--- title: I finally found a free AI tool that does everything... description: Google Stitch is a free AI UI design tool from Google Labs that competes directly with Claude Design (which requires a $20/month Pro subscription). Key... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-free-ai-tool-that-does-everything-claude-design-charges-for-k6nihbquq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I finally found a free AI tool that does everything Claude Design charges for | daily.dev og:description: Google Stitch is a free AI UI design tool from Google Labs that competes directly with Claude Design (which requires a $20/month Pro subscription). Key... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-free-ai-tool-that-does-everything-claude-design-charges-for-k6nihbquq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k6NiHBquQ.png og:image:alt: I finally found a free AI tool that does everything Claude Design charges for og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I finally found a free AI tool that does everything Claude Design charges for **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Google Stitch is a free AI UI design tool from Google Labs that competes directly with Claude Design (which requires a $20/month Pro subscription). Key advantages of Stitch include: a free tier with generous generation limits (350 standard/month), a Direct Edit feature for natural-language element-level edits that don't consume generation credits, and a Theme panel for project-wide design system changes also outside the generation cap. Claude Design counters with its contextual Tweaks panel offering smart, context-aware sliders. The author now uses Stitch for early-stage design exploration to preserve Claude Pro usage for deeper tasks, arguing Stitch's element-level editing and design system tooling represent where vibe-design is headed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@springtofigh** · 0 upvotes > At first, free alternative tools are very tempting, but it's important that they work as well as the original and pro versions. In my experience, they always have shortcomings. --- Tags: [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#design-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/design-systems), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-free-ai-tool-that-does-everything-claude-design-charges-for-k6nihbquq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I finally found a free AI tool that does everything Claude Design charges for","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-free-ai-tool-that-does-everything-claude-design-charges-for-k6nihbquq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-free-ai-tool-that-does-everything-claude-design-charges-for-k6nihbquq"},"datePublished":"2026-06-08T17:01:00.944Z","dateModified":"2026-06-08T17:18:50.682Z","description":"Google Stitch is a free AI UI design tool from Google Labs that competes directly with Claude Design (which requires a $20/month Pro subscription). 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