Adobe Illustrator Manufacturing Reviews & Insights

Score8.9 out of 10

1,575 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Adobe Illustrator CC are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Better Image Management: Users have appreciated the improved image management in Adobe Illustrator over Corel Draw, which enhances their workflow efficiency and organization of design assets. The enhanced image-handling capabilities allow users to work with various visual elements, resulting in a more streamlined design process.

Seamless Integration with Other Adobe Products: Users find Adobe Illustrator to have better connectivity with Photoshop and other Adobe products, streamlining their design process and promoting seamless collaboration between different software tools. This integration saves time and also ensures consistency across projects by facilitating easy transfer of files and resources among Adobe applications.

Huge Amount of Tools for Designing: Users appreciate the vast array of tools available in Adobe Illustrator, enabling them to create intricate and unique designs while having a wide range of creative options at their disposal. Users have used the extensive toolset to explore diverse design techniques, styles, and effects, fostering creativity and innovation in their projects.

Reviews

10 Reviews

Manufacturing

Design Needs in One Spot

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Adobe Illustrator CC for product design and tech packs that we send to factories to produce the products in our line.

Pros

Symbols - this is a major part of what my department uses Adobe Illustrator CC for
Linking - linking external assets within the Adobe Illustrator CC document
Libraries - these are so useful to keep assets that the whole team uses often

Cons

In my experience, large file sizes tend to force this program to crash often

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Illustrator CC is well suited for digital artwork would not be as useful for newsletters or book layouts, I would use InDesign for those.

Verified User

Manager in Quality Assurance (Printing company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

18 years of experience

Adobe Illustrator CC Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 1, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

When creating icons for use in a website under development, we were able to save a considerable amount of man-hours because we were able to create icons of multiple sizes in a single batch. Thanks to the shape-forming tool, which combines multiple shapes to create a new shape, we were able to create vector data of complex shapes.

Pros

batch output images of various sizes
Can create vector data by extracting contours of raster images
Data can be stored in the Cloud
Easy to use due to sophisticated User Interface

Cons

Every time an app is automatically updated, the pinned icon disappears from the Windows Start menu.
The font selection tool is difficult to select from a drop-down, as the display is too small.
High memory consumption and CPU utilization for screen rendering

Likelihood to Recommend

Illustrator is suitable for batch output of images of multiple sizes or when you want to use advanced features such as AI. For example, we recommend it for creating icons for applications or banner images. Since it specializes in vector image editing, it is not suitable for processing photos. Also, the subscription is expensive, so we recommend other software if you want to use it for free.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (Industrial Automation company, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Best tool for a serious marketing industry

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 28, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Within the organization, I produce all digital and printed graphic material. I use illustrator to work mainly with vectors, some illustrations, creating stamps and some visual identities, and all printed material. Due to its quality of tools and specific use for this type of material and art, I consider the illustrator to be a fundamental tool for the production of graphic materials with excellence that does not lose quality with zooming or printing.

Pros

Illustration
vectorization
printed materials

Cons

Distribution of memory disks
More affordable pricing
Problems with crashes

Likelihood to Recommend

Indicated and suitable for companies and agencies that work with the creation of materials for social media, digital graphics and printed materials. Suitable for any scenario and for those who want to produce high quality material without image pixelation. A scenario not very suitable would be the use without proper knowledge of the tool, it would be interesting to see the tutorials and guides available by Adobe

Nicolas Piemontez

Marketing in Marketing at Piemon Outlet (Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Best file compatibility

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

May 25, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Illustrator CC is being used by the marketing department. It is mainly used for creating various types of marketing materials, and also the logos and other virtual marketing materials that are needed for documents like reports, manuals, leaflets, brochures, websites, and letter header and footer for some of the official documents like purchase orders, quotations, invoices, etc.

Pros

Compatibility with other Adobe products.
Familiar interface that is used for many years.
Many other users worldwide make[s] it easy to share files for editing.

Cons

Software itself is resource demanding.
Many extra features required more plugins.
File size tends to become larger for newer versions.

Likelihood to Recommend

This would benefit huge corporations with many different graphic designers [due to] the compatibility of the files among different countries and regions, and the online collaboration features may also benefit projects which have huge scale and not to be done by a single user.

For a user that is a standalone designer, and the works will only ever be edited by himself, or there are many more users in the company that use different software, the advantage tends to reduce.

Andy Leung

Marketing Manager in Marketing at Astrid Electronics HK Limited (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Top to Bottom Creative Branding Multi-Tool

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 13, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Acting as the in-house design team for an organic suncare brand, my team uses Illustrator for everything from print packaging artwork, dieline modification, branding assets (icons, logos, etc.), large format print graphics, and type explorations. I personally use Illustrator daily to design and develop our in market packaging and modify or create dielines for primary and secondary packaging. I also use Illustrator daily to develop our digital marketing graphics and seasonally for new product development mockups.

Pros

Vector art.
Typography.
Packaging.
Dielines.
Large format artwork.

Cons

Cross functionality with video.
Image linking.
Exporting for different file types.

