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# Adobe InDesign vs Pages Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Adobe InDesign**
Free Trial

**Starting at $99.99** 1 License Per Month · Creative Cloud Pro for teams

**Pages**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Adobe InDesign**
1 month

Based on 131 responses

**Pages**
1 month

Based on 26 responses

Return on Investment

**Adobe InDesign**
10 months

Based on 115 responses

**Pages**
6 months4 months sooner

Based on 24 responses

Perceived Cost

**Adobe InDesign**
$$$$$

**Pages**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Adobe InDesign**
9%4% more

**Pages**
5%

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Adobe InDesign**
[
Ease of Use (43)
](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1107056&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Layout Design (37)
](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1107832&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficulty (17)
](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1107504&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (17)
](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1107625&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Pages**
[
Ease of Use (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pages/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2498340&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Easy Editing (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pages/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2498337&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Access Control (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pages/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1082976&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Missing Features (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pages/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2498343&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Adobe InDesign**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_e89d21750715f4646ed61c011b2917dc/adobe-acrobat.png "Product Avatar Image")

Adobe Acrobat

](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-acrobat/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_2d6ad309a447dee0d5abbbd90062d20b/adobe-after-effects.png "Product Avatar Image")

After Effects

](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-after-effects/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_5310bf2a94ca281ed7aefe45d4179887/adobe-bridge.png "Product Avatar Image")

Bridge

](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-bridge/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_8eea525746279035b2a227975d6ad509/adobe-express.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Adobe Express

](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-express/reviews)[
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](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/integrations)

**Pages**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_2f63ddf06ad6af049351fc30a7c892db/updf.png "Product Avatar Image")

UPDF

](https://www.g2.com/products/updf/reviews)[
View all
](https://www.g2.com/products/pages/integrations)

Screenshots

**Adobe InDesign**
No screenshot available

**Pages**
 ![Pages screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/40887/uploads_2Ff3505dd2-a4df-4c30-b5ab-1cbf95b081cf_2FPages_Screen_Shot_.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Adobe InDesign**

9.3

9.33,146

**Pages**

8.7

8.7318

Ease of Use

**Adobe InDesign**

8.0

8.03,160

**Pages**

8.9

8.9320

Ease of Setup

**Adobe InDesign**

8.8

8.8444

**Pages**

9.3

9.366

Ease of Admin

**Adobe InDesign**

8.7

8.7304

**Pages**

8.7

8.754

Quality of Support

**Adobe InDesign**

8.2

8.22,418

**Pages**

8.7

8.7200

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Adobe InDesign**

8.9

8.9277

**Pages**

8.6

8.645

Product Direction (% positive)

**Adobe InDesign**

8.6

8.63,102

**Pages**

7.7

7.7313

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Desktop Publishing

8.2

320

Not enough data

Document Creation

Not enough data

7.9

56

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
58.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.1%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
14.9%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
58.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.1%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
14.9%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
66.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
17.3%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
16.3%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
66.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
17.3%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
16.3%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![Adobe InDesign](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/3d7c53016c4b03a215effcee925d9426/adobe-indesign.svg "Adobe InDesign")](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews)
Adobe InDesign

Design
11.7%

Graphic Design
11.5%

Marketing and Advertising
11.1%

Higher Education
5.3%

Architecture & Planning
3.9%

Other
56.6%

[![Pages](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_3f17c2ccac161e2276a1f8a4088dfe4d/pages.jpg "Pages")](https://www.g2.com/products/pages/reviews)
Pages

Education Management
6.8%

Marketing and Advertising
6.2%

Higher Education
6.0%

Information Technology and Services
5.1%

Religious Institutions
4.9%

Other
71.0%

Alternatives

**Adobe InDesign Alternatives**

 ![Canva](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/020885d89318f0483f6222194b3ee8ff/canva.svg "Canva")

[
Canva
](/products/canva/reviews)

 ![Microsoft Publisher](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1487566696/microsoft-publisher.svg "Microsoft Publisher")

[
Microsoft Publisher
](/products/microsoft-publisher/reviews)

 ![QuarkXPress](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/e9d03741af0835f41772cea348da7ec8/quarkxpress.svg "QuarkXPress")

[
Quark
](/products/quarkxpress/reviews)

 ![Marq](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/abb487ca5af273cbfa07ec0f39becb35/charles-thayne-capital-marq.svg "Marq")

[
Marq
](/products/charles-thayne-capital-marq/reviews)

**Pages Alternatives**

 ![Microsoft Word](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1487565787/microsoft-word.svg "Microsoft Word")

[
Microsoft Word
](/products/microsoft-word/reviews)

 ![Scrivener](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_367574e9b6bfffbc6557eb9a2640ca7c/scrivener.png "Scrivener")

[
Scrivener
](/products/scrivener/reviews)

 ![Ulysses](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_a6025794819162c946fc97deb75cf108/ulysses.png "Ulysses")

[
Ulysses
](/products/ulysses/reviews)

 ![iA Writer](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_9bea5001f9b46f04caba8e2f18d5f1d2/ia-writer.png "iA Writer")

[
iA Writer
](/products/ia-writer/reviews)

## Adobe InDesign vs Pages

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pages easier to use and set up. However, reviewers felt that administration of both products was equally easy, and preferred doing business with Adobe InDesign overall.

- Reviewers felt that Adobe InDesign meets the needs of their business better than Pages.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pages is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Adobe InDesign over Pages.