stitch extension for my personal embroidery startup. I have made beautiful designs and as I continue to expand my knowledge I will be able to make even more beautiful and complex creations. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love that it's a free software that allows you to do the same things as other software that cost $500+. #### Cons There is a learning curve for beginning users. That being, the community has tons of amazing tutorials on how to use this software and the extensions. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape My free trial on Hatch ended and I wanted to continue making creations for my business. --- ### Inkscape: Vector Design software for all creators. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Micalen R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Inkscape shouldn't really be compared to other software which specializes in illustrations such as Krita. Inkscape is always first a vector design software and one of the best at that. It requires more technical skills than artistic but both artist and graphic designers and even game designers can make full use of this software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's vector design is my favorite thing. I've tried creating logos as rasterized images in other software but they scale horribly. However, as vectors they are perfect and Inkscape does vectors best. The large amount of tools allows me to truly create anything. I use it for logos but also for specialized lettering and sound effects for comics. And it's a free software! #### Cons As far as UI it's not the best looking and can be confusing. You will definitely need to learn how to use the software to its full capacity. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape Adobe is a paid software and I felt that Inkscape was better for free. --- ### great for SVGs - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: kirstie m. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall i like this software, especially since it's free. I use this for SVG editing #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Great for editing images & SVGs for my 3D printing #### Cons interface is a little confusing and difficult to understand at first. --- ### Inkscape - Flexible, Easy to use vector editor and graphics design layout tool - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: James G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Libraries - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As with any small organization there is a need to balance efficiency with cost. Over the years I have used several of the commercial vector art software packages available. I find that in inkscape I can easily match 90% of the capabilities of the commercial software. When you evaluate the cost of licensing commercial software for each of the staff computers compared to the 10% increase in features you can then determine whether the cost increase is worth it. In our case, as a library, the answer was that the additional features added little to the ability to create the content we need. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I frequently am handed details on an upcoming event and need to turn out flyers, posters and other media for it in just a short period of time. With Inkscape I can quickly and efficiently bring together existing artwork (e.g. logos), new clipart, and create graphic elements to form a broad range of media with consistent style and content. #### Cons The one area that I would like to see improved most is handling large sections of text. As a vector art tool you can easily modify individual words and letter by warping, distorting, clipping and more. But when it comes to doing a block of text that needs to dynamically wrap around other elements on the page Inkscape is not as intuitive as it might be. This is improving with each new release and I am anxious to see what develops over the next few updates. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape As I mentioned earlier, it became obvious that we could be just as efficient using Inkscape as using InDesign and Illustrator. The conclusion would very well have been different if we were publishing magazines, books or other more complex tasks. With simple flyers, posters and brochures, Inkscape met our needs and drastically reduced our costs. #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape Once Adobe switched to a subscription model the annual costs began eating into our technology budget. I had already been using and even teaching inkscape so it made sense to make the switch. We continued with Adobe's subscription for a year or two while moving more and more of our layout work over to Inkscape. We still occasionally use Microsoft publisher. --- ### To Create High-Quality Vector Images for Free, Look No Further Than Inkscape - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sébastien L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Because Inkscape is able to work with many different image formats, it has enabled me to convert raster images to vectors at work, making it possible to print high quality promotional material. Its ability to open and modify PDF and AI (Adobe Illustrator) files is a real plus, as designers will often send their work in those formats. I have encountered a few frustrations while using it, but my overall experience is definitely positive and I would recommend this software any day of the week to any person getting into vector graphics design. Inkscape is a polished piece of software, working as expected on all major platforms (Windows, MacOS and Linux). For some rare corner cases, it even provides a built-in XML editor, allowing you to edit textually any detail of your creation, which can surprisingly be easier to understand by abstracting away the user interface in a readable format. It can be overwhelming to learn how to use all of its features, but there are great resources available on Internet and in the "Help" menu in Inkscape, including a lengthy manual and tutorials ranging from basic to advanced level. