
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
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$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
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- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Illustrating Beyond Boundaries
Reviewed on 6/4/2020
I have faith in Illustrator and learned how it behaves. I know it will continue to update, as other...
I have faith in Illustrator and learned how it behaves. I know it will continue to update, as other Adobe applications do. Best to keep that belief in it and push on with resilience.
Pros
As a professional artist and business creative, Adobe Illustrator has been an application well used in my toolbelt of visual software. From vector creations to typographic layouts, Illustrator never ceases to amaze me in terms of innovation. The thing I like most about it is the guidance it provides for artists and designers really shines through. Specifically, Illustrator analyzes and
Cons
I've learned that each software has a strength of its own. And it's best to understand how it works so you can maneuver through it without a lot of issues. That's why Illustrator really works for me. The only setback would be the brush types. I do wish the variance in stroke would expand more in terms of the lines it creates. I've noticed that the strokes would have lines within them, but would just be copied versions. However, I believe this is a minor issue and not much to dwell on!
Reasons for Switching to Adobe Illustrator
Aside from its popularity, I grew up with Illustrator and found great comfort in its works. I'm open to new software and have tried the alternatives. But none the less, Illustrator hasn't failed me.- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
I am using illustrator every day and I love it
Reviewed on 26/10/2022
Basically all my work happens in illustrator
Basically all my work happens in illustrator
Pros
Usability and ux is really friendly even when new versions come out it is totally usable without the need to learn lots of new features
Cons
I am not okay with textures and putting them in illustrations somehow it never works as I imagined
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Adobe Illustrator
Reviewed on 26/11/2022
Adobe Illustrator is a great tool to create fashion design
Adobe Illustrator is a great tool to create fashion design
Pros
For a very good fashion design edition, I prefer to use Adobe Illustrator a lot, it has better fashion design performance
Cons
Honestly, the use is simple for the moment without any problem

- 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 28/4/2019
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: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 5/11/2022
For creating professional-quality Vector graphics and a career in the design field, it's my tool of...
For creating professional-quality Vector graphics and a career in the design field, it's my tool of choice. Illustrator is my tool of choice when working on projects for business.
Pros
When compared to other vector design programmes, Illustrator's feature set is much superior. It's the gold standard in the business world, and I picked it up very quickly.Adobe Illustrator streamlines the process of creating vector illustrations and layouts that are print and scale-ready. Moreover, the Image Trace function has enabled me make the most of the small size images we have licenced for curricular use and provide each of our departments with the highest quality print-ready files possible. Rather than having to build a massive file in a non-vector programme and then exporting it to the suitable format, I can work with text and logos for our ministry regions and special events in a single file that can scale across many print media, from big posters to t-shirts to videos.
Cons
Today, working together is essential. And although Illustrator does include collaboration features, attempting to add real-time collaboration would be missing the purpose. Many designers rely on Adobe's Illustrator, making this enhancement crucial. If you don't need the other components of Adobe's suite, buying Photoshop alone will wind up costing you a fair bit of money.
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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