About Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator CC is an industry-standard tool in vector drawing and editing for professional design and artwork. Users can create graphic designs that go virtually anywhere including print, websites, video games, logos for brand corporations, packaging for general merchandise, as well as business cards, billboards, bus wraps and even clothes.
Illustrator CC enables graphic designers to create sketches, typography and illustrations for print, web, video, and mobile, and offers a wide set of tools, filters and effects. Illustrator works with vector graphics which are resolution independent and defined mathematically for quality control, and also with the more traditional, raster graphics.
Illustrator CC comes with thousands of royalty-free stock art and all projects can be loaded into InDesign for a complete design workflow. The solution also integrates with animation and video apps like Animate CC, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.
With the seamlessly integrated Adobe Creative Cloud, users can easily access, organize, and share creative assets with other users, as well as other Adobe desktop and mobile apps.
Adobe’s mobile apps include Illustrator Draw, Capture CC, and Comp CC that let users intuitively capture creative vision with shapes, color, and typography with their mobile devices and seamlessly continue projects on the desktop with Illustrator CC.
Pricing starting from:
US$31,49/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Adobe Illustrator
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Pricing starting from:
US$31,49/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Adobe Illustrator
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Features
Total features of Adobe Illustrator: 22
Alternatives
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
SketchUp
Figma
Sketch
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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
A powerful suite for Web Designers
Reviewed on 2020/10/02
After growing up with GIMP as my original mainstay when learning web design, I had the chance to...
After growing up with GIMP as my original mainstay when learning web design, I had the chance to use Illustrator at an internship around a decade ago. From there forwards, it's been my go to for designing SVG logo/image sets purely through the ease to export the SVGs for cross platform/device use.
Pros
As a full stack web developer, the tools that illustrator offer for creating Scalable Vector Graphics is unparalleled. With the importance of creating media that 'travels' well between both mobile and desktop environments, you'll be hard pressed to an offering that fits all circumstances with the ease that Illustrator offers. The joy of exporting your SVGs so simply to fit wherever you need them has been honed (or perhaps even owned) by years of Adobe's feature rich development and progressive enhancement. From Macromedia Shockwave with Flash forwarding to HTML 5 adoption, Adobe Illustrator has been at the forefront of web media design.
Cons
As with any design tool, there's always a learning curve. Though, that be said, with the sheer amount of online tutorials and videos, its truly quite hard to find fault with Adobe Illustrator... Once you've got the basics, the sky truly is the limit.... From moving from GIMP (a great free choice), to Illustrator, I'd definitely recommend the jump across the the Adobe camp.
- Industry: Design
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
My review about this software 100% satisfied
Reviewed on 2023/01/24
My work experience with this software is 17 years I really love this software
My work experience with this software is 17 years I really love this software
Pros
Template are ready u can find for design
Cons
I like this software bcz easy to use if u understand the future
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Such a powerful tool - but sometimes it's difficult to keep up with it.
Reviewed on 2019/04/28
Pros
So, I've been an AI user for now almost 10 years. I've used it at it's worst, at it's best and at it's "ok" moments. It's powerful and the type of work that you can create is really just limitless. There has been a significant effort in onboarding users whenever it gets a design overhaul or new features are added. I've found that a lot of these updates do tend to boost my ability to perform or create work at a faster speed, and same goes when making edits. I'm a heavy pathfinder user and the ability to just tweak my workplace to my needs, adding different windows and condensing them into one section has been a huge time saver. So in terms of granting you the ability to really modify the space to your liking, it's great.
Cons
I think one of the aspects about illustrator that has over time made it a more difficult tool to rely on has been the constant updates. Yes, those updates are sometimes great and very much needed, but there is no onboarding and the existing tour points hold so much information, it's hard to keep up with it.
I think generally speaking, I want to also be able to use the same shortcuts I have been using over time with the software, so when certain aspects of it change - sometimes it does affect my ability to perform at the same speed. I think more efforts need to be done to really create a focused on boarding for users when you introduce new features.
- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Industry-leading Vectors & Graphics Design Software
Reviewed on 2023/01/17
Adobe Illustrator is known for its wide range of tools and features that make it easy to create and...
Adobe Illustrator is known for its wide range of tools and features that make it easy to create and edit vector graphics, as well as its ability to work seamlessly with other Adobe software such as Photoshop and InDesign.
Pros
It is a popular vector graphics editing software that is widely used by designers and illustrators to create logos, illustrations, and other types of graphics.
Cons
It is a Big-size software, which takes up much space in the system and software get stuck in between works.
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Industry acceptance, useful features & updates- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2023/02/25
the user experience of adobe is for me quite satisfactory, I don't think there is a better similar...
the user experience of adobe is for me quite satisfactory, I don't think there is a better similar product on the market
Pros
its simplicity and its very complete interface
Cons
pas accessible pour les machines à faibles caractéristiquees
Adobe Illustrator FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Adobe Illustrator.Q. What type of pricing plans does Adobe Illustrator offer?
Adobe Illustrator offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$31,49/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Not Available
Individuals US$19.99/month Latest version of selected app ProSite portfolio website Typekit desktop and web fonts 20GB of cloud storage Business US$29.99/month (per license) Choice of one creative desktop app or the entire collection of 20+ apps Team website, premium fonts, and up to 100GB of storage for collaboration 24/7 technical support Additional pricing options for students & teachers, schools & universities.
Q. Who are the typical users of Adobe Illustrator?
Adobe Illustrator has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000
Q. What languages does Adobe Illustrator support?
Adobe Illustrator supports the following languages:
Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
Q. Does Adobe Illustrator support mobile devices?
Adobe Illustrator supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Adobe Illustrator integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Adobe Illustrator has
Q. What level of support does Adobe Illustrator offer?
Adobe Illustrator offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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