
QuarkXPress 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing
- Overview
- User Interface
- Popular Alternatives
- Pricing and Plans
- Features
- Integrations
- User Reviews
- Popular Comparisons
Overview
Pricing
Starting at $109.00 per year
About QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing and page layout software tool. Users can refine graphics and illustrations, non-destructive photo editing and digital publishing.
It works with a range of graphic design software to enable omnichannel content publishing.
QuarkXPress User Interface

Popular QuarkXPress Alternatives
QuarkXPress
Ratings Breakdown
- 4.29Ease of use
- 3.95Value for money
- 4.02Customer support
- 4.33Functionality
Pricing
Starting at $109.00 per year
Ratings Breakdown
- 4.49Ease of use
- 4.42Value for money
- 4.37Customer support
- 4.37Functionality
Pricing
Starting at $4.99 per month
Ratings Breakdown
- 4.69Ease of use
- 4.62Value for money
- 4.40Customer support
- 4.55Functionality
Pricing
Starting at $10.00 per month
Ratings Breakdown
- 4.18Ease of use
- 4.29Value for money
- 4.26Customer support
- 4.77Functionality
Pricing
Starting at $22.99 per month
Ratings Breakdown
- 3.87Ease of use
- 4.78Value for money
- 3.99Customer support
- 4.34Functionality
Pricing
Available upon request
QuarkXPress Pricing and Plans
Prepaid Annual Subscription
$279.00
Plan includes:
- Bookmarks
- Digital Publishing
- Graphics & Illustrations
- Indesign Shortcuts
- License Management Console
- Page Layout
- Photo Editing
- Royalty-Free Stock Image Library
Perpetual License
$699.00
No plan information available
Student & Faculty Annual Subscription
$109.00
No plan information available
Charity & Nonprofit License
$199.00
No plan information available
Government Perpetual License with 1 year Maintenance
$559.00
No plan information available
Government Subscription License
$207.00
No plan information available
QuarkXPress Features
- Popular features found in Graphic DesignCollaboration ToolsContent LibraryCustom FontsDesign ManagementPattern, Color & Art Storage
- More features of QuarkXPressContent Import/ExportContent ManagementCustomizable BrandingDrag & Drop EditorImage EditingInteractive ContentLayout & DesignMagazinesMulti-LanguageNewslettersNewspapersPrint ManagementSearch/FilterSecure Data StorageTemplate ManagementText EditingThird-Party IntegrationsVersion Control
QuarkXPress Integrations
QuarkXPress User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.4
Ratings Breakdown
5
58%
4
30%
3
9%
2
1%
1
1%
Secondary Ratings
Ease of Use
4.3
Value for money
3.9
Customer support
4.0
Functionality
4.3
Verified reviewer
Graphic Design
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Review sourceReviewed June 2022
I'd be lost without QuarkXPress
5
As a graphic designer, I have been using QuarkXPress since 1990. I used it exclusively for layout for decades until I had to learn InDesign for a few of my clients. I still use it on a daily basis.
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Vendor Response
Thanks for your feedback Robin!
Replied December 2025
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Verified reviewer
Graphic Design
Self-Employed
Used daily for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
Great software for all your design needs
4
Overall, the usability is quite smooth, very rarely crashes and produces great results. I've been using quark for over 30 years and the current version is the best.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for switching to QuarkXPress
I switched from Adobe Pagemaker in 1990. Quark had more precise controls than Pagemaker
Vendor Response
Thanks for your review Gordon!
Replied December 2025
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Verified reviewer
Media Production
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Review sourceReviewed October 2019
Quark makes page design simple
5
I've used Quark for 20 years, and although the version we have is pretty outdated, it still gets the job done with relative ease.
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Verified reviewer
Graphic Design
Self-Employed
Used weekly for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
Rating QuarkXPress
4
Overall, I like working in QuarkXPress. II've been using it for about 20 years now. Tt works well with bringing in images and creating magazine layouts. My only issue has always been with using font programs that never seem to work smoothly with QuarkXPress.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress
Because I've been using it for years and didn't have time to learn a new program.
Vendor Response
Thanks for your review Julia!
Replied January 2026
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Verified reviewer
Media Production
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
User friendly
5
A positive experience and we as a business have chosen to stay with Quark when offered the option to use InDesign instead.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress
Price and staying with what the staff already know how to use
Vendor Response
Thank you for your kind words Patsy!
Replied December 2025
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Verified reviewer
Printing
11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
Quark all day every day!!!
5
Excellent - could live without it. I have a full Adobe package but spend 90% of my design time using Quark. Have done for nearly 30 years.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress
Ease of use and the level of consistency it provides. Produce a lot of business ruled forms and Quark is brilliant on these too.
Vendor Response
Thank you Jason!
Replied December 2025
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Marketing and Advertising
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
Another satisfied customer
5
Clearly, I am a satisfied customer. I have dabbled with other products over the years, but I have never found anything that works as well.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for switching to QuarkXPress
I felt limited in terms of tools and options. A publisher friend suggested I try it.
Vendor Response
Thanks for your review William!
Replied January 2026
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Verified reviewer
Printing
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
Great Support
5
Great! Support Staff - Exceptional! The updates can become a little annoying sometimes. Its usually my go to app every day.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress
I use both as some of the features are easier in one than the other
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review Nick!
Replied December 2025
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Verified reviewer
Media Production
2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
Reviewed December 2025
Labor-saving features get better and better
5
The photo-editing features, pagination and layout choices are exceptionally convenient. I do a weekly organizational newsletter than, thanks to its intuitive nature, I can complete -- photos, layout, text and all -- in an hour or two vs. most of a whole day.
Ratings Breakdown
Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress
More features and straightforward instructions
Vendor Response
We appreciate your feedback, thanks Nancy!
Replied December 2025
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Verified reviewer
Banking
1001-5000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
Review sourceReviewed December 2018
Quark is bittersweet but can’t compete with Indesign
3
I’ve used quarkxpress for over ten years, longer than any other single piece of software. I converted to indesign kicking and screaming because of how different the workflow was because I was so picky. If you’re just starting out, I’d suggest you look at indesign. If you’re picking up someone else’s work, you can almost everything indesign can do quark can do too.
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