The Designer Stack

Design interfaces, brands, and assets with AI at every step

This workflow takes you from a blank canvas to a complete website design system with matching brand assets. You start by wireframing core layouts in Figma AI, then move to Recraft for art-directed hero images and illustrations. Ideomo handles any text-on-image needs — headlines, buttons, logos — with near-perfect typography. Khroma picks a tailored color palette that you feed into every design. Finally, Relume converts your loose wireframes into structured sitemaps and responsive Figma components, ready for handoff to development. The stack works because each tool is specialized: Figma AI for rapid iteration, Recraft for style control, Ideogram for text rendering, Khroma for personalization, and Relume for information architecture. It's built for UI/UX designers, brand creatives, and freelancers who want to ship polished work faster without compromising on quality.

The workflow, step by step

1
Sketch core layouts
Figma AI
Use Figma AI to generate initial wireframes and component drafts directly inside your existing design tool. Its AI features speed up the ideation phase by suggesting layouts and editing elements, saving you from starting from scratch.
Hand-off → A basic wireframe or set of page components in Figma that define the structure.
2
Generate art-directed imagery
Recraft
Recraft gives you precise control over style and composition so every illustration, icon, or hero image matches your brand direction. Unlike generic AI tools, you can set a consistent aesthetic and reuse it across assets.
Hand-off → A library of custom, style-consistent images and graphics exported for placement.
3
Render text-heavy graphics
Ideogram
Ideogram excels at generating images with legible, accurate text — crucial for banners, typographic logos, and call-to-action buttons. Other image generators often garble text, making this step irreplaceable.
Hand-off → Typographic assets (e.g., headers with brand copy) saved as transparent PNGs.
4
Build a custom color palette
Khroma
Khroma learns your color preferences through simple selections and generates harmonious palettes you can tweak. It's faster and more personal than random generators, ensuring every color feels intentional.
Hand-off → A curated color palette (hex codes) ready to apply to your Figma components and assets.
5
Structure the full site design
Relume
Relume takes your wireframes and assets and creates a complete sitemap, wireframe library, and responsive components for Figma. It automates information architecture so you don't manually build every screen.
You end with: A finished website design system in Figma with structured pages and reusable components, ready for development.

What this stack costs per month

Running on free tiers4 of 5 steps freethe rest need a paid plan

All entry paid plans—no published monthly prices in this stack

Figma AIfreemium, pricing not published
Recraftfreemium, pricing not published
Ideogramfreemium, pricing not published
Khromaunknown, pricing not published
Relumefreemium, pricing not published

Computed from each vendor's published monthly prices as we last verified them — tap a tool for its full pricing breakdown and price history.

All tools in this stack

Figma AI

freemium

AI-native design suite for generating, editing, prototyping, and shipping produc...

Rating

4.3

Category

图像生成与设计

Pricing

Figma AI is not sold as a standalone product. It is bundled into Figma's seat-based plans and governed by a shared AI credit system across Figma AI features and products. Starter is free and includes 150 AI credits/day up to 500 AI credits/month, but most Figma AI tools require paid plans. Paid Full seats include 3,000 credits/month on Professional, 3,500 credits/month on Organization, and 4,250 credits/month on Enterprise. Dev, Collab, View seats and Starter users receive 500 credits/month. Credits reset monthly, do not roll over, cannot be transferred, and are not refunded when an AI action is undone. Admins can purchase additional credits through ongoing subscription and/or pay-as-you-go billing. The Figma agent is free during beta and does not consume credits during that beta period; standard AI credit usage will apply after general availability.

Recraft

freemium

AI design platform for generating editable images, vectors, brand assets, mockup...

Rating

4.3

Category

图像生成与设计

Pricing

Recraft Studio uses credits. Free users receive 30 credits per day for personal use, with public outputs and no commercial rights. Basic costs $12/month or $120/year ($10/month billed annually) and includes 1,000 monthly credits, private generations, commercial rights, unlimited uploads, external image/editing models, and up to 5 parallel generations. Pro is sold in 2K, 4K, 8K, and 16K monthly-credit tiers from $20/month to $160/month, or $192/year to $1,536/year, adding video generation, priority image generation, video models and controls, and up to 10 parallel generations. Teams is sold per seat from $22/seat/month to $176/seat/month, or $211/seat/year to $1,688/seat/year, adding shared workspace, shared custom styles, centralized account management and billing, premium 24/7 support, and SSO. Subscription credits reset each billing cycle and unused credits do not roll over. Paid top-up credits are available only on Basic and Pro, do not expire, and are used after monthly credits. API usage is separate: 1,000 API units cost $1, and model/action prices range from $0.002 for erase region to $0.30 for Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector generation.

Ideogram

freemium

Design-focused AI image platform for accurate text rendering, editing workflows,...

Rating

4.3

Category

图像生成与设计

Pricing

Ideogram uses Priority credits and Slow credits. Free users receive 10 slow credits per week, up to 40 images per week, with public generation limits. The Basic plan is now legacy and cannot be purchased by new users, though existing subscribers may retain it until cancellation or a future deadline. Current public paid app plans are Plus at $20/month or $180/year ($15/month), Pro at $60/month or $504/year ($42/month), and Team at $30/user/month or $240/user/year ($20/user/month, minimum 2 users). Subscription Priority credits expire at the end of each billing cycle; top-up credits roll over while the account keeps a valid paid plan. API pricing is separate, per image, with no subscription required and a default rate limit of 10 in-flight requests.

Khroma

unknown

AI color palette generator that learns designer preferences to create searchable...

Rating

4.1

Category

图像生成与设计

Pricing

Khroma does not currently publish an official pricing page, paid tier, subscription plan, enterprise plan, API price, refund policy, or usage-based billing model on khroma.co. The official site exposes a beta web app through /train and /generator, but the official copy does not label this as a named Free plan. Third-party directories commonly describe Khroma as free, yet those statements are not used as official pricing data. The only production pricing-safe statement is that no official starting price or plan table is published as of the 2026-07-08 crawl.

Relume

freemium

AI-powered website design system that generates sitemaps and wireframes, then ex...

Rating

4.3

Category

AI design

Pricing

Free tier; $32/mo Starter

Frequently asked questions

How much does the full Design Stack cost?

The stack is a mix of freemium and paid tools. Figma AI, Khroma, and Relume have free tiers; Ideogram and Recraft require paid subscriptions for full features. Expect around $30–$50 per month total if you use all paid tiers.

Can I replace any tool with a free alternative?

Yes, but with trade-offs. For example, you can use Canva's AI image generator instead of Recraft (less style control) or Coolors instead of Khroma (no personalization). The workflow works best with the recommended tools, but you can substitute based on budget.

Where should I start if I'm new to AI design tools?

Begin with Figma AI to get comfortable with AI-assisted wireframing. Then add Khroma to learn color theory through quick preferences. Once you're confident, introduce Recraft and Ideogram for visuals. Relume is best saved for last as it ties everything together.

What common mistakes should I avoid?

Skipping the color palette step often leads to inconsistent final designs. Also, avoid generating too many images before defining your brand style — first establish a visual direction with Recraft, then produce assets.