VivaDesigner is a seriously viable alternative to InDesign (Image credit: VIVA)Īnother strong InDesign alternative is VivaDesigner (opens in new tab), which comes in both desktop and browser-based flavours and packs in plenty of features.
The package has a one-off cost of £49.99 / £48.99, with a few templates thrown in, making it a good value if not an entirely comprehensive InDesign alternative get all the facts in our Affinity Publisher review.
There’s no iPad version yet, but you can open, edit and export Affinity Publisher documents in Affinity Designer for iPad and the iPad version of Affinity Photo. You can import InDesign files, as well as raster and vector files, and you get full preflight checking to alert you to any possible errors in your documents.Īvailable for both Mac and PC, although not for Linux, Affinity Publisher can be used as part of the Affinity suite of interoperable apps, which includes the vector editor Affinity Designer (see our Affinity Designer review) and the image editor Affinity Photo), or simply on its own. The third release in the Affinity range of Adobe-challenging creative apps, Publisher was launched in 2018 and delivers an experience that’s pretty darn close to using InDesign.Īffinity Publisher has a similar interface and can manage most of what InDesign does, with impressive page layout tools for both print and digital media. Our top InDesign alternative without any doubt is Affinity Publisher (opens in new tab). Now featuring IDML import, Affinity Publisher is our go-to InDesign alternative (Image credit: Serif) And for other non-Adobe software options, see our list of the best Photoshop alternatives. However if you do decide to plump for InDesign after all, see our Adobe Creative Cloud discount page or our article on how to download InDesign. Below I’ve assembled the best InDesign alternatives, and they’re all subscription-free they’ll either charge a one-off fee or even nothing at all. Still, if you’ve had your seven days’ worth and you’re not convinced about paying a monthly fee for the rest of your career, there are other options available. While InDesign is undeniably the leading option, that monthly subscription to either InDesign alone or to the full Creative Cloud suite can be off-putting to many, especially in these financially straitened times (although bear in mind that you can have a free trial to give it a test drive before you subscribe – more details on that below). If you find the right InDesign alternative for you it could save you money and hassle of tracking your subscription. The best InDesign alternatives can offer equally brilliant (and in some situations, even better) desktop publishing features to the Adobe software but without the need for a monthly subscription.
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