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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

António P.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Great versatility for a variety of design projects

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?

It's the market standard for publishing. It also offers a wide range of features, making it a versatile tool for professionals in multiple industries.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The versatility. I can use it for a variety of projects, including publishing, design, print, and digital, making it a great all-in-one tool for content creation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The learning curve. It can take some time to master all of its features, but once you do, it's an extremely powerful tool.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

InDesign has a bit of a learning curve, so make sure to consider if you have the time and resources to master it. Consider the integration with Adobe Creative Cloud and how it fits with your existing workflow. Make sure to evaluate your design needs and compare them to the features offered by InDesign.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features

Cons

  • Less Transparent

Ankita K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Construction
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

User friendly Text generation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Adobe InDesign from other similar products?

This software comes with different types of texting styles compare to others. Also comes with UXP script.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Page size and aspect ratio are one of the best features which helps me to create interactive layouts.

What do you dislike most about this product?

License cost is very high.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I will recommend this software because it provides best output project features, different page sizes and also available on different devices platform. It also have some good and unique greater quality contents for print and digital.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Media
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features

Cons

  • Less Efficient Service
  • Less Effective Service
  • Less Generous

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