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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe InDesign

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AAdobe InDesign supports creating digital and print documents such as flyers, stationary, posters, and other types of media, with rich graphics, images, and more. Adobe InDesign is available standalone or as part of the Adobe Creative Suite collection of media management and creation products.

    $31.49

    per month

    Jahia Digital Experience Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AJahia is a Java-based enterprise content management system. It features an integrated user portal, web publishing and content management, document management, collaboration, and multi-channel publishing.N/A

    Marq

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMarq, formerly Lucidpress, is a design & brand templating platform that enables users to create & share branded collateral. Marq offers consistency so brands can deliver its message more effectively wherever it goes. The vendor states over 5 million people use Lucidpress to create, customize, control & distribute their brand’s content.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe InDesignJahia Digital Experience PlatformMarq
    Editions & Modules
    Monthly Plan
    $31.49
    per month
    Annual Plan, Prepaid
    $239.88 ($19.99)
    per year (per month)
    Annual Plan, Paid Monthly
    $251.88 ($20.99)
    per year (per month)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe InDesignJahia Digital Experience PlatformMarq
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe InDesignJahia Digital Experience PlatformMarq
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
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    Jahia Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    84 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    84 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    72 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Adobe InDesignJahia Digital Experience PlatformMarq
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe InDesign and Jahia Digital Experience Platform and Marq
    Feature
    Adobe InDesign
    -
    Ratings
    Jahia Digital Experience Platform
    8.0
    34 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Marq
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe InDesign and Jahia Digital Experience Platform and Marq
    Feature
    Adobe InDesign
    -
    Ratings
    Jahia Digital Experience Platform
    8.5
    35 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Marq
    -
    Ratings
    API00 Ratings7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Adobe InDesign and Jahia Digital Experience Platform and Marq
    Feature
    Adobe InDesign
    -
    Ratings
    Jahia Digital Experience Platform
    6.6
    35 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Marq
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings1.130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings4.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Adobe InDesign and Jahia Digital Experience Platform and Marq
    Feature
    Adobe InDesign
    -
    Ratings
    Jahia Digital Experience Platform
    5.7
    34 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Marq
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings4.134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings6.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings4.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings4.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Affinity Publisher
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Yext
    Score6.7 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Adobe InDesign
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Progress Sitefinity
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Adobe InDesign
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe InDesignJahia Digital Experience PlatformMarq
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (101 ratings)
    8.0
    (44 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (64 ratings)
    7.3
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe InDesignJahia Digital Experience PlatformMarq
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Adobe InDesign is very well-suited to creating professional-looking page designs. If you want a newspaper or magazine to have attractive pages that go beyond simple templates, InDesign is the best option out there, to my knowledge. It's less suited to scenarios where people without page design skills are responsible for creating pages, as it requires some training and skills to use effectively.
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    Jahia Solutions
    In my experience, Jahia Digital Experience Platform as a CMS platform is excellent when you have a large amount of content that needs to be customized. It is also good for when you have templated content that has minor variations. I would say it is less appropriate when the content has numerous mathematical computations, or a large amount of business logic that comes into play with data processing.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    For self-publishers, Marq is the best option, in my opinion. I have recommended it to others and they have been also amazed at how beautiful their end product looks and how easy it is to export and get the printers. A win win for everyone involved in the process of creating magazines and marketing materials.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Customization - With Adobe InDesign, as well as many other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, I can fully customize my workspaces and save different workspaces. This makes it easy to navigate through my project and have the panels and tools I need easily accessible and configured based on my project needs.
    • Styles - Adobe InDesign has character styles, object styles, and tables styles. This speeds up my workflows and allows me to easily apply the same format across multiple elements. This is super helpful, especially when working with length documents.
    • File compatibility - I can easily export my files into so many different file types.
    • The Book feature - This feature is really helpful when creating books or very long documents with multiple sections.
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    Jahia Solutions
    • Content management: It is very easy to update text, images, files and videos even for a non technical user.
    • Multi-site Management: It has a robust multi-site management capability, It helps in maintaining multiple websites with consistent branding.
    • Digital asset management: It is easier to store organize and retrieve images, videos and documents.
    • It has a great built-in analytics and reporting feature.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    • User management
    • Easy to create and edit templates
    • Able to install an approval layer to govern use
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Not naturally a WYSIWYG display (this is an option, and doesn't always work as intended)
