More recently, Affinity Publisher (opens in new tab) has entered the space with an affordable offering that could one day rival InDesign, especially in regards to home users.
Some of the most popular include Microsoft Publisher (opens in new tab) (an easy-to-use publishing platform that seasoned Microsoft users will have no issues navigating) and QuarkXPress (opens in new tab) (a well-established desktop publishing software that has been gradually pushed into second place by InDesign). There are other options available (opens in new tab).
For business users, the All Apps plan costs $79.99 per license per month. To get InDesign through an All Apps solution as an individual costs $52.99 per month on an annual contract, $599.88 on a yearly pre-paid plan, and $79.49 monthly with no annual contract. The business plan also includes an Admin Console for license management, 24/7 tech support, two one-to-one expert support sessions per user annually, unlimited job posts via Adobe Talent (a jobs board for creatives hosted on Behance), Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations, and 1TB of cloud storage. If you are a small business owner and wish to purchase InDesign for a team or department, the price is $33.99 per month per license on an annual contract. You can also pay for a rolling plan paid on a month-to-month basis for $31.49 per month.Įach of these plans includes access to the most up-to-date InDesign features and updates, 100GB of cloud storage (opens in new tab) space, and use of Adobe Portfolio (opens in new tab) (a portfolio website builder (opens in new tab)), Adobe Fonts (a massive, fully-licensed font library), and Adobe Spark (a platform for quick graphics and video creation) as well. For individuals, the annual plan (opens in new tab) costs $20.99 per month when paid in monthly installments, or $239.88 a year on a prepaid basis. The cost of the subscription varies depending on how you choose to pay for it. The cheapest option, if you just want to use InDesign software, is to purchase it as a single app.
Some are likely to be familiar, such as Photoshop (opens in new tab), Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro (opens in new tab).
The All Apps plan (opens in new tab) includes over 20 Adobe apps.
Either select InDesign as a Single App, or choose a plan that provides access to more apps in Adobe's creative suite.Īlthough there is a specific bundle (opens in new tab) for photographers that includes access to Photoshop and Lightroom, InDesign users are limited to either purchasing InDesign as a standalone app or signing up to the full Adobe suite. You can choose from several options to do this.
If you want to use InDesign beyond the free trial period, you'll need to sign up for Adobe Creative Cloud (opens in new tab).