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Compare Affinity Publisher and Microsoft Publisher 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (89.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (47.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Affinity Publisher
Star Rating
(71)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (89.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Affinity PublisherMicrosoft Publisher
Star Rating
(996)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Microsoft PublisherAffinity Publisher vs Microsoft Publisher
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Affinity Publisher easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Affinity Publisher overall.
- Reviewers felt that Affinity Publisher meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Publisher.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Affinity Publisher is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Affinity Publisher over Microsoft Publisher.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Affinity Publisher
No pricing availableMicrosoft Publisher
No pricing availableFree Trial
Affinity Publisher
No trial information availableMicrosoft Publisher
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.4
48
8.7
890
Ease of Use
9.1
49
8.8
898
Ease of Setup
10.0
10
9.0
83
Ease of Admin
10.0
7
9.0
73
Quality of Support
9.4
37
8.4
638
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
10.0
5
8.5
59
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
46
7.2
884
Features by Category
Design
8.2
21
8.9
73
9.2
23
8.7
75
9.6
24
8.6
71
8.9
25
8.7
68
7.8
19
8.3
63
8.4
21
8.0
68
Platform Additional Functionality
7.0
15
7.1
46
8.2
16
8.7
59
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Affinity Publisher and Microsoft Publisher are categorized as Desktop Publishing
Unique Categories
Affinity Publisher has no unique categories
Microsoft Publisher has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Affinity Publisher
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Publisher
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
Graphic Design
17.6%
Publishing
10.3%
Marketing and Advertising
8.8%
Design
7.4%
Information Technology and Services
5.9%
Other
50.0%
Higher Education
9.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
6.4%
Education Management
5.7%
Information Technology and Services
3.3%
Hospital & Health Care
3.3%
Other
72.2%
Discussions
What is the difference between Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher?
2 Comments
PR
Affinity Designer is more of a vector illustration and design application that works best for single-page designs. Affinity Publisher is a true desktop...Read more
How do I change the default measurement?
1 Comment
RS
If you are referring to the unit(px, in, cm, mm) - Just click File then click Document setup. Change "document units" value to your preferred unit. You will...Read more
Children's Picture Book - read Publisher is unable to create epub or mobi files
1 Comment
RA
You can only export in PDF with a great quality.
BUT. If you come from Adobe's InDesign, you'll be like a fish in the water. Affinity Publisher has...Read more
What is the best way to design a business card using Microsoft Publisher?
5 Comments
TC
[foe](http://foo.bar)
[url=googl.com]Google[/url]
<a href="https://abc.com">abc</a>
https://www.google.com
[site->http://riseup.net]Read more
How do you download new new templates to use on publisher?
2 Comments
JC
There is not a specific update or download for adding templates to Publisher, all new content is managed by an ondemand system.
With internet access,...Read more
Horizonal lines
1 Comment
JW
One way of doing this is:
insert/table/one cell only
go to table design/borders
select top border
select bottom border
then customize it any way you...Read more
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