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Adobe InDesign

Composite Score
8.7 /10
CX Score
8.9 /10
Category
Adobe InDesign
8.7 /10

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’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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Awards & Recognition

Adobe InDesign won the following awards in the Desktop Publishing category

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Adobe InDesign Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

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97 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 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?

0% Negative
5% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Layout Editing

86

Text Editing

86

Templates

84

Drag and Drop Design

81

Data Visualization

81

Graphics Editing

80

Collaboration

78

Asset Hub

78

Social Media Integration

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Quality of Features

86

Breadth of Features

84

Business Value Created

83

Ease of Implementation

83

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

78

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

78

Ease of Customization

78

Ease of Data Integration

77

Ease of IT Administration

76

Vendor Support

76

Adobe InDesign Reviews

Aasish S.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Robust program with high breadth of features

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?

Adobe is the #1 program in terms of design features, ease of navigation and use, and overall functionality.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Tools and features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing in my knowledge thus far.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is the best platform if you need to design anything from images to flyers to books.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Enrica M.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Communications
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

The best software for creating documents

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?

I don't know other software like indesign..

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

You can do what you want and there's an impressive easiness to adapt the text and insert external elements

What do you dislike most about this product?

maybe somehow complicated

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

the best software for creating documents, brochure, leaflets and other graphic material

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Matteo C.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Communications
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

simply the best software for professional editing

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?

the range of functions

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

all what you need to create professional documents with a great interface

What do you dislike most about this product?

maybe sometimes it's not so immediate to understand how to use it if you dont' have a teacher

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

the best software in its category, it can really gives you a lot

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features
  • Security Protects
  • Helps Innovate

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