Running a business can be a complex and intricate enterprise. There are many facets of business that a small business owner must be familiar with and work to perfect for months on end before they’re ready to bring their wares to the public. One of the most overlooked but highly valuable part of the planning process for small businesses is creating the logo. Business logos offer customers a first look at your business and provide them a recognizable and distinct association with the work your company will do.
Thinking up and making a logo has been far easier in the last few years with digital technologies, however. There are a plethora of sites that can help you design and implement your logo, unifying your brand, and letting you take one step closer to your business launch day. Here are the five best logo design tools available online today.
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe has long boasted a great suite for digital creation and Adobe Illustrator is no exception to their great track record. Part of the Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator is one of the most popular and easy to use tools available to those who are designing a new logo. There are a number of tools available within this software to help you perfect your design before you save and print.
The software boasts a pixel grid to ensure you’re aligning objects, precise tools to help you mold shapes and master the art of lines and three-dimensional objects, and perspective grids which help you track depth and distance at all steps of your creative process.
While this is arguably the best product on the market for professionals and those with a hefty budget, amateurs and those strapped for cash may be intimidated by its features, or not take full advantage of the software for how much they’re paying.
Tailor Brands
Tailor Brands is, in many ways, the opposite of Adobe Illustrator. The service is reasonably priced but forces you to be hands off in the design process. Tailor brands will ask you a series of design questions in an attempt to gauge your preferences, then make you a logo based on how you answer.
You’ll do almost no work but will still end up with a logo which satisfies your design desires. There are still hundreds of professional logo options to choose from on the site and the templates you’ll select from are top of the line, but you’ll have far less say than you would using an Adobe program.
Still, the software is well priced, as you can join the basic monthly plan for only three dollars, or upgrade to a premium account which will still only run you eleven dollars a month. It’s hard to go wrong with this site.
Logomaker
There are many small business owners who need to design and implement their logo quickly, and Logomaker is the best choice for these individuals. Logomaker allows anyone to create a beautiful looking logo in under an hour, even with no experience or design knowledge.
The site offers a great selection of artwork which you can build off of easily, and you need only pay forty dollars to download the design you finalize. While customization is rather sparse, there are still many options for you to choose from and the software allows for as many revisions as you see fit before you decide on the final iteration of your logo. The site is also incredibly user friendly, designed with amateur designers and people strapped for time in mind.
Laughingbird
Laughingbird is similar to Logomaker in many ways. It’s been designed for people with little prior knowledge and expertise but can still create a gorgeous logo within only a few hours. The software also only costs thirty-seven dollars, a one-time fee which is a steal considering the features and ease the site offers its users.
There are more than one-hundred and fifty base templates to choose from, in addition to two-hundred elements which you can place and customize within your logo. If you feel unsatisfied with the elements offered, you can always upload your own to make your logo look like exactly what’s in your head.
Laughingbird is great for those who want to forego tradition and “classical” looks of logos in favor of a more creative, fun aesthetic. The site is affordable, easy, and fun, making it one of the best on this list for those looking for inspiration.
Logo Design Studio Pro
We pivot now to a more in-depth software, but one which is still affordable by every measure. Logo Design Studio Pro costs only a one-time fee of fifty dollars, absolutely reasonable for the site’s features and professional-grade navigational capabilities.
This site keeps resolution at all times, meaning you can adjust the size and scope of your logo without losing sharpness or clarity, an undervalued and rare feature on other sites. Logo Design Studio Pro also boasts over two-thousand customizable templates and six thousand vector shapes, images, fonts, and graphics.
You’d think it would be easy to slip into analysis paralysis while on the site, but the smooth navigation and great aesthetic make browsing through all of these templates and elements a dream. The site is advanced enough for professionals while being affordable and user-friendly enough for those of all skill levels.