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Adobe Illustrator

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What is Adobe Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator CC is a vector-based graphic design software.

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Still the industry standard

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 28, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We're a design agency so we use Adobe Illustrator CC to create all manner of vector artwork. Typically clients hire us to produce logos, illustrations, infographics, and graph...
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Andrew Davies
Director - Marketing
Creative Director
Paragon Design Group
Adobe Illustrator CC20 years of experience

Great overall tool for Vector Graphics

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 24, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Adobe Illustrator CC for Marketing and Sales purposes. The types of elements we typically create are social media ads, paid digital ads, logos, branding elements, icons...
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Verified user
Employee
Adobe Illustrator CC9 years of experience

Design Needs in One Spot

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 22, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Adobe Illustrator CC for product design and tech packs that we send to factories to produce the products in our line.
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Verified user
Manager
Adobe Illustrator CC18 years of experience

Top to Bottom Creative Branding Multi-Tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 23, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Acting as the in-house design team for an organic suncare brand, my team uses Illustrator for everything from print packaging artwork, dieline modification, branding assets (i...
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Eric Gangnath
Manager - Other
Creative Director
COOLA
Adobe Illustrator CC17 years of experience

Adobe Illustrator - A Powerhouse for your design needs

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 13, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Adobe Illustrator is THE industry standard for creating vector graphics and digital illustration. I use it extensively in my graphic design business to create many different k...
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Bill Black
Professional - Professional Services
Owner
Black Horse Productions
Adobe Illustrator CC25 years of experience
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Pricing

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Yearly - Billed Monthly

$20.99

On Premise
per month

Monthly

$31.49

On Premise
per month

Yearly - Billed Upfront

$239.88

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

PACMAN ARCADE SPEEDART | ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC | GRAPHIC DESIGN CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION TUTORIAL DEMO

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How To Enable Pressure Sensitivity In Adobe Illustrator CC

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Adobe Illustrator CC 2020 Curvature and Pen Tools Demo

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Adobe Illustrator CC - Color Models/Wheel Demo

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HOW TO DISTORT VECTORS | ADOBE CC ILLUSTRATOR | 2017 | QUICK TUTORIAL EASY TEXTURE EDGES DEMO

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Product Details

What is Adobe Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator CC is a vector-based graphic design software.

Adobe Illustrator Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Still the industry standard

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 28, 2025
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Andrew Davies
Creative Director
Paragon Design Group (Design, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Illustrator CC
20 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want fine-tuned, delicate control over vector graphics and paths then Adobe Illustrator CC is your best bet. Other software like Affinity Designer and Sketch have limited functionality and probably work better in certain instances, like creating graphics for websites. But Adobe Illustrator is still the best all-around vector manipulation tool available. If you're confident your work won't be stolen to train Adobe's AI then it's the best bet for you.

Top to Bottom Creative Branding Multi-Tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 23, 2024
EG
Eric Gangnath
Creative Director
COOLA (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Illustrator CC
17 years of experience
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Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Illustrator is very strong for creating hard line vector artwork. It's easy to take a logo sketch, trace the key strokes, and convert into a printable vector asset. Illustrator is great for product packaging and dieline work. The interface allows for a large artboard and packaging dielines can be very accurately detailed quickly down to the smallest unit of measurement. Illustrator is great for designing brand graphic assets and is very precise in the line work options.

Illustrator is not the type of software to design multi page documents in -- I would use InDesign. It also doesn't function very well for photo corrections or raster based image adjustments -- I would use Photoshop.

Great overall tool for Vector Graphics

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 24, 2025
Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Illustrator CC
9 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Illustrator CC is a widely recognized tool that has a lot of integration features with other platforms and programs that I think blow other applications out of the water. I think any creative team should be using Adobe Illustrator CC as it is the most consistent platform. I don't think illustrator is the best for digital illustrators as there is another tool that is better suited for that.

Design Needs in One Spot

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 22, 2025
Verified User
Manager in Quality Assurance
Printing Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Illustrator CC
18 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Illustrator CC is well suited for digital artwork would not be as useful for newsletters or book layouts, I would use InDesign for those.

Adobe Illustrator - A Powerhouse for your design needs

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 13, 2024
BB
Bill Black
Owner
Black Horse Productions (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Illustrator CC
25 years of experience
View profile
Likelihood to Recommend
Illustrator is GREAT for graphic design applications. Creating great looking vector graphics is what it is made for! Brochures, posters, advertisements, logo design, T-shirts, custom typography - that sort of thing, Illustrator really shines!

It is NOT great for image editing (that would be Photoshop) or multipage layouts like books or magazines (that would be InDesign).
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