--- title: QuarkXPress Reviews meta_title: 'QuarkXPress Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 304 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how QuarkXPress works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.0 review_count: 304 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-19' parent_category: name: Graphic Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/graphic-design --- # QuarkXPress Reviews **Vendor:** Quark **Category:** [Desktop Publishing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/desktop-publishing) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 304 ## About QuarkXPress QuarkXPress – Revolutionizing Desktop Publishing with AI-Powered Innovation For decades, QuarkXPress has been the go-to solution for designers, publishers, and businesses needing a professional-grade desktop publishing tool. Now, with the latest AI-driven features, QuarkXPress is redefining how creatives work—streamlining design processes and optimizing content output with unparalleled precision. 🔹 AI-Powered Features for the Modern Designer 🔹Image & Text Optimization – Resize, scale, and fit images or text dynamically for perfect composition. 🔹 Font Pairing & Adaptive Typography – AI-powered font recommendations and real-time multiple Stylesheets adjustments ensure seamless, professional-looking designs. 🔹 Content-Aware Scaling & Resizing – Effortlessly create designs that adapt to multiple formats, from print layouts to responsive digital content. 🔹 Advanced Digital Publishing – Publish interactive eBooks, web-ready HTML5 publications, and professional PDFs ## QuarkXPress Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users admire the **interactive animation capabilities** of QuarkXPress, enhancing their digital publishing experience significantly. (1 reviews) - Users commend the **innovative features** of QuarkXPress, especially HTML5 interactivity for creating engaging web apps effortlessly. (1 reviews) - Users value the **interface simplicity** of QuarkXPress, making the creation of complex designs effortlessly intuitive. (1 reviews) - Users commend the **innovative layout design** of QuarkXPress, enhancing digital publishing with interactive features and seamless integration. (1 reviews) - Users greatly value the **time-saving features** of QuarkXPress, enhancing efficiency in digital content creation and publishing. (1 reviews) - Versatility (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users face a **steep learning curve** with QuarkXPress, demanding patience and dedication to master the complex features. (1 reviews) - Users face a **steep learning curve** with QuarkXPress, requiring dedication and support to master its complexities. (1 reviews) ## QuarkXPress Reviews ### 1. Outdated and No Longer Industry-Relevant **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron H. | Marketing Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 23, 2026 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark in its heyday was the be-all, end all for digital layout. But, when Adobe figured out how to do the same, InDesign became the standard. I thought Quark was the easiest..... but I was wrong... **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Quark in its heyday was the be-all, end all for digital layout. But, when Adobe figured out how to do the same, InDesign became the standard. I thought Quark was the easiest..... but I was wrong... It's outdated, and not even cutting edge. I was surprised when I was asked to review - because I thought it had gone away - that's how relevant it is, and I've been in this industry over 30 years. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark is desktop publishing - but don't even bother - go get InDesign instead. Easier to use and at least more current. ### 2. QuarkXPress HTML5 Leading-Edge Interactivity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephen W. | Principal, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXPress (QXP), versions from 2016 onward that I have been using, have already been on the leading-edge of digital publishing innovation, including Flex layouts and progressive web app capability. My long-time favorite has been the HTML5 custom interactivity feature. As an eLearning content developer and creator of interactive web apps, coded in HTML, JavaScript and CSS, focused on stress reduction and behavioral healthcare, this new feature allows me to create, size and position a custom HTML frame and add script, layout, etc. All within the QXP GUI. When exported, the frame flawlessly displays the animation, essentially embedding a fully functioning interactive web app into the published screen. In my opinion, this has been a quantum leap forward for digital publishing! **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Having been a QXP user since 2016 through multiple versions, including the new QXP 2025, I have become very familiar with the GUI, but this has been for me a steep learning curve. With complex and full capabilities comes a complex and deep bench of options, dialogs, controls, customization needing mastery. Sometimes requiring the support of other users and support engineers on the forum, who have been generous with their help and quickly responsive. But, make no mistake: this is a professional-level tool requiring dedication and patience to learn. Happily, the result of diligent effort to learn QXP is rewarded by professional output. And Quark has strong, accessible help resources to go to for sorting out challenges. AI-powered tools (currently in the subscription-based version) will likely make the learning curve smoother for new users. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Willingness to take the time to learn how to use the large feature set, navigate the GUI. Advanced features like HTML5 Custom Interactivity require some knowledge of coding in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** During recent challenging times, with many people needing help to reduce stress, maintain/improve their health, online delivery of helping information became critical. QXP's extraordinary digital publishing capability, coupled with the latest HTML custom interactivity features, provides a top-flight tool to strengthen technology-assisted care delivery. Providing this help is a complex and challenging undertaking. QXP offers a full feature set to make this possible. These recent, challenging circumstances have been a catalyst for increasing adoption of web-based service and care delivery. QXP's HTML custom interactivity, coupled with expanding availability of AI tools will, I believe, provide robust digital publishing solutions as we continue to transition to more web-based behavioral healthcare delivery. ### 3. All in all, QuarlkXpress combines many useful functions that are easily accessible. