Design & Creative Tools
Apps that generate or edit visual content. Ranked by transparency score.
Flash Diffusion is an optimized, accelerated implementation of the Stable Diffusion text-to-image generation model. It is designed to significantly reduce the computational resources and time required to generate high-quality images from text prompts. Flash Diffusion achieves this through algorithmic optimizations, such as progressive distillation and efficient attention mechanisms, enabling faster inference while maintaining image quality. It is particularly useful for applications requiring real-time or near-real-time image generation, such as creative tools, content generation platforms, and research environments. Flash Diffusion is a diffusion distillation method proposed in Flash Diffusion: Accelerating Any Conditional Diffusion Model for Few Steps Image Generation by Clément Chadebec, Onur Tasar, Eyal Benaroche, and Benjamin Aubin from Jasper Research. This model is a 26.4M LoRA distilled version of SD1.5 model that is able to generate images in 2-4 steps.
OpenAI's image generation model
Gemini is a family of multimodal large language models developed by Google DeepMind, serving as the successor to LaMDA and PaLM 2. It is designed to process and generate text, code, images, audio, and video, enabling advanced reasoning, problem-solving, and task automation across diverse domains. Gemini models are available in different sizes (Ultra, Pro, Nano) to cater to various use cases, from enterprise applications to on-device processing. The models are integrated into Google's ecosystem, including Google Cloud, AI Studio, and consumer products like Bard (now rebranded as Gemini).
Adobe Firefly is a family of creative generative AI models developed by Adobe, designed to integrate with Adobe's suite of creative tools. Firefly focuses on generating images, text effects, and other creative content from text prompts. It is built to assist professionals and hobbyists in creative workflows, such as graphic design, marketing, and digital art. Firefly is trained on licensed content, including Adobe Stock, and publicly available content, with an emphasis on ethical AI practices and copyright compliance. It is available as a web-based service and is also integrated into Adobe Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express.
Pitch is an AI-powered presentation software designed to help teams create, collaborate on, and deliver visually compelling presentations. It combines traditional presentation-building features with AI-driven tools to automate design, suggest content improvements, and streamline workflows. Pitch offers templates, real-time collaboration, and integrations with other productivity tools like Slack, Google Drive, and Notion. The AI capabilities include smart slide generation, design suggestions, and content optimization to enhance clarity and engagement.
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 is an AI-powered productivity tool integrated into Microsoft 365 applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams). It leverages large language models (LLMs) and Microsoft Graph data to assist users with tasks such as drafting documents, analyzing data, generating presentations, summarizing emails, and automating workflows. Copilot is designed to enhance productivity by providing context-aware suggestions, content generation, and intelligent automation within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. It also includes enterprise-grade security and privacy controls to comply with organizational policies.
How is this calculated? +
Each app receives a transparency score (0–100) from five weighted categories:
- Supply Chain (20%) — supply chain mapped, subprocessors disclosed.
- Compliance (20%) — regulatory compliance, verification status.
- Policy (25%) — privacy policy, terms of service, security policy.
- Technical (25%) — model documentation, open-source disclosures.
- Ethical & Operational (10%) — ethical guidelines, incident reporting.
To qualify for ranking, an app must clear a 50% transparency floor. We rank by score; ties break on global adoption rate, then on most recent review date. Each vendor appears at most once per category.
Data is sourced from public disclosures, the EU Open Source AI Index, and structured listings in our catalogue. We don't accept sponsored placements.