--- title: Adobe FrameMaker Reviews meta\_title: 'Adobe FrameMaker Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 35 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Adobe FrameMaker works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 35 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- # Adobe FrameMaker Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Adobe FrameMaker but has limited features. Are you part of the Adobe FrameMaker team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! FrameMaker is one of Adobe's desktop publishing offering and a piece of Adobe's Creative Suite of design products. * * * Seller [Adobe](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adobe) Discussions [Adobe FrameMaker Community](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-framemaker/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Adobe Techcomm Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-framemaker/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Paligo](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Paligo") Paligo 4.6/5(57) ](https://www.g2.com/products/paligo/reviews) [ ![Storyblok](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Storyblok") Storyblok 4.5/5(592) ](https://www.g2.com/products/storyblok/reviews) [ ![Author-It](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Author-It") Author-It 4/5(40) ](https://www.g2.com/products/author-it/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-framemaker/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 35 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Adobe FrameMaker Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Adobe Acrobat ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-acrobat/reviews) Show More JW Julian W. Director Product Documentation Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/10/2026 "The best documentation toll for PDF production" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? FrameMaker is extremely stable and consistent. For example, you want a numbered list nested in another number list - thsi is handled with ease and always correct. It is very easy to learn the basics and create great looking documents. It integrated very well with Adobe Acrobat for PDFpublishing. It's grapics tool is basic but still good enough for most graphics. Table handling is also excelllent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? When it cannot find graphics that are in more than one folder, it goes through the file graphic by graphic, so you have to keep specifying the folder where the graphics are, back and forth rather than scanning the whole file for every graphic in the specified folder and only then requesting the folder for another missing graphic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? We have a whole set of documentationthat is output to PDF and FrameMaker is the best option from every option I looked at. In the past I have used structured FrameMaker (DISA-based) and it also worked very well for ADA508 compliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![BIBIN K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "BIBIN K.") BK BIBIN K. Technical Illustrator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/12/2022 "Great for multi- platform writings" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? \*Reliable & scaleable- can handle large size document without crashing the application. \*Can be used for both structured and non structured documents. \*Can create multiple chapters, section, page, figure, table numbering and multi-level lists \* Ease in creating graphics and linking pdf files within the document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? \*Not user friendly (complex for fresher) \*Revise documents need to be manually updated into CMS. \*Unstable CMS, whereas other similar tool like PTC Arbortext editor has a solid CMS, which helps in keeping an history of all revisions made so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? Templates- The best thing an writer/author would ask for. You can define your documents attributes before creating your documents. No last minute layout failure at last minute stress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Todd J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Todd J.") TJ Todd J. Hiking/Backpacking Geocoaching For GeoCoin Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/8/2019 "Adobe framemaker " 5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? Designed for writing and editing large or complex documents, including structured documents. Love this framemaker out of any other. It blows competitors out of the water. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? You can avoid other styles as well; just don't use them. Instead of using constant-width fonts or boldface for commands, use roman type and the word "command," as in "shell command Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Adobe FrameMaker: Definitely recommend this platform for all users of Adobe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? The Adobe FrameMaker Developer Kit (FDK) is a set of C libraries and header files that allow you to write Application Programming Interface (API). My buisness has increased dramatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/15/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![JAGANATH N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "JAGANATH N.") JN JAGANATH N. Associate Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/14/2021 "Unstructured/Structured authoring tool" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? The most helpful feature of the Adobe Framemaker is book feature. It helps in printing the document with auto generated TOC, texts and links. It is also good for Topic based authoring. IP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? The part which I dislike in Adobe Framemaker is that the structured authoring is not very much user friendly. Also after using the find and replace feature, auto save option is not available, each file need to be manually saved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Adobe FrameMaker: It is a better choice when compared to traditional text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? Framemaker is helping in authoring structured documents with good navigability and content reusability. The benefits of using Adobe Framemaker are; time saving, ease of adjusting the image size, and ease of editing/creating internal reference links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sanjiv B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sanjiv