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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Affinity Designer

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AAffinity Designer is a vector graphics software developed by Serif (Europe) Ltd, replacing the former Serif DrawPlus. It is designed for professional illustrators, web designers, game developers, and other creatives.N/A

    VistaCreate

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AWhat is VistaCreate (ex-Crello)? VistaCreate is an online visual editing tool for creating videos, animations, graphic designs for social media, print, websites, or virtually any kind of static and animated design for commercial, business, or personal needs. On October 27, 2021 Crello joined the Vista group of companies and changed its brand name to VistaCreate. It includes 50,000 professionally designed templates that are already preformatted and…N/A
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    Affinity DesignerVistaCreate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Serif Europe Ltd.
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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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    User Ratings
    Affinity DesignerVistaCreate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Affinity DesignerVistaCreate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    Best suited: Creating on the go. The app is the same on desktop as it is on mobile. All the tools and shortcuts exist on both platforms, no need to learn more than one workflow to get my work done
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    For creative and captivating presentation slides where you are pitching your ideas to the team, for quick and well-presented pamphlets for the event board, irrespective of university or workplace. I would definitely recommend using existing templates from VistaCreate instead of AI-generated images that are messy and crowded, so you connect with the audience better, and also, of course, people will take it seriously as well..
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    Pros
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    • its is helpful in creating vector designs
    • it offers wide variety of brushes making it perfect for illustrations.
    • it provides us varies options for exports like eps, svg, png and jpeg and many more making it versatile.
    • we use to export our design with press ready pdf for print production where all the internal design and export done with Affinity Designer.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    • Certificate design
    • Social media communications
    • Conversion of designs into various file formats e.g. mp4, jpg, pdf
    • PowerPoint designs
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    • the new Affinity Designer suite lacks the original compatibility.
    • the brushes and spray tools needs improvement
    • Sometimes when we are dealing with big files say more than 10mbs it crashes often or slow down.
    • One of the major weak point is export time it takes quite longer time if compared to illustrator but for big files only.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    • Difficult to design content on mobile phone
    • Mobile designs do not sync with desktop app
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    Usability
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    Because the software is great. I have forced myself to learn it. I highly recommend to others. This is a game changer. Adobe is evil for going all subscription and not giving anyone the option to purchase lifetime versions of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign it is CRIMINAL
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    It's a fantastic tool, be it the free or paid version. You can choose different templates from many listed categories and change styles with palettes, add music to your images, and choose from a variety of fonts. All these features are for free users. You unlock gold if you have a paid version of VistaCreate. Some additional useful features like background remover, AI writer, object remover, resize, and many varieties of templates are only for premium users. I give 9 because additional premium useful features are not available for free users
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    Support Rating
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    I have not had much opportunity to go directly to support, but the training modules that are employed by the company are fantastic. I also find that if I need to understand something, there is always another user ready and willing to share their secrets. As this tool becomes more accepted local communities will also start to organize
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    First, Affinity has a much more attractive licensing model for users: Buy it once, use it forever. That's great and means one less recurring cost for a company. But I can go further, and as I've mentioned in other questions, Affinity has a very refined and polished interface, as well as superior performance, especially compared to Adobe's tools. On our team, we use Figma as the main tool focused on Product Design, and where it falls short, we complement it with Affinity. Price and product quality are the factors that make this choice happen.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    I like to give a chance to other products and try them out. As far as my experience is concerned, I liked the feature of VistaCreate, with palettes, which totally changes the mood and tone of the image. That's something I didn't find in Canva. Additionally, the simplicity and user-friendliness of VistaCreate instead of being crowded with too many features. It's simply the best.
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    Return on Investment
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    • Perfect for professionals. The price is insane for a professional tool.
    • I am able to fit the price of Affinity Designer into our business budget.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    • Improved communication with staff
    • Improved brand presence on social media
    • Ability to appeal to all age groups
    • Improved staff morale
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