
What is Adobe InDesign?
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鈥檚 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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88 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+90 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Adobe InDesign?
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Performance Enhancing
- Reliable
- Unique Features
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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Feature Ratings
Layout Editing
Text Editing
Templates
Drag and Drop Design
Data Visualization
Graphics Editing
Collaboration
Asset Hub
Social Media Integration
Vendor Capability Ratings
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Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
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Availability and Quality of Training
Usability and Intuitiveness
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Customization
Ease of Data Integration
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Vendor Support
Adobe InDesign Reviews

Yogesh G.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2024
Fantastic, fast, and full of features
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Time-tested features, continual improvements and updates, and outstanding vendor support
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Helps channel creativity and productivity
What do you dislike most about this product?
It takes some time to learn in depth, but it comes with the reward of endless creativity and supoerboosted productivity.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go for it
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity

.Kim M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2024
Create eye-catching layouts.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Advanced features enable designers to seamlessly integrate layouts, text, and graphics into eye-catching layouts.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Our favorite aspect of Adobe InDesign is that it has tons of features that enable designers to create precise complex layouts.
What do you dislike most about this product?
What we dislike most about Adobe InDesign is that it has a steep learing curve, especially to become familiar with its more advanced layout design features.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Use Adobe InDesign for your business if you need to create eye-catching layouts with the utmost precision and control.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy

Rakesh S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Media
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2024
Using It For Magazine Designing
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Implementing amazing visuals and various layouts is easy.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It handle long pages layouts perfectly.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It is not easy for me to write anything in this section because everything works perfect for me.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Use it for creating magazines and books.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity