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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Publisher

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application available with an Office 365 subscription, or as a standalone download.

    $139

    one time purchase

    Visme

    Score6.3 out of 10
    N/AVisme is an online platform with a mission to allow anyone to visualize their ideas into engaging presentations, infographics, animations, and product demonstrations.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft PublisherVisme
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Publisher
    $139
    one time purchase
    Basic
    $0
    Starter - Yearly
    $12.25
    per month billed yearly
    Pro - Yearly
    $24.75
    per month billed yearly
    Starter
    $29
    per month
    Pro
    $59
    per month
    Pro - Team of 3 - Yearly
    $72
    per month billed yearly
    Pro - Team of 5 - Yearly
    $120
    per month billed yearly
    Pro - Team of 5
    $159
    per month
    Pro - Team of 3
    $199
    per month
    Pro - Team of 6+
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    Custom Pricing
    Pro - Team of 6+ - Yearly
    Let's Talk
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft PublisherVisme
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Microsoft Powerpoint Online
    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft PublisherVisme
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft PublisherVisme
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Publisher is well suited for almost any situation. It is something that I'm sure has far more advanced tools than I use or am aware of, but it is also very simple for entry-level users to create professional documents quickly. I have used it for very involved brochures in real estate scenarios and I have also used it for very simple "Construction Zone" signs at a job site under construction. There are so many uses for this program!
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
    As a tourism business, it is fundamental for us to produce more engaging and vibrant promotional materials for the clients as they can easily perceive the actual offering of the project/ product. Visme exactly does the same as expected by the organization. It saves time and bring more efficiency in the process or operations. It doesn't require any technical expertise for making the designs. It just requires a command with information and background designs.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Design of my quarterly full color magazine: (usually 28-56 pages in length)
    • Design of the quarterly planning system used by me and others in the annual conference.
    • Design and layout of any document that requires graphics/photos.
    • Simple to use with ample flexibility and strength of features
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
    • Perfect for creating social media infographics and posts in no time
    • Ideal for creating powerful business presentations as well
    • Seamless way of sharing infographics and presentations with customers and the public
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Formatting in general. It's a pain to refine a layout in Publisher in my opinion.
    • Microsoft is so invested in their approach to software and making it look and feel like an Office 365 application that they inadvertantly cripple applications like Publisher.
    • Earlier versions of Publisher gave you a lot more latitude and creative freedom. They were also much easier to work with. Not everything has to look like it's part of Office 365. They did the same ... thing to Access.
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
    • It can be hard for new team members to master the tool
    • Sometimes the functionality can be almost too advanced
    • Regular updates means things change pretty quickly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    We use this product 2-3 times a month and have not been able to find a comparable alternative.
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    There are a few quirks with Microsoft Publisher that make some functions a little tricky for new users at first, but most of our employees are able to figure out the quirks and work around them to use the product for their job. It is relatively high on the scale of usability.
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    While I have not directly used support for Microsoft Publisher, I have used their help files and found them to be useful. I have also found that most answers that I need can be found through simple web searches and chat platforms. In all though, there are very few times when the preloaded help files have not given me the answers that I need.
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Publisher is more for beginners, or for basic needs, anyone with some familiarity with the Microsoft suite should be able to use it easily. If you’re looking to create something more graphic and advanced, you’d probably want to look into something like InDesign, which is not as user friendly if you’re not familiar with it at all. For basic needs the average employee should be able to use Microsoft Publisher with ease.
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
    PowerPoint has fewer templates when compared to Visme, PowerPoint has limited editor options, and both offer transitions and animations. Visme has the ability to share files and folders privately, while PowerPoint can only share files privately. Visme helps format the statistics and performance analytics for your company and helps in lead generation. Visme helps in graphics, presentations, charts, and infographics, while PowerPoint is only used for presentations.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • we have invested on our Microsoft license for our team and that has made a very big productivity for making banners and holdings for our projects as making it from third party would cost much higher and the return is very well over the comparison with third-party vendors
    • Functionality is very easy, so we don’t have to train much to get it in production and use it efficiently so we don’t have to invest much on training and learning things and we can work on it directly with a very basic knowledge as well
    • It has functionality to get stored and share things directly to the OneDrive and using curated links, which is very secure and reliable to transfer files without losing picture and banners quality and share them in lossless quality.
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    Easy WebContent, Inc. (DBA Visme)
    • Save a lot of time.
    • Rich analytics can be done via Visme.
    • Visme presentations look amazing, and help you conveying your idea easily.
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