Comparison of desktop publishing software

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The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.

Contents

Overview

This table provides general software information including the developer, latest stable version, the year in which the software was first released, and the license under which it is available.

OS and Online support

This table shows Operating System (OS) compatibility with the latest version of the desktop publishing applications, there are five possibilities:

Application names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.

Input format

This table gives a comparison of the file formats that can be opened or imported.

Output format

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can export or save.

See also

Notes

  1. release date not stated on vendors web page
  2. Rosetta 2 emulation is required to run on all current Apple macOS hardware which use Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3...). Native CPU support remains for previous Intel based macOS devives.
  3. Build your own application from source code
  4. 1 2 3 unsupported
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 not supported on mobile web browsers.
  6. 1 2 Online or Build your own application from source code
  7. The free version of Canva does not support transparent backgrounds. Canva Pro or Enterprise have an option to “Remove Background” from images

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