    • Moving images and photos around while holding an additional key
    • Layers or objects are not easily clickable behind other objects.
    • Adobe InDesign does require some fair system resources to work smoothly
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    Jahia Solutions
    • It lacks the ability to manage multiple versions of a page or content in general.
    • The back office interface sometimes encounters bugs or display problems.
    • It's difficult to keep pre-production sites up to date in terms of content compared to production, because the time required to import/export sites is very long once the site is rich in content.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    • Automated page numbering would be amazing
    • Scroll button should be darker to find it easier
    • More template options
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    I've had great experiences with the product and plan to continue to use it. It has been my go-to product for designing and creating materials. I have had great luck with it and have been able to create all of the needed marketing materials that have been requested for our company.
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    Jahia Solutions
    I would not use Jahia as it proved too complex for our needs and didn't help our over goal of customer satisfaction. Along with the man hours to build and execute, it wasn't worth the hassle
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Usability
    Adobe
    If you know what you are doing it is an amazingly granular and powerful application. You can control pretty much any aspect of the design and layout of your documents and make changes globally and rapidly. But, if you don't know what you are doing...you will be staring at your screen in bewilderment for a long time. You can learn it, but be ready for a hefty time investment.
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    Jahia Solutions
    The interface and ergonomics are designed to facilitate the use of the product. The creation of template is easy which allows to minimize the actions necessary for the provision of content.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I've needed Adobe InDesign team very little which is a bonus in and of itself.
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    Jahia Solutions
    [I give it this rating because it] was up most of the time. There are so many scheduled reboots that I don't think it would be a good choice for a 95% SLA.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    One of the advantages of Adobe InDesign is it is faster and less glitchy than Microsoft Word.
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    Jahia Solutions
    It's stable after upgrade to Jahia 8. Not much server down so far
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    Adobe support is ok but not great. Chat support often doesn't initially understand the question at-hand and it takes awhile to get to the right agent. Phone support has long wait times, and though I've had more luck there, it does take quite a time investment if you are looking for help. However, Adobe does have some online learning solutions available as well as a knowledgebase for frequently asked questions. If you're looking to learn how to use the platform, there are lots of resources which can typically be found in a few Google searches. If you have a technical issue with the system, that's going to be a bit more of a time investment as far as getting a tech's assistance to resolve the problem.
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    Jahia Solutions
    As I was saying, the support makes sure to be available for any question, or any technical point that we may need to discuss about. Moreover, whenever we have an issue with the platform they get alerted and also send us an email so that we are aware. We had multiple complex topics to work on in the past, but they always have been answering our question
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    Attending Adobe MAX each year is extremely valuable.
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    Jahia Solutions
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    The online training works well and is not wholly necessary as it is user-friendly and you can learn by doing.
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    Jahia Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Implementation was smooth and easy.
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    Jahia Solutions
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Microsoft products do not match the aesthetic tools that [Adobe] InDesign offers, cannot support the customizable options available for export, and do not produce documents with as high a degree of accessibility. That said, they do have their place in collaboration in a team- I'd consider Office to be the first step and [Adobe] InDesign to be the final product.
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    Jahia Solutions
    Jahia provides a similar user experience to other CMS I have used in the past - it features a simple interface that makes navigating and learning how to use the platform easy and the ability to copy and paste content saves time and effort when building new pages. The ease in which you can manage the site in different languages is also a big plus!
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    I think if we had found Canva first we would have probably chosen it as our platform. We had already invested a lot of time and energy into developing multiple templates and branding standards in LucidPress
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    Working in a cloud environment makes it easy to scale and share resources.
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    Jahia Solutions
    You can create your own feature module and it can be resuable across the projects. The Java libraries is available for development of Tomcat or JSP
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • A great ROI for time in my small architectural practice, [especially] when a design has been updated and a report needs to be submitted. We can be submitting many reports that all look similar, clean and beautiful. We just save as the file and replace the images with more updated images. This way the client finds it easy to navigate updated reports, as many as they can be.
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    Jahia Solutions
    • Our once frustrated contributors are now happy to create content with Jahia Digital Experience Platform!
    • Pages are snappy and bug-free, which wasn't always the case.
    • Jahia Digital Experience Platform has mapped our complex organization into nice roles and permissions.
    • All our external services were nicely integrated into a modern portal.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    • I am able to save over $10K per issue by doing the design and layout myself.
    • I am able to save at least 2-3 weeks per issue by doing the design and layout myself.
    • I don't need to employ a team to compile each issue, I do it all myself.
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