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 for Teams

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Canva for Teams is:

More Efficient

More Transparent

More Caring

Easier to Use

Easier to Customize

More Inspiring

Wondershare Technology

PDFelement

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, PDFelement is:

Easier to Use

Better at Support

More Transparent

Better at Training

Less Respectful

Harder to Implement

Alludo

CorelDRAW

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+90

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW is:

More Efficient

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Respectful

Better at Support

More Innovative

Serif

Affinity Publisher

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+95

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Affinity Publisher is:

More Efficient

More Caring

More Transparent

Better at Support

More Innovative

More Respectful

VistaCreate

VistaCreate

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, VistaCreate is:

More Transparent

More Efficient

More Caring

Better at Support

More Inspiring

Easier to Customize

Lucid Software Inc.

Marq (formerly lucidpress)

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Marq (formerly lucidpress) is:

More Caring

Less Inspiring

Less Reliable

Worse at Support

Worse at Training

Less Respectful

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Publisher

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher is:

Better at Support

Less Inspiring

Less Innovative

Less Respectful

Less Reliable

Harder to Implement

Apple

Pages

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+83

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Compared to Adobe InDesign, Pages is:

More Efficient

Better at Support

More Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Respectful

Less Reliable

Most Popular Adobe InDesign Comparisons