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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Express

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is a task-based, web and mobile product used to create and share rich multimedia content – from social media posts and stories to invitations to marketing materials like logos, flyers and banners.

    $0

    Adobe Stock

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Stock consists of curated asset collections that allow users to explore diverse collections of high-resolution, royalty-free, stock assets for use in digital projects.

    $29

    per month

    Venngage

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Venngage is an infographics creation platform. Users can create inforgraphics for their marketing team from scratch or from a template.

    $19

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Adobe ExpressAdobe StockVenngage
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0.00
    Premium
    $9.99 / $99.99
    per month
    Teams
    $9.99
    per month per user
    Individuals
    Starting at $29
    per month
    Teams
    Starting at $29.99
    per month
    Premium
    $19
    per month per user
    Business
    $49
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    starting at $499
    per month 10+ seats (billed yearly)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe ExpressAdobe StockVenngage
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContact Adobe directly for Enterprise pricing plan details.50% discount for Premium and Business plans for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe ExpressAdobe StockVenngage
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Express
    We previously used Canva and evaluated it as an alternative. While it works well for basic design needs, Adobe Express stands out for several reasons: deeper integration with Adobe’s creative ecosystem, more powerful AI tools, higher-quality templates, and the ability to edit …
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    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Stock
    We selected Stock as we have the entire suite of Adobe products and this pairs nicely as well as with its ability to easily integrate into PPT presentations and the Microsoft suite of products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Stock
    In comparison to other options, Adobe Stock is far more user-friendly. Adobe Stock has helped me find quality photos. One-stop licensing's convenience and variety were important. Instead of buying photos per image, we usually find something similar at Adobe and license it under …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Stock
    For on-demand buying, Adobe Stock wins in flexibility and per-image rates. Shutterstock offers the simpler buying method, though. Shutterstock has a larger collection of stock images, lower prices, and cheaper extended licenses if you buy them in bulk. Adobe Stock is better …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Stock
    Adobe Creative Cloud is fantastic for putting together marketing pieces but doesn't have the image library as Adobe Stock. Your best solution is to utilize Stock for its image library and transfer that over to Adobe CC.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Stock
    Adobe Stock is very unique and versatile compared to other vendors that we have evaluated because it provides access to the largest library of high-resolution, royalty-free stock assets. The premium stock images, video footage, templates, music, and audio files are incredible …
    Incentivized
    Venngage
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Adobe Illustrator
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe ExpressAdobe StockVenngage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (254 ratings)
    7.8
    (69 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (29 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
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    9.0
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    Performance
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    8.0
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    Support Rating
    7.0
    (13 ratings)
    6.0
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
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    Configurability
    -
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    7.0
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
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    9.5
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    Data Sources
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    1.4
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
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    Professional Services
    10.0
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    6.0
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe ExpressAdobe StockVenngage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Every team I work with gets the Express welcome and walkthrough and becomes a permanent Adobe Express user. I have my own workflow when creating content for social, and it is great when others I am working with can hop on and follow the same workflow. We can collaborate on projects, schedule posts, and manage brand assets easily from our own devices. As long as we have access to the same files, we can build campaigns faster and more easily, onboard new designers, and scale our impact on social media.
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    Adobe
    If you're looking for quality professional images for sales and marketing collateral, presentations, social media pages, and graphics, it's great. If you have a very specific industry or subject, sometimes it is too cumbersome to find what you need. They need a better variety of people in their images as well.
    Incentivized
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    Venngage
    I find it great for personal use especially when you are a visual person. As an assistant that needs a lot of organizing, it's wonderful. It helped me a lot and I usually don't require a lot of features. I also find it great for accessibility stuff, I respect that since I have a relative who has special needs. I didn't really need that specifically, but it's nice to know it was considered.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • I have used Adobe Express to help maintain my creative catalogs and files, brand management by saving my color scheme palettes, to have full access to its free assets and huge template library.
    • The main business issue is brand consistency and accessibility, and Adobe Express helps greatly with both of those by providing an option to create brand libraries for various projects, and it has a huge Adobe font catalog to accommodate basically every brand and project scope.
    • I like how I am able to create a project folder for storing various iterations of a graphic or logo, and being able to view thumbnails of each iteration below the current graphic that I am working on. Plus, it also allows for easy thumbnail rearrangement for exporting selected images in the order of my choice. And it has many editing tools such as a generative AI tool using prompts to help create original art, and both the Effects and Animation tools have many options for colorations and animations. Plus other awesome and easy to use tools such as the Quick Action tool that easily removes backgrounds, and other tools like the Resizing, Quick Replace, Translate, Bulk Create.
    • Another feature of Adobe Express that I like is its ability for video creation and editing which is available via a mobile device or desktop computer. The footage editing process is very easy and allows for only one track for both video and audio.
    • Adobe Express allows for the project assets to be either imported via ones on file systems or straight from the Adobe Royalty-Free assets which includes; videos, audio/music, graphics, photos and even a voice overs capability using a "Text-to-Voice" option. And after the video has been created Adobe offers its very easy "Download" option, where you can select what file type that you want the project to export as.
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    Adobe
    • Presents a huge collection of distinctive graphics with all sorts of options to fit the user's particular need of the day.
    • Allows for easy grab-and-go, cut-and-paste of the sample proofs so that a graphic designer can work up an idea and present it to the team before purchasing it.
    • Operates a user-friendly platform so that team members who haven't used the program but is suddenly needed to jump in on a project can figure it out quickly.
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    Venngage
