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My favorite thing about Affinity Designer is the assets window. This allows for adding vector assets to any project quickly and easily. I also love that it is the one-time price with no subscription. The software is excellent for vector art. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve coming from adobe can take a minute, but well worth the time invested into learning. There are options within Affinity Designer that seem hidden that should be within the software's main window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Affinity Designer has a very similar interface to what is AI.

This program is a One time purchase, so it lowers operational costs by a lot.

It is very easy to understand and to use, very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

there are not so much I disliked; it is an excellent option to replace AI

Something to note is that for now, you don't have a lot of plugins for this program, but it is changing fast as more people use Affinity Suite by the day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This isn't a subscription-based software platform. That's what I appreciate most about Affinity Designer. Moreover, the price tag is beyond reasonable given the mature and comprehensive feature-set it offers. While I'm not a professional graphic designer, I do ask a lot from a vector graphics software package. Affinity handles it effortlessly and (more importantly to me anyway) intuitively. The learning curve is surprisingly manageable for a piece of software with so many bells and whistles. It also works seamlessly with Affinity Photo, further expanding the kinds of workflows you can perform in the Affinity ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a minor issue, and I'm definitely showing my age, but the contextual advice text at the bottom of the screen is eye-shrivelingly tiny. I'd love the option to enlarge that typeface. Beyond that, Affinity Designer is notable for the attention it invests in building a great user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quick to learn. Focuses on the tools you need without cluttering the UI or your workflow. Does everything important that Illustrator can do and is snappy, fast and not bloated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is the ability to do minimal but functional editing to photographs, but the designated protocol is to jump out of Affinity Designer and into Affinity Photo to do higher level editing, then jump back in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is similar to other design tools like Adobe illustrator but it is cost-friendly comparatively. Moreover here you have good control over the assets that you work on and a bunch of other features of a design tool. It has a very pleasing UI too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The major drawback is that work can not be exported to other software for editing like say adobe illustrator or photoshop or other tools. Some tools are missing in this software comparative to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorite part of Affinity Designer is that it is a close alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It is not a 100% replacement, but it is getting there. They have made a conscious effort to be mindful of the habits built up from years of Adobe use, and made the transition as seamless as they could. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Affinity Designer is missing some key features of Illustrator that keep me from ditching Adobe completely. There are very few object warping effects for instance, and I use those a lot in Illustrator. It comes down to what features you use most and which you don't. A lot of the hotkeys are slightly different, but that is minor. They are their own program after all, so maybe it is unfair to judge them as an Illustrator clone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The immediate up side of they refused the predatory Subscription model in favor of a one time payment for each product, for life, with updates included. The handful of adobe illustrator extras are not missed and I'm confident, based on past Affinity updates, that they'll catch up quicker than expected. On this of that, many plugins and brushes and such for Photoshop can be used in Affinity, even if you have to tweak one of two settings to make them work perfectly.... They still work even though they are made for adobe products!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, from the customer service to the tutorials and extras they offer their customers and others, it's difficult to find any faults. Particularly when taking adobe's subscription decision into consideration. I suppose the only down side is that they need a little time to catch up to the feature adobe has created, but I expect they will surpass adobe and even create better features that will reduce adobe's customer base by a surprisingly significant amount in the short term. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I was brand new to the world of vector art. The UI is fairly intuitive and the help articles are informative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As helpful as I found the help articles, I wish there were even more! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's superfast, smooth and powerful vector software. User-friendly interface and familiar with other software in the market, like Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.

One-time purchase at an affordable price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If we can export it as an Adobe Illustrator file will be a great advantage for the designers. Other than that, I have not found any difficulties with the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Affinity is for the most part, easy to use. It is also very affordable! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is missing some features that other image editing software have, such as the ability to easily remove a white background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.