B.") SB Sanjiv B. Lead Technical Communications Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/5/2022 "A good documentation tool" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? You can: - Save a document as XML or HTML formats. - Use ExtendedScripts to modify your document that has a number of pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? The options to add images would have made this tool a bit better. Options to edit graphics like lines, a square, etc should be changed. For example, changing and filling colors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? Using extended scripts to modify large-size documents is the benefiting the most. I am using scripts to change add markers and create log files of markers from FrameMaker documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Hannah O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hannah O.") HO Hannah O. Promotional Representative Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/12/2022 "FrameMaker is a great program overall" 5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? This is the easiest program for publishing content across different websites. I appreciate the ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? No dislikes on my end, I have had nothing but a great experience using FrameMaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? The main benefit is being able to use it in web and mobile design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Barani D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Barani D.") BD Barani D. Process Trainer Outsourcing/Offshoring Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/29/2021 "Durable for Heavy Work" 5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? FrameMaker is a very good application that serves it purpose for creating heavy documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? Nothing Much, I may include UI is not that friendly as MS-word/ Adobe Acrobat. but it is negligible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating User Guides, user Manuals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Claire B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Claire B.") CB Claire B. Technical Editor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/7/2019 "Framemaker" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? Adobe Framemaker is a staple tool for many document developers. Framemaker is a versatile solution for many different authoring and publishing needs. Framemaker allows users to create documentation with a tight structure and template-based approach to create uniform documents. Once documentation is written, it is ready to be reviewed with its collaboration capabilities that allow teams to address and review comments on documentation. When the editing process is finished and the team is done collaborating, the file can be tied to Adobe Experience Manager, opentext Documentum, SharePoint, DitaExchange, and many other content management systems. Lastly, there are many different publishing options to deliver content to multiple devices and platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? Sometimes confused how to link with CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? Out of Box Sharepoint 2016 Support Adobe FrameMaker enables integration with content management systems like EMC Documentum 7.2, Microsoft Sharepoint, and DitaExchange. Once the content is transferred, FrameMaker has features that allow the user to perform search, read, write, delete and update operations on the configured content management repository. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Lynn G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lynn G.") LG Lynn G. Senior Technical Writer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/28/2018 "The Tech Pubs Gold Standard" 5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? Adobe keeps trying to kill this product, but it’s the only thing out there and it does what it does as well as it does. If you’re writing a book, you can easily set up an automatically generated Table of Contents, easy cross-links, and whatever kind of pagination you want. If you need to write about several similar products, want to hide text describing a feature that hasn’t yet been implemented but will be, need to support multiple versions of the same product, or want to use different paragraphs for printed docs vs online help, FM has conditional text. FM also has support for variables, enabling you to change values ranging from copyright dates to product names to headings in page headers and footers. You can create graphics using its built-in drawing mode, import graphics (by reference or directly inserted), or a combination of the two. With the latest version of FM, you can also save your output in a variety of formats. FM also works great for editing XML and DITA books. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? It costs $1k per license, and Adobe keeps trying to push its online subscription service, which is cheaper in the short run but pricier in the long run. FrameMaker also only runs on Windows these days. It used to work on several flavors of UNIX and with Mac OS. A lot of us wish Adobe would support Linus and Mac OS X. We writers are stuck using Windows because of Adobe while most of the rest of the company runs either Mac OS X or Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Adobe FrameMaker: The learning curve is short. It is WYSIWYG (although in Structured mode you can see the invisible-to-end-users XML tags). Make sure it will output the formats you need. In some cases you might need Robohelp or WebWorks to create your output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? We have a huge documentation set. We have things like copyright dates and product names. All books share the same “back matter” source files. Using FM and WebWorks, we are able to use a batch job to generate our document set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") II Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/29/2019 "FrameMaker" 5/5 What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker? What I like best about Framemaker is its ease of use. As a Senior Technical Writer, I use it with photo editing software and storage software, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker? I do not have any dislikes for this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you? The major benefit of FrameMaker is that I am able to keep documents organized from release to release. I also like the toolbars. 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