{"id":49295,"date":"2021-04-28T21:22:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=49295"},"modified":"2023-02-12T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T13:03:11","slug":"tools-to-design-creative-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Free Tools to Create Professional Banner and Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you want to design ads for your new product or <strong>create banners for your online profile<\/strong> on social media, a creative design tool is what you require to get things done quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p>Though Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool, it might be quite an overkill for creating banners and ads. There are certain design tools that can be used by anyone. You just need to select the template, make some design decisions and then drag-and-drop elements to finish it.<\/p>\n<p>So, here are some useful and free tools to <strong>design creative ads and banners<\/strong>. Read on to know more about each tool and its features.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/design-tools-for-startup\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Design Tools for Startups on Budget\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Design Tools for Startups on Budget<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/design-tools-for-startup.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-26472 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/design-tools-for-startup.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Design Tools for Startups on Budget<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStarting a business often means you and your laptop against the world. Every entrepreneur can relate to this....\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/create\/banners\/\">Canva<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Canva is a popular design tool that\u2019s a perfect blend of amazing features and attractive visuals. Its most interesting feature is <strong>its support to design almost anything<\/strong>. You can work on banners, graphs, infographics, resumes, social media graphics, and a lot more \u2014 all through an easy and intuitive interface.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/canva-easy-intuitive-interface.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\" alt=\"Canva has an easy and intuitive interface\"><\/figure>\n<p>What I liked the most is its <strong>huge catalog of free templates<\/strong>. You can choose a template, then edit it to please your creativity or suit your project requirements. While editing it, you can add or delete elements, <strong>drag and drop elements<\/strong>, edit pictures or the entire design using its photo editor, and do a lot more.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/canva-offers-thousands-free-templates.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"617\" alt=\"Canva offers thousands of free templates\"><\/figure>\n<h3>What free plan offers<\/h3>\n<p>Though a little restrictive, <strong>its free edition is suitable for beginners<\/strong>. You get just 1GB storage for assets and photos and access to 8,000+ templates. Also, it has a wide range of <strong>free fonts, clip arts, icons, images<\/strong>, and scores of other elements like graphs, grids, frames, and illustrations to include in your designs.<\/p>\n<h3>What pro plans offer<\/h3>\n<p>However, Canva Pro \u2014 <strong>its premium edition \u2014 offers a lot more<\/strong>. You get unlimited storage for photos and videos, access to 400,000 free photos, support for custom fonts, option to customize and save templates, search feature, option to resize designs into custom dimensions, and a few export features.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/canva-collaboration-features.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"647\" alt=\"Canva has collaboration features\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Intuitive interface<\/strong> with drag-and-drop support, like Creatopy.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> Features <strong>a huge catalog of free templates<\/strong> (8,000+ templates).<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> Supports <strong>collaborating and sharing projects<\/strong> amongst teams.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Allows creating a lot more<\/strong> than just banners, unlike Creatopy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> Its web interface could be <strong>a little glitchy<\/strong> \u2014 on some browsers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/\">Sign up<\/a> for Canva, or checkout its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/en\/pricing\/\">plans and pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creatopy.com\/make\/banner\/\">Creatopy<\/a> (Formerly BannerSnack)<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re a layman with no or little knowledge of graphic design, Bannersnack can be a life-saver. It\u2019s <strong>a go-to tool for creating dynamic banner ads<\/strong> for your blogs or websites. With its state-of-the-art editor, you need neither coding nor design skills to create the perfect banner for marketing your new product.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/bannersnack-offers-intuitive-interface.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"548\" alt=\"Bannersnack offers an intuitive interface\"><\/figure>\n<p>It comes with a neat interface featuring a drag-and-drop mechanism for visually building a banner. What I liked the most is, you can create <strong>animated banner ads<\/strong> using Bannersnack. Also, it offers a range of professionally-designed <strong>templates, vector cliparts, fonts<\/strong>, and a massive library of free stock photos as well.