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Top Microsoft Publisher Alternatives and Competitors

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Microsoft Publisher

Compare how Microsoft Publisher stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Canva

Canva Enterprise

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, Canva Enterprise is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Reliable

Easier to Customize

More Efficient

More Transparent

Adobe Systems

Adobe InDesign

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+90

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, Adobe InDesign is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Reliable

Easier to Customize

More Respectful

More Transparent

Alludo

CorelDRAW

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+91

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, CorelDRAW is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Respectful

More Efficient

More Reliable

Easier to Customize

Wondershare Technology

PDFelement

8.0

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+90

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, PDFelement is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Reliable

More Transparent

Easier to Use

Easier to Customize

VistaCreate

VistaCreate

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+97

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, VistaCreate is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Transparent

More Efficient

More Respectful

Easier to Customize

Serif

Affinity Publisher

7.8

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+96

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, Affinity Publisher is:

More Innovative

More Efficient

More Reliable

Easier to Customize

More Inspiring

More Respectful

Apple

Pages

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+86

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, Pages is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Efficient

More Reliable

More Transparent

Better at Support

Lucid

Marq

7.5

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+87

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, Marq is:

More Innovative

More Inspiring

Easier to Use

Easier to Implement

Easier to Customize

Worse at Support

Adobe Systems

Adobe FrameMaker

6.9

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+83

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, Adobe FrameMaker is:

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Efficient

More Respectful

Less Caring

Harder to Implement

Quark

QuarkXPress

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+69

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Compared to Microsoft Publisher, QuarkXPress is:

More Reliable

Less Inspiring

Worse at Support

Less Efficient

Less Innovative

Less Transparent

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