Should you buy it??
Trust it — mostly
based on 2 of 5 signals
Rank in For Designers · Jun 15?
New at #12
Newly tracked in For Designers — a weekly trend line builds as more snapshots land.
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI · critics · buyers · brand claims — each opened up in full further down ↓
Best on ChatGPT (avg #7.5), weakest on Gemini (#23.0)
Main competitors
Top rivals in For Designers.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Best on ChatGPT (avg #7.5), weakest on Gemini (#23.0) Averaging across the AI panel, Sketch 2026 sits around #12.7 this snapshot.
Perplexity
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Didn’t rank Sketch 2026 this snapshot.
Claude
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Didn’t rank Sketch 2026 this snapshot.
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
- Corel Vector
by Gravit
Sketch 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- Lunacy 10
by Lunacy
Sketch 2026 leads 2–0
Across 2 shared questions
- Sketch 100+ for Mac
by Sketch
Dead even, 1–1
Across 2 shared questions
- Canva Pro (2026)
by Canva
Dead even, 1–1
Across 2 shared questions
- Adobe Express Premium
by Adobe
Sketch 2026 leads 1–0
Across 1 shared question
- Overflow 2
by Overflow
Sketch 2026 leads 1–0
Across 1 shared question
- Aseprite 1.4
by Aseprite
Sketch 2026 leads 1–0
Across 1 shared question
The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #3 across 2 intents tracked.
- FootprintStrongest in Best UI/UX Design Tools (#3). Weakest in Best Graphic Design Software (#12).
- AI verdictChatGPT ranks it highest (#7.5); Gemini most sceptical (#23.0) — a split the people don’t share.
- TraitsMost often described as “symbols” (2 mentions).
- Closest rivalCorel Vector (2–0 across 2 shared intents).
- MakerBy Sketch — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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