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/bannersnack-offers-range-templates.jpg\" width=\"1142\" height=\"582\" alt=\"Bannersnack offers a range of templates\"><\/figure>\n<p>The banners can be saved in a number of file formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, Flash, HTML5, and MP4. Moreover, <strong>it allows embedding a banner<\/strong> on a website, and it also provides analytics and heatmap information for the embeds.<\/p>\n<h3>What free plan offers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Its free plan is quite basic<\/strong>, but it proves useful to test the platform. It offers limited features and resources, and the designs contain a watermark. Also, you can\u2019t download an animated banner in this plan. However, you can <strong>embed the banner and check its analytics<\/strong> (though limited!).<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/bannersnack-features-analytics-info.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"791\" alt=\"Bannersnack features analytics info\"><\/figure>\n<h3>What pro plans offer<\/h3>\n<p>Creatopy\u2019s premium plans offer a lot more of everything. You get to create more banners, the banners have <strong>no watermarks, and the suite offers more fonts, cliparts, photos, and templates<\/strong>. For instance, its Pro plan allows creating any number of static or animated banners and download them in any format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Simple and intuitive interface<\/strong> with drag-and-drop support.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Saves files in a variety of formats<\/strong> such as AMP and HTML5.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Tiered pricing<\/strong> allows you to opt for a plan per requirement.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Allows embedding the banners<\/strong> directly on your website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> <strong>Limited freebies<\/strong> \u2014 10 banners per free account.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> <strong>Pricing is a little high<\/strong> in comparison to similar tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.creatopy.com\/auth\/create-account\">Sign up<\/a> for Creatopy, or check out its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creatopy.com\/make\/banner\/\">plans and pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/create\/banners\">Snappa<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Snappa is a graphic design tool that enables you to create stunning visual graphics. You can create <strong>graphics for ads, blogs and websites, and social media platforms<\/strong>, unlike Creatopy and like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/\">Canva<\/a>. Its simplistic interface lets you create, download, and share graphics without having design skills.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/snappa-graphic-design-tool.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"648\" alt=\"Snappa is a graphic design tool\"><\/figure>\n<p>You can choose an existing design template and edit it to suit your needs. It has <strong>a functional graphics editor<\/strong> that allows editing images and adding animations and effects on them. It comes packed with a library of fonts, icons stock photos, and other graphics and also allows collaboration and sharing in teams.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/snappa-functional-graphic-editor.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"611\" alt=\"Snappa has a functional graphic editor\"><\/figure>\n<h3>What free plan offers<\/h3>\n<p>What makes Snappa stand out is that it features <strong>thousands of free graphics and photos<\/strong> that are available as royalty-free. It also offers 5,000+ templates in its free plan. However, it limits to <strong>three downloads per month<\/strong>, no social media sharing, no integration with Buffer, and no team collaboration option.<\/p>\n<h3>What pro plans offer<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, Snappa\u2019s premium plans give you <strong>access to all these additional features<\/strong>. Moreover, you get unlimited downloads per month, unlimited social media sharing, option to upload custom fonts, and a few more features.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/snappa-offers-thousands-templates.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"691\" alt=\"Snappa offers thousands of templates\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> Avails <strong>1,000,000+ free stock photos<\/strong> and graphics for free.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Intuitive interface<\/strong> with an easy drag-and-drop mechanism.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Supports collaborating<\/strong> and sharing designs among teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> <strong>Limited free downloads<\/strong> \u2014 3 per month for a free account.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> Its premium plans are <strong>a bit more expensive<\/strong> than the above tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/\">Sign up<\/a> for Snappa, or check out its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/pricing\">plans and pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/venngage.com\/features\/banner-maker\">Venngage<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Venngage is <strong>a standard visual design tool<\/strong> \u2014 just like Canva \u2014 for creating infographics, charts, banner ads, and other visual graphics. It allows you to customize templates and create appealing graphics with simplicity. You just need to opt for a template, add visuals, and customize the design.