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Top Adobe InDesign Alternatives and Competitors

Looking to upgrade or change your solution? Take away the guesswork and stay informed with end user feedback to identify and select the solution that best matches your needs.

Adobe InDesign is the industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media. Create beautiful graphic designs with typography from the world’s top foundries and imagery from Adobe Stock. Quickly share content and feedback in PDF. Easily manage production with Adobe Experience Manager. InDesign has everything you need to create and publish books, digital magazines, eBooks, posters, interactive PDFs, and more.

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Adobe InDesign

Compare how Adobe InDesign 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 for Teams

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Canva for Teams is:

More Efficient

More Transparent

More Caring

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Easier to Use

Alludo

CorelDRAW

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW is:

More Efficient

More Inspiring

More Transparent

More Respectful

More Caring

Better at Support

VistaCreate

VistaCreate

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, VistaCreate is:

More Efficient

More Transparent

More Caring

Better at Support

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Wondershare Technology

PDFelement

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+85

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, PDFelement is:

Easier to Use

More Transparent

Better at Support

More Efficient

More Inspiring

Harder to Customize

Lucid Software Inc.

Lucidpress

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Lucidpress is:

More Caring

More Innovative

Less Inspiring

Worse at Training

Less Reliable

Worse at Support

Serif

Affinity Publisher

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Affinity Publisher is:

More Efficient

More Caring

More Innovative

More Respectful

More Transparent

Less Inspiring

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Publisher

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher is:

Better at Support

Better at Integrating

Less Innovative

Less Inspiring

Less Reliable

Less Respectful

Apple

Pages

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+81

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Pages is:

More Efficient

More Caring

Better at Support

More Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Reliable

Quark

QuarkXPress

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress is:

Less Inspiring

Less Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Respectful

Less Efficient

Worse at Support

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