Desktop Publishing
Top Affinity Alternatives and Competitors

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Optimised for the latest tech on Windows and Mac – and chosen by Apple as its Mac App of the Year – Affinity Publisher is the next generation of professional publishing software. From books, magazines and marketing materials, to social media templates, website mock-ups and more, this incredibly smooth, intuitive app gives you the power to combine your images, graphics and text to make beautiful layouts ready for publication.

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Affinity

Compare how Affinity 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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+95

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Compared to Affinity, Canva Enterprise is:

More Inspiring

Worse at Training

Worse at Integrating

Worse at Support

Less Caring

Harder to Implement

Adobe Systems

Adobe InDesign

8.7

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+90

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Compared to Affinity, Adobe InDesign is:

Less Efficient

Less Caring

Harder to Customize

Worse at Integrating

Harder to Implement

Worse at Training

Alludo

CorelDRAW

8.3

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+91

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Compared to Affinity, CorelDRAW is:

More Inspiring

Worse at Training

Less Innovative

Harder to Customize

Harder to Implement

Worse at Integrating

VistaCreate

VistaCreate

8.0

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+98

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Compared to Affinity, VistaCreate is:

More Inspiring

More Transparent

Harder to Implement

Less Reliable

Harder to Customize

Worse at Training

Wondershare Technology

PDFelement

7.7

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+90

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Compared to Affinity, PDFelement is:

Harder to Implement

Worse at Integrating

Less Efficient

Less Caring

Harder to Customize

Less Innovative

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Publisher

7.5

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+77

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58

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Compared to Affinity, Microsoft Publisher is:

Less Innovative

Harder to Customize

Less Inspiring

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Less Respectful

Apple

Pages

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+87

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Compared to Affinity, Pages is:

Harder to Customize

Less Caring

Less Innovative

Harder to Implement

Worse at Integrating

Less Respectful

Adobe Systems

Adobe FrameMaker

7.0

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+84

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10

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Compared to Affinity, Adobe FrameMaker is:

Less Caring

Less Reliable

Harder to Implement

Worse at Integrating

Harder to Customize

Less Transparent

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