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/venngage-standard-design-tool.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"681\" alt=\"Venngage is a standard design tool\"><\/figure>\n<p>The software is stocked with <strong>well-designed templates that suit multiple requirements<\/strong> like banner ads or banners for social media platforms. It provides unlimited infographics, icons, charts, and a vast array of fonts. Venngage, like Canva, allows its users to create teams and work on shared projects.<\/p>\n<h3>What free plan offers<\/h3>\n<p>The banners or graphics can be exported to a number of formats, including <strong>PNG, PDF, and interactive PDF<\/strong>. However, its free plan offers limited features, unlike the above tools. You can create just 5 templates, and the banners are created with its branding with no support for collaboration in teams.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/venngage-allows-creating-superb-visuals.jpg\" width=\"1107\" height=\"574\" alt=\"Venngage allows creating superb visuals\"><\/figure>\n<h3>What pro plans offer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Its premium plans offer a lot more<\/strong>. It provides access to unlimited infographics, business and premium templates, charts and icons, team collaboration options, and priority support, and much more. Venngage also supports custom branding, allowing you to preinstall the company logo to design templates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Supports branding the existing designs<\/strong> with just a few clicks.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Its free plan is super restrictive<\/strong>, unlike Creatopy and Canva.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Supports collaboration<\/strong> on shared projects among teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> <strong>Limited freebies<\/strong> \u2014 5 infographics per account in the free plan.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> <strong>Higher pricing<\/strong> in comparison to the above tools like Creatopy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/infograph.venngage.com\/register\">Sign up<\/a> for Venngage, or check out its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/venngage.com\/pricing\/\">plans and pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befunky.com\/features\/banner-maker\/\">BeFunky<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>BeFunky is <strong>an all-in-one creative platform<\/strong> \u2014 like Canva \u2014 that helps at editing images and creating appealing graphics. It features a simple interface with drag-and-drop support, like others.<\/p>\n<p>BeFunky is basically an incredible photo editor that <strong>extends into a banner and a collage maker<\/strong> as well, unlike others. It eases the whole process of designing banners and editing them by providing various templates. Also, it enables you to personalize and edit them with fonts, icons, and other graphics.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/befunky-offers-thousands-templates.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"677\" alt=\"BeFunky offers thousands of templates\"><\/figure>\n<p>What makes it unique is, there\u2019s <strong>no requirement of making an account for creating banners or any other graphics<\/strong>, unlike the other tools on this list. Then, its photo editor allows you to erase objects from images, edit hundreds of photos using batch processing, and retouch them to perfection.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/befunky-superb-photo-editor.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"669\" alt=\"BeFunky has a superb photo editor\"><\/figure>\n<h3>What free plan offers<\/h3>\n<p>That said, its free plan works well for most of your requirements, unlike other tools. You can <strong>download any number of graphics<\/strong>, which is the basic limitation of the other tools on this list. Also, you get all the templates in the free plan.<\/p>\n<h3>What pro plans offer<\/h3>\n<p>Its premium plan incentivizes you by offering <strong>more features and graphics<\/strong>. You get thousands of premium images, icons, and stickers too. Then, its Overlays lets you <strong>add a new layer of creativity<\/strong> onto your graphics.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tools-to-design-creative-ads\/befunky-plus-more-features-freebies.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"656\" alt=\"BeFunky Plus has more features and freebies\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Most affordable banner maker<\/strong> amongst the tools on this list.<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle\" style=\"color:#b1d9a5\"><\/i> <strong>Registration isn\u2019t necessary<\/strong> for creating banners, unlike others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-times-circle\" style=\"color:#e5918f\"><\/i> <strong>No support for collaboration<\/strong> amongst teams, unlike others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befunky.com\/\">Sign up<\/a> for BeFunky, or check out its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befunky.com\/pricing\/\">plans and pricing<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you want to design ads for your new product or create banners for your online profile on social media, a creative design tool is what you require to get things done quickly and easily. 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