Desktop Publishing
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 Enterprise

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Canva Enterprise is:

More Efficient

Easier to Use

Easier to Customize

More Inspiring

More Caring

Easier to Implement

Alludo

CorelDRAW

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW is:

More Efficient

More Respectful

More Inspiring

More Caring

Better at Support

Worse at Training

Wondershare Technology

PDFelement

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, PDFelement is:

Easier to Use

More Transparent

More Efficient

Better at Support

Better at Training

Harder to Implement

VistaCreate

VistaCreate

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, VistaCreate is:

More Efficient

More Transparent

More Caring

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Better at Integrating

Serif

Affinity Publisher

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Affinity Publisher is:

More Efficient

More Caring

Easier to Customize

Better at Integrating

Easier to Implement

Better at Training

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Publisher

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+77

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher is:

Less Innovative

Less Inspiring

Less Reliable

Harder to Customize

Less Respectful

Less Transparent

Lucid

Marq

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Marq is:

Less Inspiring

Less Reliable

Worse at Support

Less Respectful

Less Efficient

Harder to Customize

Apple

Pages

7.3

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+86

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Pages is:

More Efficient

Better at Support

More Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Caring

Harder to Customize

Adobe Systems

Adobe FrameMaker

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+83

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker is:

More Efficient

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Less Reliable

Harder to Implement

Less Caring

Quark

QuarkXPress

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+69

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress is:

Less Inspiring

Less Innovative

Less Transparent

Less Efficient

Less Respectful

Worse at Support

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