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Illustrator is very strong for creating hard line vector artwork. It's easy to take a logo sketch, trace the key strokes, and convert into a printable vector asset. Illustrator is great for product packaging and dieline work. The interface allows for a large artboard and packaging dielines can be very accurately detailed quickly down to the smallest unit of measurement. Illustrator is great for designing brand graphic assets and is very precise in the line work options.

Illustrator is not the type of software to design multi page documents in -- I would use InDesign. It also doesn't function very well for photo corrections or raster based image adjustments -- I would use Photoshop.

Eric Gangnath

Creative Director at COOLA (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

17 years of experience

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Powerful software with limitless features!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 5, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Illustrator CC is being used by the whole organization and is currently being used to create vector graphics for product photos, advertising, and website graphics and icons.

Pros

It is great for creating vector graphics.
Great for creating animations or cartoons.
Create logos and artwork for websites.

Cons

Ease of use or get started with it for a new user could use some extra improvement.
It can be intimidating for a new user to begin using the software if they have not had any experience with it prior.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for drawing or creating vector graphics, designing logos and creating website graphics and also product packaging design. Adobe illustrator would not be good for photo editing but that’s what photoshop is for!

Verified User

Employee (Automotive company, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

We love Adobe Illustrator!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 18, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, we don't use Adobe Illustrator so much, but in the past, it has been crucial to our design work. It's no reflection on Illustrator, it's more that the nature of our work has changed. We've used Illustrator primarily for print design, but I also find it to be far superior to word processors for simple but important things like resumes.

Pros

Illustrator provides incredible precision and flexibility for two-dimensional design.
I find that I call upon Illustrator for my first drafts of anything visual because it is so versatile. It's a great place to sketch out ideas which can then either be fleshed out within the program, or switched over to something different like InDesign, XD, or AfterEffects.
I love using it for resumes.

Cons

The most recent interface redesign is annoying. I can't find things where I expect to find them, especially critical tools like Align.
The way selections get made is harder than it needs to be.
Also, the way text boxes have to be created is kind of weird. It's like Illustrator took text boxes from Quark, but it was just fine without them.

Likelihood to Recommend

Illustrator is well suited to absolutely any kind of print design, sketch, brainstorm or, resumes. It's ok if you want to create multi-page documents, or multi-frame sketches. That's a relatively newer functionality that I love. But it really shines as a playground for two dimensions.

Lisa Cooley

Art Advisor in Corporate at Self-Employed (Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

25 years of experience

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Adobe Illustrator CC Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Illustrator is being used by our creative department in various of ways; from creating large display graphics, elevations of exhibit spaces and vector graphics (logo's, etc).

Pros

Adobe Illustrator renders vector based graphics well. It is a superior program for building logos, icons, etc.
This program is also great for creating large scale graphics; such as billboards, exhibits, and wall graphics.
This program also is very proficient with creating any web based layouts; like websites, eBlasts or eNewsletters.

Cons

Program tends to crash a bit when working with extremely large graphics.
Steep learning curve for the average beginner.
Depending on your level of use, the cost of this program can be high.

Likelihood to Recommend

This program is well suited for creating any thing vector based (logos, icons, line art) and works very well for creating large exhibit/display graphics. However, you would never want to use this program for page layout; such as a magazine/publication.

Verified User

Professional in Marketing (Arts and Crafts company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Best for all kinds of Designers!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 19, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is being used by many employees. Infact, it is very essential for my workplace because most of our work requires illustration, editing, making posters, making digital art etc, so this is our go to software! All other employees have the same job, so it is pretty much used by all of them!

Pros

Illustration! Best for illustration. Use the pen tool and make your life easier!
Making posters!
Making logos without them being pixelated.

Cons

Artboards, I feel are useless. I would rather open a new tab.
It needs an update (aesthetically)
Sometimes, it gets a bit confusing to use. I also feel it takes up a lot of memory, which slows down the working process.

Likelihood to Recommend

I personally enjoy Photoshop more, however my colleagues think Illustrator is easier. The pen tool is wonders though, because it makes life easier and helps to create a perfect piece of illustration which helps me do digital art and create artwork easily.

Verified User

Employee in Social Media (Arts and Crafts company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

illustrator keeps getting bettter and more intuitive

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 11, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to create vector art and logos for package design and to bring into other programs such as indesign. We also layout all of our dielines for package design in Adobe illustrator and create the artwork. I use to create assets for video as well. It is widely used by printers, and very easy to separate colors ourselves to see how items will actually print.

Pros

I adore the shape builder tool. It is easy to make complex shapes by adding or subtracting areas of your artwork.
I love that I have a vector library that I can use across adobe platforms.
The new intuitive anchor point enhancements make life so much easier. It is much less frustrating to get the exact path you are trying to achieve.

Cons

I wish there was better formatting for text like in InDesign. I know it is not meant to make large blocks of text, but It would be helpful in small brochures, flyers, or posters.1
I like the photoshop feature of turning the artboard while working.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very well suited for vector art and illustration, not so much for booklet design or artwork with a lot of text.

Julie Babikan

Digital Content Producer in Marketing at Weiman Products, LLC (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

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