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Microsoft Designer

AI graphic design app for social posts, invites, and images.

Category
Design
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
WebiOSAndroidWindows
Models
Self-contained (on-device)
Verified
Jun 9, 2026

Microsoft's AI-powered graphic design app that generates social media graphics, invitations, stickers, and images from a text prompt, with template suggestions and brand-aware editing. It includes AI image generation and editing, and is free with a Microsoft account on a monthly AI-credit allowance, with more credits for Microsoft 365 subscribers.

Capabilities 5

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Graphic design (primary capability)
  • Text-to-image (primary capability)
  • Image editing (secondary capability)
  • Background removal (secondary capability)
  • Image upscaling (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Web, iOS, Android, and Windows apps
  • Generates social posts, invites, stickers
  • Brand-aware editing and templates
  • Low-friction, template-driven
  • Watermarks on free outputs
  • Smallest template library of the three
  • No brand kit or real collaboration
  • Monthly AI-credit allowance, not flat

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