Best AI for design
What 47 creators said they actually use for design, from podcasts and YouTube. Not benchmark scores. Updated Oct 18, 2026.
Short answer
For design, most creators use Claude (27), then ChatGPT (10). The model they name most is Claude Opus (10).
Top tools for design
Creators who use or recommend each"So what I did was I said to Claude Design, which is a really good product, I'm building a new newsletter. I took a conversation I had with Lon from Slack. I dumped it in there. I said, give me three different looks... Then I fed it the S..."
"Yeah, I really like Astra's version. I think it's very simple... There's a clear call to action to enter the email address. And down here, I really like how Astra used ChatGPT image generation to add images of people I've interviewed, to..."
"Whenever I'm working on user-facing stuff, I have it synced to my Mac. I'll just jump on the Codex app. And to your point, with browser, with the computer use and stuff like that, evidence-driven testing just becomes super, super powerful."
"My favorite UI model is Gemini mostly. I think it's either as good or better than Gemini for design, which is great because if one model can do everything."
"I can build this stuff using Claude Code, and so I'm going to be walking you through how I was able to do that using Fable 5. Honestly, with Claude Code and Fable 5, it's super easy. You just tell it what you want, keep doing feedback cy..."
"We have a few people who use Cursor for like more visual, the front end. The model's really fast, right? Composer is really fast for front end."
"I've downloaded Grok Build, which is Grok's CLI tool, and I can select Grok Build. And I can use Grok for creative feedback — maybe Grok has a good sense of what would look good."
"I converted this into an image and I asked like nano banana. Hey, make the second to look press."
Models creators name for design
Most creators name the app (like Claude Code), not the model, so these counts are smaller.
Head to head for design
Only creators who compared the two for design.
Best AI for other jobs
How this works: we read every podcast and YouTube transcript we track and note when a creator says they use or recommend an AI tool for a job. Each creator counts once per tool. Sponsored mentions are left out. More about Followed.