Let’s be honest for a second. The software tools we use as creatives often feel like they were designed by people who’ve never taken part in a creative project in the real world. From Adobe’s over-complicated jumble of tools, Figma’s collaboration chaos, to Canva’s cookie-cutter templates, none of them really GET us. 

So, let’s dissect how these creative tools have gone off the rails.

Adobe
From Creative Hero To Corporate Overlord

Ah, Adobe. The juggernaut that has dominated creative work for decades and decades. Don’t get us wrong, you have been a great ally to creatives while officialising design as a proper discipline. But now? You’ve unfortunately become a bloated corporate monopoly completely out of touch with your initial values and your user’s needs. 

💀 The Compatibility Nightmare

Ever tried moving designs between Adobe apps? Illustrator into Photoshop into InDesign (in any order). Fonts vanish, an inception of clipping masks everywhere, colours go haywire, and don’t even get us started on random crashes just a millisecond before you had time to frantically hit CMD+S.

😰 The UX/UI Bloat

Adobe’s software is so feature-packed, using it feels like being handed a Swiss Army knife the size of a baseball bat. Powerful? Absolutely. Usable? Not so sure. It’s as if they’ve forgotten the basics of UX design—this isn’t a NASA rocket launch; we just want to design stuff.

🥳 AI Crashes The Party

Adobe’s Generative Fill in Photoshop is a promising start, especially if you’re a pro at retouching, but it’s not the magic bullet they make it out to be. It works, sure—but it still requires a lot of cleanup. The rest of Adobe’s AI tools offer limited control over outputs, and while the idea is solid, the execution leaves something to be desired. You’ll often find yourself fixing awkward, unexpected results.

The bigger issue is that Adobe’s AI is an afterthought on a platform that’s been around for ages. They’ve bolted on AI to an already overloaded system, and it doesn’t quite integrate as smoothly as you’d hope. Creatives need more than rigid prompts and rough outputs—they need tools that feel like a seamless extension of their workflow.

Figma
From Collab Heaven To Design-By-Committee 

Figma burst onto the scene in 2016 as a breath of fresh air—finally, a tool where teams could collaborate in real-time! Fast forward to 2024, and it feels more like a crowded pub where everyone’s trying to order at the bar at the same time.

🤷🏻‍♀️ Crowded Chaos

Sure, you can have 10 people editing the same file at once, but how often does that actually end well? Figma’s collab features feel like those group projects in school when you end up with a Frankenstein monster of a design, and no one’s entirely sure how it happened. What started as fun teamwork now feels like the worst version of democracy, with no clear vision, and a version history that looks like a tangled ball of yarn after being ripped apart by feral cats.

🔌 There’s A Plugin For That

Figma’s awesome for quick mockups, but when it’s time to go beyond basic vector work and actually dive into design exploration it leaves a lot to be desired. Figma isn’t the platform where deep, brand-defining design happens. It’s like being handed a couple of crayons when you want to create a mural. You still need a plugin to put type in a circle. Say no more.

⚙️ AI Still In Beta

Figma’s AI tools? Let’s just say they’re still in training wheels. And while they're great at doing a few things, it’s not exactly the magic bullet creatives are looking for either. Real-time insights? Not so much. Big-picture strategic support? Hardly. Right now, Figma’s AI is more about making your UI work a little faster, but it falls short when you need deeper creative exploration or, y’know, real creative vision that comes from more than just dragging boxes around.

Canva
From DIY Darling To An Eat, Pray, Love Convention 

Canva’s approach is pretty straightforward—design for people who don’t design for a living. Great for DIYers, but if you’re a creative pro? You’ll outgrow this tool by breakfast.

🍔 Template Galore

Look, Canva is fantastic for slapping together an Instagram post or a quick poster for your aunt’s bake sale. But when everyone’s using the same templates over and over, it just loses its charm. No originality, no flair—just cookie-cutter stuff rehashed with different free fonts.

✨ AI, But Is It Helping?

Need a one-click Instagram post? Canva’s AI will whip one up for you—just don’t expect any depth, originality, or soul. It’s like they’ve tried to sprinkle a bit of magic dust on top of an already limited tool, but the result? You’re still stuck in a world of generic templates that look like everyone else’s. It’s AI in name, but as far as being helpful to actual creatives? It’s the bare minimum.

