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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/affinity-publisher-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/affinity-publisher-profile/alternatives/) # Affinity Publisher User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 62 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 4.4/5 - Value for money: 4.9/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 47 reviews (76%) - 4 stars: 13 reviews (21%) - 3 stars: 2 reviews (3%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - It’s a highly affordable alternative to Adobe InDesign with powerful layout and design tools that are perfect for creating professional-quality publications. - Still a few bugs in the latest version, but overall brilliant! - This is affordable software, without an expensive payment subscription plan and most importantly, it's a high quality product. ### Most mentioned cons - I can relate to the experience of accidentally clicking on certain elements and then spending a considerable amount of time figuring out how to undo those actions. - Its limited performance on a Windows environment and, of course, its dependence on other Affinity software. - Affinity publisher has two main drawbacks similar to those of other Affinity software. ## Affinity Publisher customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 62 (page 1). ### Gotta Get Them All, Part Three - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jeremy B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Writing and Editing - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As a self-published writer, I need a tool that will help me create the best editions of paperback or hardcover books that I can, and I refuse to pay an expensive monthly subscription for that privilege, especially if I’m designing these interiors only when I’m ready to print, which can be as infrequent as two or three times a year. Do I want to spend $600 a year to design the interiors of two books (and maybe the odd pamphlet) a year, or do I want to spend $50 once for the same ability? (Actually, I bought it during the 50% off sale, so I paid only $25 for it.) Maybe Adobe InDesign is better. Maybe I don’t care. Maybe Affinity Publisher does exactly what I need it to do without it throwing a bunch of stuff at me that will ultimately confuse me. That professional-looking paperback novel sitting on my bookshelf three feet to my left tells me that Affinity Publisher is just right. Those fancy PDFs I’d like to give as subscriber bonuses to my new and future readers also benefit from Publisher being cheaper than Adobe InDesign and better at formatting than Microsoft Word. I think anyone who cares about the quality of printed material needs to add this one to his or her toolbox, especially if they’re ready to toss out the subscription model from their budgets. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The master pages feature is the highlight of this app, in my opinion, as it creates templates based on ODD pages, EVEN pages, FIRST pages, various conditions, and considers not just text layouts but also image layouts. Need a bottom right page number on “recto” pages? Done. Bottom left on “verso” pages? Got it. Need that first page of the chapter to have no headers or footers? No problem. Every odd page to have a bleed graphic behind the text, or wrapping around it? Sure. Whatever the layout need, Affinity Publisher can do it (probably) easily and repetitively with the master page feature. The fact that Publisher accounts for several dozen page sizes and layouts makes it even more versatile. Who needs MS Word for “design”? Of course, it doesn’t benefit just novelists or book designers. The layout features work well for magazine designers, too. Heck, Affinity posted a video a year ago of its product specialist designing a branded restaurant menu. It can do just about anything you need a print designer to do. And that’s not even getting into the weeds about its “Studio Link” feature. Thanks to that feature, users can update book or magazine photos directly in Photo or Designer without having to import or export out of Publisher. Not even Adobe does that with its tools (so I hear)! #### Cons Barring the fact that I can never remember all the hotkeys (I’d have to remove the cut-out hotkey sheet from the back of my Affinity Publisher Workbook to remember them all, and I’m not going to deface my book that way!—even if it’s designed for that purpose), the biggest “con” I have with Publisher is with the limitations it has with font design. Specifically, drop cap layout with margins can be improved, as well as the ability to combine bold and italics to form special case typographical designs. That said, this probably isn’t a fair con, since Affinity Publisher (and all three Affinity apps, for that matter) respects each fonts’ native design, and most of them aren’t designed with bold italic versions. But it would be nice to have the option to force a design style that merges bold and italics together, just in case. It’s fine, though. I’m really only annoyed with my margin limitations. The page design features more than make up for any con. --- ### An indispensable all-in-one design shop - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michal M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Streamlined and pleasant to use even for communication professionals (as opposed to a creative designers) #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It allows my team to quickly produce both digital and print creative, including company magazine, has a clear no-nonsense interface, is tightly integrated with Affinity Designer and Photo, allowing to use both programs without having to switch to another app window, and is much more affordable than alternatives #### Cons My positive review is based on Affinity Publisher v1. We have already purchased a business version of v2 suite but have not been able to activate it so far due to a software glitch. #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Adobe CC suite felt bloated and we didn't find use for all the apps to justify the annual subscription cost --- ### If you need data merge, this product isn't for you. