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
96 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
- Trustworthy
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
Quality of Features
Breadth of Features
Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
Availability and Quality of Training
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Customization
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Data Integration
Vendor Support
Ease of IT Administration
Adobe InDesign Reviews
Melissa C.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jul 2022
Great project! This is the industry standard!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
Adobe InDesign is part of Creative cloud so it comes with a whole host of other applications to use to complete projects such as Photoshop, Illustrator.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I enjoy the use being able to see all the pages in a view and the ability to move pages on my design around in the workspace.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Adobe has a history of being very buggy and not always stable. This can be very frustrating and slow down work when you are trying to be productive.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you do any large print layouts or are needing to design anything with text this is the program for you. It is in my option the only option when it goes to layout of text and images for large scale projects. It can also handle small projects too.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Helps Innovate
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Appreciates Incumbent Status
Kyle S.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Entertainment
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2022
Best publication software on the market
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
It is way more robust that it's competitors. A true design software.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
So many - the easy to make a 1 page sheet or a 300 page book rather quickly.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Some features take a while to master
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Take time to makes sure you understand what services InDesign offers.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
Conner C.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2022
The Software everyone uses that just works
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?
It is a industry standard software that is very well know. It is great that it is part of the Creative Cloud family. Since it comes in the same suite of software that I use other applications with It makes sense to use Adobe InDesign since it comes with Creative Cloud.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It comes with Adobe Creative Cloud. So you only have to worry about buying one software and not having multiple software costs to be able to do what you need to do.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Adobe InDesign works 90% of the time and usually have no issues with the software. I like that the software is very powerful and you are able to manage large designs easily.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you have Adobe Creative cloud you should be using InDesign if it fits in your workflow since it works well with other Adobe applications.
Pros
- Client Friendly Policies
- Continually Improving Product
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
Cons
- Less Reliable
- Vendor's Interest First
- Less Generous