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One of the features I like the most about Inkscape, apart from the fact that it is an open source (free) software, is its ability to convert bitmap images to vectors, which can be done in a variety of ways depending on the desired result (brightness cutoff, edge detection, color quantization, etc.). The Bezier tool is also very intuitive to use, even more so than in other applications such as GIMP, which doesn't support paths and SVG as well as Inkscape. Using the Bezier, you can either draw an approximate path to be modified later or add precise curves along the way to minimize the work to be done after the path is created. Some tools, like Spray, Eraser and Gradient, provide some handy shortcuts to create absolutely interesting effects without much effort. For instance, Spray can take another object as a selection, the Eraser automatically redraws the modified paths without the erased part and the Gradient tool can take as an argument the average color in a selection. Most of the commonly used tools are present by default, but you can choose to move or remove many of them. Amongst those tools, there are many snapping behaviors available that can be turned on and off quickly along with many more windows that can pop up or be reduced on demand. It takes some time to get used to the way windows can be rearranged, but it provides greater flexibility down the road. #### Cons Inkscape is filled with so many options that the default interface can look like a mess on small resolution screens: hopefully, it is possible to remove less used buttons by customizing the interface. Sometimes, when working with images that render a very high amount of details by applying filters, the software becomes slow and may unexpectedly crash. Unfortunately, it is a hard problem to avoid, the only available choice being to use as few filters as possible until the very end. Without using extensions, it is also hard to position guides according to your needs: you have to do manual calculations to make sure you can properly align guides between them. There are many ways to snap objects together, but it's still tricky to try to center a vertex from one object to the center point between two other points from only a portion of a second object: again, manual calculations need to be involved. On smaller screens of less than 17 inches, many long menus when selecting cover up to the bottom of the screen, making it impossible to read the description for each tool that appears in the bottom part of the main window that stays beneath the menu, leading to forceful experimentation in order to guess what each option does. --- ### Inkscape is thee free software for all skill levels - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Import and Export - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall I rate the product highly. It can do almost everything that I need it to do, is easy to learn and is free. There is nothing currently that would make me look for something else. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like that it is free, the software is easy to use and there are countless tutorials online on how to use the product. If you want to do anything and do not know how to do it, you can find it on YouTube. That is how I learned and although I would not consider myself and expert, I am good enough. #### Cons There are a few things that I do not like and that is that the software can crash randomly sometimes 10 times in 30 mins. It is infuriating. Also, there can be issues with importing graphics if the formatting is slightly off. Also the options for CMYK colors are limited. --- ### InkScape is all Vector - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Martinus Ignorence G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Inkscape is a fantastic free software and its fundamental center is the making of vector-based designs - it does this particularly well. You can create great SVG illustrations for marking (or some other use, as a matter of fact) yet you should invest energy and examination of the item piece to have the option to receive use it effectively and receive the most in return. On the off chance that you are hoping to deal with raster-based designs, GIMP is a superior choice. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Inkscape is strong programming to draw delightful drawings, for example, vector pictures. The fundamental benefit is that it is free. Picture control should likewise be possible somewhat. At first, it isn't extremely natural in the event that you are utilized to other application programming projects, for example, AutoCAD, yet there are numerous instructional exercises to acquaint with it. #### Cons Crashes at some point (yet consistently a make a backup document).Less help on 3D Illustrations. Have to be more creative. --- ### A Great Vector Drawing Package and the Best Open Source One - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mike S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered A pleasure to use, gets the job done quickly and is cross-platform and available in portable version to boot. No excuse not to use it... anywhere everywhere. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Inkscape is the granddaddy of open source vector graphics. Each iteration improves on the last with good file format support, great shape handling and the ability to create class leading graphics. Throw in some fantastic plugins and you really dont need to look anywhere else #### Cons Any graphics package has a steep learning curve and idosyncracies, with Inkscape no different. Be prepared to invest some time in learning how to use it, but it is time well spent. #### Reasons for choosing Inkscape Great functionality and a price to die for! #### Reasons for switching to Inkscape Better support and features --- ### Great Free Alternative to Adobe Illustrator - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall, this program is great when paired with a paint program, something to support the vector. Gimp was really good to pair with it. I would definitely recommend #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Inkscape is a vector software that allows you to make clean logos, illustrations, infographics, etc. I only just downloaded this program about a week ago but I've already used it in my freelance illustration job. The other program I had been using was Gimp, another free software. But Gimp wasn't allowing me to create basic shapes. So I was able to save the file I was working on in Gimp as a .pdf file and then bring it over to Inkscape where I added boxes that were perfectly resizeable and did not anchor after you made them. I was able to go back and adjust the color of the boxes and also add and format text within them. It was beautiful. Inkscape is part of GNU which is the Free Software Movement put in place for just that-- freedom of software, bringing people from all walks of life into an equal platform. So that is why I chose to pair my previous Gimp software with this free Inkscape software as they are part of GNU Systems. Actually, Inkscape borrows some tools and coding from GIMP making it so easy and natural to jump between the two programs in one project. I'd go as far as to say that Inkscape is to Gimp what Adobe Illustrator is to Adobe Photoshop. Each is needed in it's own capacity, each tackle the same job at different angles. #### Cons This is purely asthetic but one thing I was slightly put off by was the white layout. When I first logged into the program, it reminded me of Sticky Notes on my computer. It didn't have that Adobe-esque feel that Gimp had with basically the same dark design. It just didn't feel like it could hold up to creating numerous graphic layers and really tricky tool maneuvers. While obviously it is not Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape seems like it has a lot of essential features to pair up with Gimp, that when these two free programs are paired, the result is very similar to Adobe Suite products. It is a bit different in the tools area as AI. I wasn't able to figure out how to move objects onto different layers. It wasn't as intuitive as AI or Gimp, for that matter. --- ### My personal design studio. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Tichaona Redemptor R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My personal best software #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros All features have been well created for all users to use. #### Cons Too many features take time to explore. --- ### Inkscape - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Paul S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Use it everyday in my business to create Amazon's signage #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Inkscape is a great SVG program and can create some amazing things once you got used to it, use it daily #### Cons As it is a free program,inkscape can have a few bugs but there are regular updates that fix most of them --- ### The best open source option for creating vector graphics - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Infiyaz K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Compared to the minor setbacks, I recommend InkScape for all vector drawings. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros If you're looking to 'create' vector graphics, InkScape is very straightforward and simple to use. It has a well-arranged menu system and it allows you to do any 2D graphic that you'd otherwise create using expensive programs like Illustrator. It runs on most platforms - for me I need to use it on Windows and Ubuntu and it works without a flaw. It supports layers but you don't really need it since you can easily re-edit every single object even on the same layer. The fact that the files created are as SVGs allows the images to be directly opened on all modern web browsers. I truly admire the work of the developers here as this is a great open source program and you can just download it for free. #### Cons These are the main drawbacks of InkScape: 1. You can only export images as PNG files if you need bitmap exports. Not even JPEG is possible. 2. 3D graphics are not possible. 3. Saving as other formats or importing from AI files is not always great. It seems a little buggy. 4. There is no way to know if your colours are print or screen-friendly. This is something that you find important especially for printing logos and art work. Despite these drawbacks, I always choose it as I find it very comfortable working with it. --- ### Using Inkscape - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kevin T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been using Inkscape for many years and it is an essential part of my Technical Writer's toolkit. It provides a rich editing environment with numerous features and functions for creating and editing vector diagrams which can then be included within the documentation I create. This is a tool which rivals Adobe Illustrator, and can in fact open Illustrator (.ai) files flawlessly, allowing me on occasion to "round trip" files from colleagues who only use Illustrator, i.e. open edit and save back into Illustrator format without a single hitch. The plethora of editing tools available within this program are truly staggering. To see the kind of capabilities this program has, visit the user contribution library to see just what can be accomplished with it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Inkscape is an outstanding vector graphics editing program allowing a user to create stunning vector designs and save them in SVG format which can then be used by a variety of other programs. The tools available within the package are varied and incredible useful. #### Cons Inkscape's user experience is a little quirky at times and one or two the tools are not entirely intuitive. That said it does not take much usage to master these quirks and foibles. --- ### Escape Expensive Vector Suites with Inkscape - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 100% FREE for the entire package and that's an unbeatable deal. While this doesn't offer as much advanced features as Illustrator or Corel, this software does offer a lot. This is still the best free software of this time of artistic platform. Other Vector image software that's free or even some of the lower-end pay for stuff doesn't compare to Inkscape. If you are familiar at all with Illustrator, then this will feel pretty similar. If you are new to vector images, there's some pretty basic things you can do quickly and a decent amount of tutorials on Youtube and so on. I've used this to make logos for commissioned work and for my own art and I think it's very good. I use illustrator too, but I find myself loading Inkscape often for very quick images. The program isn't very difficult but there's a bit of a learning curb for new folks. #### Cons Not as many features as higher end pay-for-stuff, but it is free and what you get for the price of the time it takes to download is decent. If you are creating simple vector art images, this is pretty decent, but if you are doing something like vector animation, Adobe Illustrator might be worth sticking with. The software is not as intuitive as similar products, but it's pretty versatile. --- ### Best for making Vectors - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Khalid K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It has been an amazing experience using inkscape as It can help me do small works easily without any issue = #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is free and easy to use. I have been in the media industry for about 4 + Years now and most of my interns are not always familiar with adobe illustrator for them it is one of the best software to start with. It is beginner-friendly and amazing. #### Cons you cannot be totally dependent on Inkscape you should know how to use other important software like adobe illustrator and how the real work is done. For beginner it is the best but you can not be totally dependend. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/inkscape-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Inkscape Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice