Buy once instead of Adobe InDesign
- Adobe InDesign costs
- $276a year. Single-app plan at US$22.99/mo on the annual, billed-monthly rate. Their pricing
- Ways out
- 2apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $199.99Vellum, which pays back in 9 months
- Cost nothing
- 1freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 AffinityThe whole design suite, now free for individuals | FreeFreeware | Free, but the download runs through a Canva account and the AI tools need a paid Canva plan |
 VellumBook formatting for indie authors, bought once, books unlimited | $199.99Perpetual | Buying Ebooks then upgrading to Press costs $19.99 more in total than buying Press up front |