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AI Design Comparison

Google Stitch vs. Microsoft Designer

At a glance

At a glance

Google Stitch

Best for

Best for product and engineering teams that want a first high-fidelity screen and its frontend code from a prompt, then hand it on to Figma or a coding agent.

Microsoft Designer

Best for

Best for Microsoft 365 users who need quick, simple graphics with no setup.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Google Stitch Microsoft Designer
Starting price Not stated Free
Free trial Not stated Free
Commercial use Not stated Yes
Output High-fidelity UI screens, interactive prototypes and frontend code Simple graphics and social content
API Yes, a Stitch API with an official Node.js SDK and an MCP server, authenticated by API key or OAuth No public developer API
What it makes High-fidelity UI screens and interactive prototypes that link screens into user flows, plus the frontend code behind them Simple graphics and social content
AI generation Generates and edits UI from natural language, images, text, code and voice input, on Gemini 3 and on Gemini 2.5 Pro at launch, with multiple design variants to compare and voice-driven design critiques Text to design, powered by DALL-E
Brand, style and templates Theme selectors, and a portable DESIGN.md format that carries a design system between tools Templates
Export and handoff Frontend code generation, a paste-to-Figma function, handoff to Google AI Studio and Antigravity, and HTML and screenshot extraction through the SDK Download, copy or share the finished design from the app, or insert it from inside the Microsoft 365 app you are already working in
MCP-ready stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Not stated Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
Integrations more entries Figma, Google AI Studio, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Cursor Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook, Word for the Web, OneNote, PowerPoint

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The short version

Key Differences

  • MCP-ready Google Stitch Yes Microsoft Designer No
  • Output Google Stitch High-fidelity UI screens, interactive prototypes and frontend code Microsoft Designer Simple graphics and social content
  • API Google Stitch Yes, a Stitch API with an official Node.js SDK and an MCP server, authenticated by API key or OAuth Microsoft Designer No public developer API
  • What it makes Google Stitch High-fidelity UI screens and interactive prototypes that link screens into user flows, plus the frontend code behind them Microsoft Designer Simple graphics and social content
  • AI generation Google Stitch Generates and edits UI from natural language, images, text, code and voice input, on Gemini 3 and on Gemini 2.5 Pro at launch, with multiple design variants to compare and voice-driven design critiques Microsoft Designer Text to design, powered by DALL-E

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Google Stitch

Strengths

  • Takes natural language, images, code and voice and returns high-fidelity UI
  • Exports generated frontend code and pastes designs into Figma
  • Official SDK and MCP server let coding agents drive it programmatically

Limitations

  • A Google Labs experiment, so features and availability can change
  • The SDK repository states it is not an officially supported Google product
  • Google publishes no plan structure or usage limits outside the app

Microsoft Designer

Strengths

  • Genuinely free
  • Zero setup inside Microsoft 365
  • Simple and fast

Limitations

  • Shallower than Canva and specialists
  • Best for simple, occasional graphics

Plans

Pricing

Microsoft Designer

  • Free $0 The app is free to use.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Google Stitch

Ease of use
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User interface
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Onboarding
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Support and service
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Microsoft Designer

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
Not rated yet
Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
Not rated yet
Features
Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Google Stitch https://stitch.withgoogle.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-04

Microsoft Designer https://designer.microsoft.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.