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Leah B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Disappointed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros It's inexpensive. If all you are doing is designing flyers or other static publications, it's fine. #### Cons If you need mail or data merge, don't get this product. I've been using it for over a year and I still can't make it work. It mysteriously skips creating left or right side pages of two page layouts, and/or skips data records for no apparent reason. I've spent my entire career figuring out software, and this just doesn't work. #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher I don't want cloud-based subscription software. --- ### One of the best! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bryant B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Airlines/ Aviation - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered This is probably the best software that I've used where it's advanced but not overly difficult. It's difficult at first, but there really wasn't a huge learning curve for me compared to Photoshop. I like everything streamlined and right where I need it. The menus in Affinity are well organized where other programs I ask myself why they put something here or there and it doesn't make sense. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like how easy it is to select what you'd like to do with photos. With drone photography (especially at night), you most likely will be taking photos with the auto exposure bracketing (AEB) setting which takes several photos really fast to allow the most light into the sensor to help the photos appear brighter at night. You'd simply take all of the photos and combine them. With a drone, you have to account for any type of movement like wind and the drone itself adjusting to the gps position where you have it hovering so each photo may be slightly off. Affinity has a photo combining/stacking option. When you combine the photos... it does a great job at stacking without it looking blurry. You can choose 3 settings that will show the difference in any effects used. You have a before/after (side by side is best), the before and after split photo then the regular photo itself that will show you the difference once applied. #### Cons I haven't figured this out yet, but when working with stacked photos I have a hard time seeing the difference in the before and after photo when doing side by sides. Maybe it's just me but I don't really see the difference unless I do a large effect like making the contrast really dark. #### Reasons for choosing Affinity Publisher It's easier to use, streamlined and has more editing options for sure. I also think the cost is less which is a huge win. --- ### Yet another amazing product from Affinity - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sebastian J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The integration of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo is just superb. It provides a 3-in-1-functionality for the whole program and makes the suite just perfect. #### Cons Export for inDesign-Files, which is the industry standard is sadly still missing. Other than that, i am not missing any Features for my use #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Price and previous experience of Affinity products. --- ### Affinity Publisher the best alternative for Layout software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Michael H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Like all Affinity software it is really good and does allow for full export to the press we use for commercial printing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Affinity Publisher is about as good as you can get for layout software compared to the other big subscription software. It has fully replaced layout for one of my employers since we did not want to move to the subscription model. #### Cons Some features common to Adobe indesign do not exist in this software as well as the learning curve while not difficult was a little time consuming. #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Takes full advantage of the Mac environment. Not a subscription software and very inexpensive for what you get. --- ### An easy to use and intuitive publishing tool. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Philip W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Picking up Affinity Publisher has been relatively easy if you have used any publishing program previously. There are a few quirks to work around, but that is normal with any new program. But I found plenty of advice and workarounds on the net to help me achieve what I was looking for. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros After many years of using QuarkXPress, Publisher and Indesign, this was a natural fit into my workflow and easy to learn. #### Cons It doesnt have all the featires of the big names, but I am assuming that this will come with time. After all, neither did QuarkXPress, Publisher or Indesign in the early days. It would be nice to have auto updates on images and graphics that you import rather than having to re import them again if you do changes outside the program. #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Adobe Creative Cloud was getting too expensive for what I was doing. --- ### Adobe alternative - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: William S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great software, great value for the money, one time fee #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Great alternative to Adobe indesign, provides almost all the features of it #### Cons Not really any the software works great and gets you away from adobe’s subscription model #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Wanted to get away from adobe’s subscription model --- ### A good alternative to indesign - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Cindy c. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Affinity publisher is an easy-to-use page-layout program. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the functionalities on offer are designed to meet all page layout production needs. #### Cons Affinity publisher has two main drawbacks similar to those of other Affinity software. Its limited performance on a Windows environment and, of course, its dependence on other Affinity software.Publisher has been developed so that its full potential can be unlocked with the use of Designer and Photo. --- ### Affinity Publisher for the win! 🏆 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ronald P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Awesome software! The Affinity series wins! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Affinity Publisher gives us a platform that will cross connect between iPad and MacOS + easy connectivity to windows based users. Extremely powerful, yet easy to learn. #### Cons Affinity Publisher could use some functions that allow import of a larger format from other platforms. --- ### Logiciel professionnel - Professional software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christian C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Mon expérience globale est plutôt positive, la mise en page typographique est très pointue et professionnelle avec la gestion des C&J, la gestion des styles de texte, etc. J'aime la gestion des différents formats d'images (EPS, TIFF, JPG, etc. et bien d'autres), la gestion des gabarits, des calques, d'effets. Mais aussi, la précision de la tailles et de la position des blocs et objets incorporés dans un document, avec habillage ou pas et a gestion de l'historique. My overall experience is rather positive, the typographic layout is very sharp and professional with the management of C&J, management of text styles, etc. I like managing different image formats (EPS, TIFF, JPG, etc. and many others), managing templates, layers, effects. But also, the precision of the size and position of the blocks and objects incorporated in a document, with or without wrapping and history management. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ce que j'ai le plus apprécié dans Affinity Publisher, c'est sont ergonomie, ses palettes flottantes réglables, ses outils puissants et sa facilité d'utilisation. On retrouve quasiment les mêmes outils, que les logiciels concurrents, pour un prix très très compétitif. What I liked most about Affinity Publisher is its ergonomics, its adjustable floating palettes, its powerful tools and its ease of use. We find almost the same tools as competing software, for a very very competitive price. #### Cons Je n'ai pas vraiment trouvé d'inconvénients pour l'instant. Le fait de ne pas pouvoir incorporer l'extension de correction orthographique "ANTIDOTE 11" I haven't really found any drawbacks so far. Not being able to incorporate the spell check extension "ANTIDOTE 11" #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher J'ai opté pour Affinity Publisher, car c'est un outils compris dans une suite logiciels complète sans abonnement, avec une compatibilité sur toutes les plateformes et un prix extrêmement compétitif. I opted for Affinity Publisher because it is a tool included in a complete software suite without subscription, with compatibility on all platforms and an extremely competitive price. --- ### Diseño editorial sencillo - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Fray Agustin G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civic & Social Organization - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered He elaborado folletos y revistas sencillas, es bastante práctico #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Maquetación de revistas sumamente sencillo, permite incorporar una gran variedad de tipos de archivos gráficos #### Cons Cuesta aprender a utilizarlo al inicio, si estas acostumbrado a InDesign, es bastante similar #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher El principal motivo de cambio es porque requiere menos recursos de sistema, y cuenta con aplicación para ipad --- ### One-Time Payment for Professional Publishing Capabilities - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Debbie B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with Affinity Publisher is excellent. I'm very happy with the software and with the video tutorials which ensure that I continue improving my abilities as I explore the various program features. If you're looking for sophisticated publishing and layout software without a monthly subscription, I highly recommend taking a look at Affinity Publisher. It's good for simple projects but also has the power behind it to allow you to work on complex projects with heavy image loads and cutting-edge designs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There's much to like about Affinity Publisher. For one thing, it's a one-time payment, and an inexpensive purchase at that. During the COVID lockdowns they even halved the price which was a classy thing to do and helpful for many people. The price is now back up at around $55 at the time of writing which, when compared to the cost of an ongoing subscription for InDesign, is a complete steal. But the pricing wouldn't be enough, on its own, to make me love this product. What I really love is that it's professional-level publishing software with excellent accompanying tutorials and enormously flexibility. I can create everything from simple flyers to complex magazines and brochures and I don't feel that I'm compromising on style or formatting in the least. It's not complicated to figure out, and the ability to use master pages makes everything much faster and easier. It's more complex than Word in terms of output, but definitely not harder to learn. There are two other programs in the Affinity stable - Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. Both work seamlessly with Affinity Publisher which is just a joy and a huge stress reducer - especially when I'm working to a deadline and I need everything to go without a hitch. #### Cons There aren't too many cons to Affinity Publisher. I do have a minor gripe about the Affinity Publisher book which looks really interesting but which costs almost as much as the software itself. I would have appreciated a PDF manual instead of an expensive, glossy coffee-book. --- ### Serious InDesign Replacement - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Troy H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fantastic! There was one time there was a consistent bug, but it was eventually fixed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros If you gave me the choice between InDesign or Affinity Publisher, 9/10 times I would pick publisher. Affinity’s UI is similar to InDesign, but easy to learn and it’s UI is intuitive. Also, you can open up designer and photo while working inside their and allows you to do multiple things within one app. It would be like being able to do the same work as Photoshop and Illustrator all within InDesign. Yes, it’s that’s amazing. #### Cons It does not have every feature InDesign has, but for the average designer you wouldn’t even