    • Extremely user-friendly: simple, easy-to-follow interface really made ramping up on the offering incredibly fast and painless.
    • Variety of templates: Venngage has a HUGE assortment of templates ranging from corporate reports and business decks to more visually-engaging, "fun" content such as infographics, awesome charts, and highly customizable social graphics.
    • Brand-alignment: we really appreciated the opportunity to tee up our brand guidelines and have those remain on the back-end and let us apply our style guide to multiple templates instantaneously.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • It could have a search bar which searches through other Adobe products (esp for Stock images, videos, audio) from within Adobe Express.
    • It could make it so switching between Adobe products from within Adobe Express almost like a tab function is smooth.
    • It could partner with other companies to allow for company specific events in exchange for valuable products or programs.
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    Adobe
    • I really do wish Adobe Stock would offer editorial-based content. There are no historical photos, photos of world figures, or other event-based content. We have to go to Getty for that.
    • Their video offerings are OK, but there is room for improvement.
    • The current enter-level monthly plan does not provide for any video downloads at all.
    Incentivized
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    Venngage
    • It's hard to lock graphics into place in Venngage once you create something.
    • Layering is next to impossible. The feature is there but is very difficult to use and most times the user is better off copying the object over instead
    • Unless you have a business account (we have a professional account- middle grade) you cannot sort and organize your infographics. This is messy and cumbersome to go through and the price difference between professional and business grade accounts was quite large.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    I foresee Adobe Express becoming the "go-to" platform for everyone except professional, high-level designers. It is a relatively easy-to-use tool that allows users to create a wide variety of visuals quickly. Because it is a template-driven tool, the in-house design team has the ability to make brand kit available to keep visuals on point
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    Adobe
    Because it is easy to use, has a robust database of all kinds of photos, has industry photos that we serve clients in, is quick and easy to download the licensed images, easy to find similar images, cost effective, acts as a source of quality images we can use on high resolution art.
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    Venngage
    I use Venngage for a new project 1-2 times per week... I could not see using another program at this point.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    The user interface is pretty straightforward to use. It has easy to navigate navigations, and the canvas UX is also pretty good. One thing i would like to add it to use shortcuts to add elements on canvas. Like if I am on canvas and I press 'T' on my keyboard the text box should be added automatically
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    Adobe
    the user interface is very basic their filter function is difficult for beginners to use although after sometime of use you wont find any problem in that, their library is good but again. they still have to work on their library volume with current quality standards. apart from interface which is a personal perspective everything is amazing in this platform.
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    Venngage
    I find it very user friendly, straight to the point, and the minor issues I found wasn't really impacting on my role. So I think it would depend? but personally I find it perfect for me. There were lots of templates I could use, and they were very open to feedback and customer service was very accommodating.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    It's always available
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    Venngage
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    Performance
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    It loads quickly and we have not had any issues
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    Venngage
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    Overall, the Adobe Creative Cloud Express is worth a try and may be a good fit for many organizations and businesses. At a monthly rate, the cost is not prohibitive, but the tools are somewhat limited and not necessarily worthwhile when compared to standard applications and software that are often available free or through a package of services commonly found on workplace computers.
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    Adobe
    Never really used it.
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    Venngage
    I think that the attention that I get as a small business owner from Venngage is excellent. They quickly respond to questions and provide information that helps to resolve the issue that I am having.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    I think Adobe Express is a bit behind Canva, but as an Adobe Community Expert, I try to provide as much feedback as I can to help improve Adobe Express. ADobe Express does a better job than InShot and a few other apps, but isn't quite there against Canva, I'm sorry to say!
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    Adobe
    In comparison to other options, Adobe Stock is far more user-friendly. Adobe Stock has helped me find quality photos. One-stop licensing's convenience and variety were important. Instead of buying photos per image, we usually find something similar at Adobe and license it under our subscription. I prefer Adobe's curated resources over other services. Adobe Stock's filters make finding the right image easy.
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    Venngage
    We prefer Canva but feel Venngage is easier for us. In comparison to Adobe, we prefer Venngage because of the ability to have everything in one system and not have to jump around.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    Adobe Creative Cloud Express is included with an Adobe Creative Cloud account. Our company has a corporate team membership so it is nice to have a professional and powerful tool that anyone on our team can use for free. The pricing structure of giving the tool away for free will be fundamental to users utilizing the tool. Similar tools, such as Canva, cost significantly more but do not offer the same features
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    Adobe
    It's a little expensive
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    Venngage
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    Scalability
    Adobe
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    Adobe
    It's very easy to integrate
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    Venngage
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    The professional services for Adobe Creative Cloud Express is top notch and should be highly commended. I am thoroughly impressed with how far Adobe has come. In the past, I had several issues with how something were handled, but in the past few years things have been better than ever and they get no complaints from me
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    Adobe
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    Venngage
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Positive: Time and working for a nonprofit with minimal staff this is essential.
    • Negative: There are certain features that I need to find in other Adobe products like layer masking.
    • Positive: It makes content creation less intimidating for our newer staff.
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    Adobe
    • I used stock photos for my blog posting on medium and website creation. I found adobe stock a very amazing site for high-quality images.
    • It has resolved the issue where I would spend countless hours looking for a photo on Google or other stock-image websites, no other stock photos website is perfect and stunning like Adobe Stock. Overall, it's a fantastic time-saver.
    • Overall, I found images impact more than words while blog posting on medium and other social media, so I can say that Adobe Stock helps me in growing my startup…
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    Venngage
    • It was frustrating to be required to purchase a full month, not be able to download into PowerPoint and edit, and not be given a refund.
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