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Drag-and-drop marketing designs that take minutes!
Updated September 27, 2022

Drag-and-drop marketing designs that take minutes!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Xara Designer Pro

I use Xara Designer Pro for my basic design needs like presentations, graphics for social media, imagery for my website, and infographics. It is very easy to use and there are some really great features compared to Canva. The one thing that I like is that resizing is very easy to do. I also like the details available when making charts, etc. I have had issues with those things in Canva.
  • Graphic art
  • Social media imagery
  • blog post images
  • load times
  • windows not opening
  • glitching when copying objects
  • Templates
  • Drag-and-drop designer elements
  • Image effects on png transparent backgrounds
  • Less time on boarding interns
  • Easy to copy templates for uniformity across the brand
  • Quick downloads
I like both and use both but for different things. Canva, I think has more templates overall. Support is better with Xara and my templates are already built in Xara. Also, detail attention is better in Xara. I have built very meticulous charts in Xara and even mocked up product designs here.

Do you think Xara Designer Pro delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Xara Designer Pro's feature set?

Yes

Did Xara Designer Pro live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Xara Designer Pro go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Xara Designer Pro again?

Yes

Really great for on-the-fly images for social media, blog posts, websites. It is extremely easy to use and new employees do not need to spend any time with training since its really intuitive. Less appropriate for graphic design like removing backgrounds, etc.

Evaluating Xara Designer Pro and Competitors

  • Prior Experience with the Product
Once I started using Xara, it was hard to switch because I had so many templates I was already using.It was easy enough to use and cheap enough that I didn't see a reason to switch.
I may have spent more time trying out more than one. I think at the time, it was decided for me but I would have spent more time looking at templates and design elements and how easy they are to use.