Claude Design vs Stitch
Claude Design (Anthropic) and Stitch (Google Labs) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Claude Design | Stitch |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 21 | 27 |
| Overall rank | #166 | #147 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | 42.5K |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | up 7.1% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | up 10.9% |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | — | 1,825 |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 40 | 1 |
| Latest stable release | — | 0.1.1 · 5mo ago |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 0 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | $17/mo | Free |
| License | ||
| First released | April 2026 | May 2025 |
| Interfaces | — | — |
| Models |
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Claude Design
A Claude feature that builds visual designs, interactive prototypes, slides and one-pagers from a description, applies an imported design system and refines the result through chat or inline edits. Output exports to PDF, PPTX, HTML or partner tools such as Canva.
Pricing: Included in all paid Claude plans, not in Free. Pro is $17/month billed annually or $20 billed monthly; larger requests count toward plan usage limits.
Stitch
A Google Labs tool that generates and iterates mobile and web UI designs and front-end code from text, images or voice, with a design agent working on a shared canvas. It exports to Figma, AI Studio and Antigravity and has an MCP server and SDK.
Pricing: No official pricing page; Stitch is offered as a free Google Labs experiment with usage limits.
Latest release 0.1.1:
- ADK TypeScript Support: Native TypeScript support has been added for the Application Development Kit (@google/stitch-sdk/adk).
- Design System Tools: Introduced specialized tools to generate and consume consistent visual token systems across UI screens.
- Dual Authentication: You can now authenticate using an accessToken alongside the traditional apiKey in the StitchProxy client.
- Typed Introspection API: Introduced toolMap, allowing for deep, type-safe introspection of registered Stitch MCP tools.