Adobe Illustrator Pricing & Plans

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor, meaning it creates artwork from mathematical paths (points, lines, and curves) that remain perfectly sharp and crisp at any size — from a business card to a billboard. Adobe Photoshop, by contrast, works with raster (pixel-based) graphics, making it ideal for photo editing and digital painting but prone to quality loss when scaled up. Illustrator is the industry standard for logos, icons, typography, and print layouts, while Photoshop excels at retouching photos and creating texture-rich digital art. Both apps are part of Adobe Creative Cloud and are designed to complement each other.