
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$19.99/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Adobe Illustrator
Business size
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Markets
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, United Kingdom, India, Japan, Mexico, United States and 5 others
Supported Languages
Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian and 16 others
Pricing starting from:
US$19.99/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Adobe Illustrator
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Total features of Adobe Illustrator: 22
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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Adobe Illustrator Designers Choice
Reviewed on 26/07/2022
I have used Adobe Illustrator to create my own calendars and websites. This has helped me save my...
I have used Adobe Illustrator to create my own calendars and websites. This has helped me save my money and invest on other businesses
Pros
Adobe Illustrator is an easy to install software. It's compatible to most OS and computers. Marque Tools, Bucket, rubber, etc are very helpful tools.
Cons
The software is quite heavy. One is advised to buy computers with good Rams and storage. Cutting images needs lots of patience. I wish it could be made more easier.
Alternatives Considered
Adobe PhotoshopReasons for Choosing Adobe Illustrator
Illustrator images are more clearer than those of PhotoshopSwitched From
Adobe PhotoshopReasons for Switching to Adobe Illustrator
It produces quality images after editing- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Ideal software for graphic designers!
Reviewed on 15/06/2022
My general experience with using this program is great. I would recommend the use of Adobe...
My general experience with using this program is great. I would recommend the use of Adobe Illustrator to any designer, especially print and graphic designers. The tools are very useful and very easy to learn to handle, it only takes a little time. I have been using this program for a long time and I do not plan to stop. Very useful for making sketches and drawings. I’m sure it serves artists and illustrators well.
Pros
What I like most about this program is the ability to manipulate the tool. The tools are various and they can achieve anything you want. For me personally, this program was mostly used for logo design and for the preparation of promotional materials. It is much easier to design promo materials and vectors in Illustrator than in Photoshop.
Cons
Although all the tools are useful to me and I enjoy using this software, I would like to draw your attention to the speed of running the program. The start time of the program varies and sometimes I wait longer than a minute. Anyway, it's worth the wait, the software is great.

- Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
My Adobe Illustrator Review
Reviewed on 8/07/2022
Adobe Illustrator has given me a platform to express my creativity and progress it. I have designed...
Adobe Illustrator has given me a platform to express my creativity and progress it. I have designed mind-blowing logos, branded businesses, and designed presentations, and vector icons. it is the best vector design in the market.
Pros
Each version of Adobe Illustrator keeps getting better than the previous. I have been using it for more than 1o year and it keeps getting better. I love the Image Tracing feature than can vectorize and raster images. It even has more features. You can also stay organise by creating and customizing layers and artboards.
Cons
I hate it when it crashes when I'm working. I've been in a situation when I was designing a presentation. I saved the file properly and tried opening it afterward but it refuses to open. It said something that my file was corrupt. If the file is corrupt, why should it still be having a .ai extension
Alternatives Considered
CanvaReasons for Choosing Adobe Illustrator
I had been using Corel Draw before and decided to try Adobe Illustrator, I noticed Illustrator's interface was more friendly and inviting than Corel Draw also the layers, paths, artboards, and toolbar.Switched From
CorelDRAWReasons for Switching to Adobe Illustrator
I preferred Illustrator because of its advanced capabilities over Canva. Also because it's offline software.- Industry: Import & Export
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Design attractive interfaces with Illustrator
Reviewed on 27/07/2022
I often use Adobe Illustrator to create social media interfaces for the organization I work in...
I often use Adobe Illustrator to create social media interfaces for the organization I work in INDEXA, as it allows the interfaces to be designed by the company’s brand and identity in a very beautiful way.
I approved the designs that I made using Illustrator on Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin
Pros
From my point of view, Adobe Illustrator is the best program for designing beautiful and creative interfaces. It has the appropriate tools that allow you to clearly show your artistic touch as a graphic designer.
What is better is that it is the program that is perfectly suitable for commercial designs because of its very attractive, ready-made, and flexible fonts that can be modified, allowing the completion of excellent designs in the shortest possible time
Cons
Like other Adobe programs, it requires time to learn and reach professionalism, as well as some movement and attractiveness in the user interface compared to what is available in the After Effects and Photoshop programs
- Industry: E-Learning
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Most complete vector graphics creator
Reviewed on 30/06/2022
I find it the best software available to create vector graphics
I find it the best software available to create vector graphics
Pros
Very complete and with all functionalities to creates and manage vector graphics
Cons
When graphics are above one another, it's not easy to select specific shapes
Alternatives Considered
CorelDRAWReasons for Switching to Adobe Illustrator
It's more complete and comes with other software's of interestAdobe 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$19.99/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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