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Compare Adobe InDesign and Xara Cloud 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (96.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $99.99 1 License Per Month
Free 1 Per User
Adobe InDesign
Star Rating
(3,376)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $99.99 1 License Per Month
Browse all 2 pricing plansXara Cloud
Star Rating
(27)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (96.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Per User
Browse all 3 pricing plansAdobe InDesign vs Xara Cloud
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Xara Cloud easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Xara Cloud overall.
- Adobe InDesign and Xara Cloud both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Xara Cloud is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Adobe InDesign over Xara Cloud.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe InDesign
Creative Cloud Pro for teams
Starting at $99.99
1 License Per Month
20+ apps, including InDesign, and Firefly creative AI for images, video, and audio, plus exclusive business features.
- Create and publish brochures, digital magazines, eBooks, posters, and presentations with InDesign.
- 20+ photo, graphic design, and video apps
- Unlimited access to standard creative AI image and vector features like Generative Fill in Photoshop
Free Trial
Adobe InDesign
Free Trial is available
Xara Cloud
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
3,082
9.3
20
Ease of Use
8.0
3,092
9.3
20
Ease of Setup
8.8
375
9.8
8
Ease of Admin
8.7
296
9.5
7
Quality of Support
8.2
2,369
9.5
17
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
269
9.7
6
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
3,047
7.8
16
Features by Category
Interface and Performance
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Media Types
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Administration
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Agentic AI - Digital Asset Management
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Content Creation
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Optimization
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Design
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Collaboration
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File Types
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
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Edit & Revise
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Feature Not Available
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8.8
8
Integrate & Embed
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Operating System
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10.0
6
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Generative AI
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Agentic AI - Document Creation
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Design
8.2
198
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8.9
217
Not enough data
9.1
234
Not enough data
8.9
220
Not enough data
8.0
192
Not enough data
8.2
196
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Platform Additional Functionality
5.8
140
Feature Not Available
7.9
160
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Planning
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Publishing
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Social Media
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Planning
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Generative AI
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe InDesign and Xara Cloud are categorized as Desktop Publishing
Unique Categories
Adobe InDesign has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe InDesign
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Xara Cloud
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Design
11.7%
Graphic Design
11.4%
Marketing and Advertising
11.1%
Higher Education
5.3%
Architecture & Planning
3.9%
Other
56.7%
Marketing and Advertising
11.1%
Real Estate
7.4%
Management Consulting
7.4%
Design
7.4%
Construction
7.4%
Other
59.3%
Discussions
What other things do use Indesign for, besides designing a catalog.
7 Comments
DG
In addition to using Indesign for catalogs, I use it for flyers, brochures and even web banners. I used to design web ads primarily with Photoshop, but I...Read more
Will you allow users to edit images later on within InDesign
3 Comments
MM
I'm not sure which version you are using, but I am several versions back. The version I am using is CS5.5 which does not allow you to edit an image much...Read more
What is Xara cloud?
1 Comment
SR
Xara cloud is a graphics design browser based subscription service. Read more
What is Xara used for?
1 Comment
SM
Xara is used for everything from graphic design, cloud based menu boards, presentations, brochures, product information sheets - basically anything you need...Read more
How much does Xara cost?
1 Comment
AS
Xara Cloud is free to get started. The Pro plan which lets you create on-brand content automatically, manage your creative assets and collaborate with...Read more
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