🚗 The Faux-Professional Trap

Canva’s version of simplicity is, ironically, its Achilles’ heel. Yes, it’s great for a quick-and-dirty, but when it comes to more advanced design work, it’s like trying to win a F1 race with a Twingo. The platform locks you into these ‘easy’ fixes that look OK at first glance, but when it’s time for some real creative finesse, it just doesn’t cut it. Canva keeps those training wheels on tight, immediately frustrating anyone looking to push their craft beyond the mere basics.

Pricing Models As Dangerous As A Mob Loan

😮‍💨 Adobe: Now You Can Pay With Body Parts

Adobe’s pricing is less of a business model and more of a hostage situation. £60/month, locked in for a year—miss a payment? Don’t worry, they’ll just repossess your soul. Want to pay month-to-month? Get ready for a £90 punch in the face.

For freelancers, small agencies, or any creative without a trust fund, these constant hikes feel like being robbed at gunpoint. For the enterprise plan, buckle up for a 66% increase for big users. It’s like they’re daring you to switch tools but know you can’t because their software is baked into every project you’ve ever done. Stockholm syndrome, anyone?

🤑 Figma: Mo' People, Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

For a while, Figma seemed like a blessing from the design gods—until the price hikes started kicking in like an overdue rent notice. While Figma’s collaborative features were revolutionary, they’ve steadily introduced more paywalls for essential stuff.

Want your dev team or clients to access the files? Time to shell out for extra licences. Want to keep a robust version history? Sure, for a premium. So, as your team grows or your projects scale, your bank account shrinks. 

What started as a sleek, budget-friendly tool morphed into a money pit.

😳 Canva: Cheap and Cheerful… Until Reality Hits

Canva pulls you in with its freemium model, but for pros, it quickly becomes a costly affair. Want access to premium templates? Time to pony up. Need collaboration features? That’s an extra. Before you know it, you’re locked into yet another subscription, but this one lacks the advanced features to justify the price tag. Canva lures you in with its ‘free-ish’ promise, until you’re paying Michelin-star prices for a Happy Meal.

The “AI Will Replace You” Brigade

Then there’s the new wave of tools touting AI as a Human creative’s replacement. They churn out cookie-cutter designs at lightning speed, but let’s be real—there’s nothing creative about pressing a button and watching beige monstrosities pile up. Speed’s not the only problem, inspiration is. These platforms haven’t cracked the code on what it means to actually create something that resonates. If this is the future they’re proposing, we’ll happily stay stuck in the past.

Singularity Powerhouse™
Built By Creatives, For Creatives

Now, we’re not here to simply rant—we’re here to offer an actual solution. 

Unlike the platforms we’ve just brutally—but fairly—critiqued, Singularity Powerhouse is being built by creatives who’ve been on the frontlines. We know the pain points because we’ve lived through each and every one of them.

👉 Seamless Workflow, No Bloat

Our platform doesn’t throw features at you to overwhelm you. Every tool in the Powerhouse is designed to make your workflow easier, not a steep uphill battle. No more jumping between disconnected apps, no more compatibility issues. Everything works together, like it always should have.

👉 AI That Fits Like A Glass Slipper

Our AI isn’t some awkward add-on that feels like it’s been duct-taped to the product at the last second. It’s integrated natively and where it makes sense—automating the tedious stuff like file organisation, task prioritisation, and data analysis. It’s the sidekick you actually want, not some clunky afterthought like, I dunno, Jason Todd’s Robin.

👉 Templates Where They’re Needed

Sure, we’ve got templates for presentations, digital styleguides and brand toolkits. But the Powerhouse lets you experiment, explore, and create without boxing you into a predefined look. Templates exist in the right places, for repetitive elements of the workflow, so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel each time you have to share work with the client, or handover a project. You can create your own templates too, so no locking you in someone else’s design.

👉 Pricing That Won't Make Your Wallet Break Up With You

We know the pricing models of other platforms are predatory, locking you into never-ending subscriptions. With us, you’re in control. Our pricing isn’t about bleeding you dry with surprise fees—it will be simple, transparent, and won’t leave you eating ramen noodles to afford it.

Rebels With A Cause

Singularity Powerhouse isn’t just another creative tool—it’s a rebellion against everything that’s gone wrong with the tools we’ve relied on for too long and let them dominate our workflow, instead of us leading the way. 

The future of creative software isn’t coming from tech bros in matching puffer gilets. It’s coming from people like us—the creatives who live, breathe, and bleed for our work. It’s time to take back control and finally get the tools that we need.