notice. #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Better price and UI --- ### Affinity Publisher review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Architecture & Planning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Really pleased with this, it saves money against Adobe products and is a high quality software in itself. Is not a monthly payment so easy to control costs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Good functionality across the suite of Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher - easy to switch between the three program from within the interface. Mimics Adobe InDesign in many features which means deploying across our organisation was fairly easy. #### Cons Could be better support from supplier for training but there are more online videos now available. #### Reasons for choosing Affinity Publisher n/a #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Cost --- ### Alternativa a software più costosi - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Gino C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Totale compatibilità con formato file dei software più diffusi in commercio #### Cons Forse in certe funzioni non è molto intuitivo #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Mancanza di aggiornamento --- ### texte editor - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: charles b. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros in complementarity with affinity photo this software helps you to integrate text into your image design #### Cons I did not find any problem with this software --- ### Switched Over From Adobe - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I switched over to Affinity after getting tired of paying the monthly fee for the Adobe suite. I use all of the products on a weekly basis and have saved a lot of money in the process. If you have used the Adobe suite products you feel feel at home with the Affinity suite and only have to pay for the tools once. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Inexpensive One time payment Familiar Feel #### Cons The learning curve associated with the product is similar to the Adobe Suite. --- ### Ottimo prodotto ad un prezzo accessibilissimo - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Giuseppe R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros La possibilità di avere tools comparabili a suite presenti sul mercato da molti più anni con un'interfaccia migliore ed un integrazione comoda con gli altri strumenti dello stesso brand. #### Cons Nell'uso delle funzioni legate agli altri tools – Designer e Photos – l'interfaccia non è subito reattiva su sistemi datati. --- ### Great Affordable Desktop Publisher - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Vanita V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is easy to create page layouts. There are a wide variety of templates available. It is easy to add fonts. I can access Affinity Designer directly from Affinity Publisher. #### Cons I had to purchase a separate Affinity Publisher for Windows and Mac. --- ### I have an Affinity for Publishing. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mostafa K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Great features with the same layout as Affinity Photo and Designer. #### Cons Paperback manual would be great as I don't looking at screens too long. --- ### It's worth perservering.... - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Wayne B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Once I got to understand it's quirks I quickly realised how powerful it actually is. I really enjoy using it now. Still a few bugs in the latest version, but overall brilliant! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The flexibility and the power! Once you work everything out, you can see that it is super powerful and does way more than I need. #### Cons It has a steep learning curve. Especially for someone coming from MS Publisher. Just wasn't intuitive for a start. #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher MS Publisher is being discontinued. In 2026 it will no longer work. --- ### Affordable Option to Adobe - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michelle S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been able to create many projects using Affinity. There have been a few times it has crashed but overall it has been a great program. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This a powerful program for the price. It is much more affordable than Adobe. #### Cons I wish it had the ability to import their old PagePlus files. #### Reasons for choosing Affinity Publisher Cost, didn't need the highest program out there --- ### Très bon logiciel de conception de documents - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Affinity Publisher me permet de créer une mise en page soignée et élaborée de façon simple et intuitive (pour ensuite me concentrer sur le contenu). De plus, l'intégration avec Affinity Designer me fait gagner du temps. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Affinity Publisher est un excellent logiciel de création de documents (avec mise en page élaborée). #### Cons J'apprécie tous les aspects d'Affinity Publisher mais j'ai parfois quelques soucis avec le gestionnaire de resources (lorsque j'ai déplacé un fichier sur le disque). --- ### Bon produit, excellent rapport qualité prix - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jean P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Publishing - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Expérience globale plutôt positive comparable à InDesign mais à un prix nettement plus abordable pour une utilisation non professionnelle. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Ergonomie générale, facilité d'accès aux différents menus, présicion des ancrages, gestion des couleurs, accès direct à Designer et Photo #### Cons impossibilité de mettre une note de bas de page à une légende de figure ou de photo, pas de réelle notes de bas de page mais des notes de bas de colonne ou de zone texte, difficulté de définition des largeurs de colonnes tableau #### Reasons for switching to Affinity Publisher Adobe est impayable pour un travail non rétribué et n'offre aucune possibilité de rentrer dans ses frais ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/affinity-publisher-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Affinity Publisher Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice