
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
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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
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Business Value Created
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Adobe InDesign Reviews

Jack H.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Not for Profit
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2023
InDesign has those little extras to help it 鈥減op鈥
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
The ability to create customisable templates that are easy to adapt, great workflow rate and can quickly batch content.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Wide range of typography and customisable fonts. Being able to truly make a font 鈥減op鈥 on a design. Other similar platforms lack this.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Adobe can be expensive and takes time to learn, it鈥檚 certainly not the most intuitive of platforms out there.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Adobe has a great renewal costing if you try and cancel your package!
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Client Friendly Policies
- Fair
Markice W.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2023
Pay the price for the best software available.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
The control we have over many tools.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ability to manipulate it tools to do more then what it intentions are.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing really.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend this product for any giving opportunities like business, school, and also personal use. It's perfect all-round.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy

Romi K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Entertainment
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2023
A safe bet for the designers in publication field
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Overall, Adobe InDesign's has an advanced layout and design tools, robust typography support, and integration with other Adobe products making it a popular choice for professional designers and publishers. Not all competitor tools are a full package like Indesign.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Easy text editing, layout, templates, and most recently the auto layout/design feature for quick publishing.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing at this point but it's funny when I was new in this industry I always thought why do we need InDesign if have an illustrator?
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Publishers must go with this tool, I don't see any better option.
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Inspires Innovation
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Inhibits Innovation
- Slower Product Innovation