Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Express
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Adobe 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
Read&Write
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that helps individuals of all abilities read, write, and express themselves with confidence. For education and the workplace, its assistive features include text-to-speech, word prediction, and research tools for users with diverse learning needs.N/A
Text Cortex AI
Score 10.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
⚡️ Hyper charges writing wherever needed in a browser. ⚡️ Start with a thought and the rest will come quite by itself. ⚡️ TextCortex is an AI writing companion that suggests how to make writing more authentic and helps writers create. ⚡️ Designed to eliminate writing block and hours sitting in front of a blank canvas. Many businesses are struggling to create enough content. Text creation is one time factor in creating content requiring a significant chunk of a…
$5.59
per month per user
Pricing
Adobe ExpressRead&WriteText Cortex AI
Editions & Modules
Free
$0.00
Premium
$9.99 / $99.99
per month
Teams
$9.99
per month per user
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Lite
$5.59
per month per user
Unlimited
$83.99
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales for large volume API integration
Volume of API requests
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe ExpressRead&WriteText Cortex AI
Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsContact Adobe directly for Enterprise pricing plan details.
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Community Pulse
Adobe ExpressRead&WriteText Cortex AI
Considered Multiple Products
Adobe Express

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Read&Write
Chose Read&Write
Early on our district was using Kurweil 3000 but that was restrictive to the computer that it was placed on. We also used co-writer (Don Johnson) for writing supports. By having both features available in one convenient toolbar along with other amazing features that follow the …
Chose Read&Write
Clicker was missing from the list.
The benefit of using Read&Write over other software has been its integration with Google, and that it brings all the features into one toolbar.
This means we are not adding additional cognitive load to our students.
Text Cortex AI

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Features
Adobe ExpressRead&WriteText Cortex AI
Writing and Proofreading
Comparison of Writing and Proofreading features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Express
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Ratings
Read&Write
8.0
143 Ratings
7% below category average
Text Cortex AI
10.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Spelling and grammar check00 Ratings7.9123 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Machine translation00 Ratings7.2101 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Integrations00 Ratings7.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
Browser extension00 Ratings7.7127 Ratings00 Ratings
Speech-to-Text00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings00 Ratings
Picture Dictionary00 Ratings8.6117 Ratings00 Ratings
Dictionary00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings00 Ratings
Highlighters00 Ratings9.1129 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio maker00 Ratings6.5101 Ratings00 Ratings
Tone and readability check00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Sentence rephrasing00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe ExpressRead&WriteText Cortex AI
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(231 ratings)
8.7
(129 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(15 ratings)
8.6
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(27 ratings)
8.4
(9 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.6
(12 ratings)
7.6
(42 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.1
(2 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.5
(6 ratings)
7.6
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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8.5
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe ExpressRead&WriteText Cortex AI
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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
Read&Write is a solid, long-lasting tool that I have relied on for my students for many years. It is especially strong at supporting students with reading challenges. It is less appropriate for students with more complex needs who have non-standard speech or are using head or eye control. It will continue to be a tool that I encourage many students to use.
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TextCortex AI
This tool has been very helpful for our organization, it allows you to create better descriptions for your reports and projects, you can create better writing for your blog and social networks, which allows you to create marketing for your entire organization, with which you can increase your sales and attract better customers, it has exceptional search engines so that you can integrate your text with keywords that help you increase traffic on your website. This platform has been very useful and is appropriate for all organizations.
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
  • Creates vocabulary lists for students that include symbols, definitions, and space to add additional notes or images (a staff favorite)
  • Intuitive word prediction that supports spelling, grammar, and reduces the number of keystrokes needed
  • Text-to-speech on any digital text using the regular reader or screenshot reader, making almost any content accessible
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TextCortex AI
  • Extending texts
  • Rewrite texts
  • Summarizing texts
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
  • I would like to use the practice reading aloud tool more, but the kids that I work with have a hard time understanding the concept. I think that, while there are a lot of tools available, sometimes they are hard for younger students to understand.
  • The hover to read function is nice as well, but my students struggle with the fact that if you move the mouse once it starts reading it will start all over in a new area. It's not as smooth as I would like it to be.
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TextCortex AI
  • Pricing per words instead of uses (invocations)
  • Mobile app (Android)
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
I'm just really impressed with the software and the access it gives to learners who are used to coming up against barriers in education. It's a quick-fix for a learner - something they can access usefully and productively with very little training. I also love that learners can access Read&Write on their devices at home - that really is a game changer.
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TextCortex AI
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
I am giving this an 9. Not a perfect score because working on PDFs is better but not yet as easy as I need for it to be. Working with many students who have executive function challenges, I need a smooth simplistic access method. We are not quite there yet for writing on PDFs. Overall the toolbar on Read&Write is super easy to access and I love that the suite includes several tools on the toolbar providing a solution to many accessibility challenges.
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TextCortex AI
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Reliability and Availability
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
Seems to be available when Internet is working.
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TextCortex AI
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Performance
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
there are issues with the dictation not running smoothly.
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TextCortex AI
No answers on this topic
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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
The support team at Texthelp is excellent. They're all super helpful and open to feedback and new ideas. Still, more importantly, they are ultimately fully committed to aligning with us and ensuring they help us provide the best education possible. Furthermore, they're open to new features and always communicate this incredibly well.
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TextCortex AI
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Online Training
Adobe
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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
It was easy to learn to use
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TextCortex AI
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Implementation Rating
Adobe
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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
It took a solid 2 weeks for R&W to work on our students chromebooks even after reaching out to tech support. The toolbar was greyed out and not accessible to students. Took a long time before tech support helped us solve this problem.
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TextCortex AI
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
We are still learning how to use Equatio. I am not a mathematician and therefore I am finding understanding it a bit more difficult. Once I understand how to use it I will be able to cascade it down. My hope is that it will be as useful as Read & Write
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TextCortex AI
Absolute not happy with Custom GPT, there is Text Cortex AI 1000 times better with content generation, content optimizations.
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
The pricing is reasonable. A lower tier with just screen reading and basic functions would be nice, but not a deal-breaker.
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TextCortex AI
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Scalability
Adobe
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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
The product can be used on as many devices at once as needed
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TextCortex AI
No answers on this topic
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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
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TextCortex AI
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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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Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)
  • We are early to deploying Read&Write but hope to see increased test scores
  • We are early to deploying Read&Write but hope to see decreases in student behaviors triggered by challenging ELA assignments
  • We are early to deploying Read&Write but hope to see improvements in student self perception as a result of increased ELA success
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TextCortex AI
  • This platform has had a very positive impact on our organization because we have been able to implement it from anywhere, this tool can be installed easily, you can create unlimited texts in the business version, there is not a number of descriptions generated per day, your organization can do as many as it wants.
  • allows you to manually write texts that you can implement with your organization, created with a natural language.
  • This tool has an exceptionally basic plan for a price of only $ 19 per month, I recommend it for small companies.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Express Screenshots

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Read&Write Screenshots

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Text Cortex AI Screenshots

Screenshot of A custom AI co-worker can be created in under 5 minutes.Screenshot of Personas give voice to AI.Screenshot of AI acts as a personal info hub when uploading documents and retrieving information from them.