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jorge F. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** For me, one of the greatest strengths of QuarkXpress is the clear user interface, which provides a user-friendly environment. The layout helps me focus on my creative work without getting bogged down in the interface. The non-destructive pixel image correction and the good features for drawing vector graphics make QuarkXpress a very usable package. It is equally useful for print and online products. In addition, QuarkXpress has Pantone colors on board and produces perfect print data that I can send to the printer without any problems or media breaks. Compatibility with common file formats - and the ability to integrate them natively into Quark - makes collaboration with colleagues using other programs largely seamless. To summarize, in my opinion, Quark is a reliable and feature-rich tool for professionals in the publishing industry as well as small office/home office environments. The combination of user-friendly design, clear tools and personalization options makes QuarkXpress an indispensable tool for my daily work in the design and publishing business. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXpress has some disadvantages that can be annoying: Working with tables is not always easy (especially when it comes to split or joined table cells). The program can also be slow when integrating extensive vector data. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** One of my main tasks is to convert information from texts into graphics and illustrations. I also design brochures, documents and logos for print products. QuarkXpress helps me to combine typesetting and graphic design with its various functions. ### 4. Great page layout and compositing app **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David O. | Logistics Manager / Art Director / Sales, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I like Quarks method of handling typesetting over any other competitor that I have tried. It is tremendously easy to set type for page layout applications such as magazines, books or pamphlets/flyers. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I am not crazy about using Quark as a packaging design program. In that case, it is not near as suited to the layout needs of the packaging design process. It is great for compositing items that will be printed or seen on a page but not great for items that need to be used in three dimensions. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** If you are needing a page layout program for compositing or laying out type for applications such as books, magazine articles, pamphlets, flyers or most things that are viewed flat then Quark is likely a great option. If package design is the goal, then Quark is likely not the solution to design needs. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I do a variety of design work and in instances where I have to do a lot of typesetting, Quark is the best solution. Its text entry process is far superior to Adobe InDesign or Illustrator. It is not really close. Quark leaves the other alternatives in the dust and greatly enhances my control over the text that I am setting up. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 5. I'd be lost without my QuarkXpress **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sue A. | Owner/Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I love the simplicity of laying out my design projects like books, magazines etc. I've been using QuarkXpress for over 25 years now. Since most files I have built in the past were done in Quark, it makes it so much easier to just stay with that program and not switch over to InDesign... which I'm not a huge fan of. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The one hitch I'm finding with the latest version of Quark is that it feels a little unstable when opening older files (using older versions). I sometimes get the wheel and have to force quit and once I had to restart my computer, but after that, everything was fine. I am not really a big fan of seeing the bounding boxed when placing an Illustrator file in the document. I do need to go through some preferences to see if I can turn that kind of thing off. But other than that... it's working like a charm. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can open all files now. I don't have to worry about not being able to open a newer version. I am good to go now. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 6. Professional looking literature without too high of a learning curve **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** All the core functions are simple enough to use that I was able to start creating marketing literature for my firm without needing to spend too much learning how to use them. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The few times when I haven't been able to figure out something right away, I've found that it's been more difficult to figure out the answer than other programs. The help files feel like they were more designed to be tutorials than an index of referrable features. Copying entire pages from one quark project to another would be a nice feature (as opposed to copying all the elements) Large projects become very slow to edit - further optimization would be nice (at least an option for slower PCs) **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am creating marketing literature for my architecture firm. Having page templates that easily can be used to create project sheets for different jobs **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 7. Pleasantly Surprised (So Far) **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** As a regular Adobe InDesign user, I have been pleasantly surprised by how similar the features in Quark really are. The transition has been easier than expected. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** One difficulty I have found relates to converting my QuarkXPress file into other file types. I signed up under the assumption that I could convert my file to InDesign - however, as it turns out, there is much more required in order to do that (especially if you are using a Quark file that wasn't created during the last couple of years). I was disappointed by the incompatibility - but the userface itself has been easy to adjust to. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had a document (olddddd) that only could be opened using a Quark program - and I am thankful that QuarkXPress was available so that I could access this document for continued use in our office! **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 8. A Quark user for over 30 years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 07, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** From its origins, Quark has been a desktop publishing program that closely resembles what those of us with gray hair refer to as real typesetting, going back to the days of hot metal type. Unlike desktop publishing programs which made up their own rules, Quark took the best traditions of multiple decades of professional typesetting and moved them into a workable, easy to understand and use desktop publishing program. As Quark has evolved over the decades with many of the new and wonderful enhancements, it has never moved away from its roots. The "other guys" may try to imitate typesetting with some bells and whistles, but Quark is today's version of real typesetting. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Having jumped from Quark 2016 to the newest version took some adjustment time. Still can't find a few things I was accustomed to, but, the newest version is so good, it's worth the minor irritation of relearned a few things. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** A broader range of functions beyond basic typesetting means being able to consolidate many things to do into a single program. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 9. QuarkXPress is no longer the default publishing software **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Easy of use, I feel like QuarkXPress is a bit easier to learn than InDesign. It provides great tools for publishing but unfortunately it didn't update as fast as InDesign did with its cloud tools and integrations and was left behind. Also, its hard to find people with knowledge with QuarkXPress. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Its cloud tools lack, they are not as intuitive as InDesign. It also needs more integrations with third parties. Things work better when you use InDesign and Photoshop than QuarkXPress and Photoshop. Adobe ecosystem is so much better. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to create and setup the layout needed for our newspaper and send it to the printer without any issues. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for your feedback as we continue to invest in new digital publishing capabilities to support our valued global customer base of independent, agency and inhouse creative professionals. ### 10. Best Workflow f0r publishers, I'm waiting f0r M1 support. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robert F. | Master of Printing (Germany), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** UI from Quark XPress, PDF Export very easy **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** No Apple M1 support. Most publishers work with apple and want to use the perfomance from M1. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Quark XPress is the best solution for over 30 years. This knowledge about publishing is great. Super useful shortcuts. And all the tools that publishers want. For professionell Work with Quark XPress is my number one. Also the support is awesome. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark XPress is my daily working too for all my publishing jobs and I love to work with Quark XPress. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ## QuarkXPress Discussions - [Is there a way to alter the perspective/warp text in Quark so I don't have to do it in PhotoShop and then import it?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-there-a-way-to-alter-the-perspective-warp-text-in-quark-so-i-don-t-have-to-do-it-in-photoshop-and-then-import-it) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How do I use the gradient tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-use-the-gradient-tool) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How can I prevent the document I am working on from moving and sliding?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/37945-how-can-i-prevent-the-document-i-am-working-on-from-moving-and-sliding) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [I upgraded to Big Sur only to find that Quark was not compatible.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/35311-i-upgraded-to-big-sur-only-to-find-that-quark-was-not-compatible) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [How can you get a large deep etched eps picture to preview in a document?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33454-how-can-you-get-a-large-deep-etched-eps-picture-to-preview-in-a-document) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View QuarkXPress pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/quarkxpress/reviews/quarkxpress-review-4472366?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-21+09%3A34%3A59+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=4141d4a4-4d40-4ddb-81ef-ced188d101a7&secure%5Btoken%5D=4b1a43bc1b529c93f7d8b9e18c98643751cb89e2b138bdadd8cad27741247625&format=llm_user) ## QuarkXPress Features **Content Creation** - Content Creation Tools - Content Curation - Buyer Personas - Content Management **Design** - Templates - Layout editor - Publishing formats - Saved preferences - Infographics - Asset Library **Planning** - Scheduling Integration **Optimization** - SEO - A/B Testing - Dashboards & Reporting - Audience Targeting - ROI Reporting **Platform Additional Functionality** - Mobile Access - File Storage **Publishing** - Execute Content Publication **Logistics** - Customizable Templated Workflows - Internal Communication - Version Control - Editing and Approval Tools - Distribution Features - Integrations & APIs - User, Role, and Access Management **Social Media** - Social Media Integration **Planning** - Collaborative Editorial Calendars / Scheduling Content **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization - AI Text-to-Image - AI Text-to-Video **Agentic AI - Content Creation** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top QuarkXPress Alternatives - [Canva](https://www.g2.com/products/canva/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (6,449 reviews) - [Adobe InDesign](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (3,399 reviews) - [Microsoft Publisher](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-publisher/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (992 reviews)