Adobe Illustrator Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score8.9 out of 10

1,575 Reviews and Ratings

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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.

Adobe Illustrator Reviews

32 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesArchitecture & Planning1Marketing & Advertising9Design11Photography1Graphic Design9Veterinary1

Adobe Illustrator CC is a trusted tool for any designer

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 26, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm a Senior Art Director and Graphic Designer and I use Adobe Illustrator CC regularly for making vector artwork for clients and various projects. I use Adobe Illustrator CC for logo concepting and production and rely on the program for its vector output.

Pros

Creating vector artwork
Illustration
Artboards for creating multiple visuals
Logo creation

Cons

It would be great if Adobe Illustrator CC had an easier way to export compressed PDFs
More pen tool ease of use

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Illustrator CC is the best program out there for producing high-quality vector artwork. I love using it for logo design and creation. For print pieces it can also be very helpful, although I prefer making the graphics for a printed piece in Adobe Illustrator CC and then placing them in an Indesign document for final output. Adobe Illustrator CC can also create artwork that will be used for digital purposes, although I usually use Photoshop for those kinds of projects.

Verified User

Employee (Marketing & Advertising company, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Adobe Illustrator has been my most used tool for over 12 years of my graphic designer experience.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 25, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Illustrator CC has been my design platform standard since 2009. I've used Adobe illustrator for almost every design asset I've ever delivered including: web and product design assets, print files, brand development, video and animation assets for After Effects; Adobe Illustrator is by far the most complete software product for design and design handoff for other creative teams.

Pros

Outstanding design workflow
Design assets delivery
File management and backups
Easy to use and easy to learn
Continously developing new tools
Personally, I'm in a never ending cycle of finding new tools I didn't know before

Cons

Improve performance on macOS Silicon hardware
Better accessibility tools both in UI and for designing products for persons with disabilities

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Illustrator has been the most useful tool for my designer career development as it has been an essential tool for every design project I've made. The integration of the Creative Cloud Library adds a boost in productivity inside our design team for brand assets management and also for working with external teams either clients, directors, designers and printers, as it is all centralized in a single cloud folder for delivering. It has also made our design products more efficient when handing off AI files to work with each other members of the design team.

Verified User

Employee in Marketing (Marketing & Advertising company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Still the industry standard

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 25, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're a design agency so we use Adobe Illustrator CC to create all manner of vector artwork. Typically clients hire us to produce logos, illustrations, infographics, and graphics for print products like package designs, T-shirts, brochures, displays, and, annual reports. Depending on the style we also create our explainer video storyboards using Adobe Illustrator CC.

Pros

Pen tool drawing
Logo design
Typography manipulation

Cons

creating compound shapes with multiple overlapping objects creates unpredictable results
Can crash often. Especially when it's a new release or upgrade
costly
Training AI on subscribers artwork is bad

Likelihood to Recommend

If you want fine-tuned, delicate control over vector graphics and paths then Adobe Illustrator CC is your best bet. Other software like Affinity Designer and Sketch have limited functionality and probably work better in certain instances, like creating graphics for websites. But Adobe Illustrator is still the best all-around vector manipulation tool available. If you're confident your work won't be stolen to train Adobe's AI then it's the best bet for you.

Andrew Davies

Creative Director in Marketing at Paragon Design Group (Design, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

Best tool of Adobe, for sure!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 20, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Illustrator in creating brands for my clients. I also like to use it to alter and/or vectors to be used in other software like Figma or Photoshop. It give me a huge freedom to create whatever I want, so I can create unique brands for my clients.

Pros

Vectoring
Exporting files
Connecting with other adobe softwares
A huge amount of tools to create an unique design

Cons

Performance, sometimes illustrator crashes or become slow
Bug correction
Give the same tools for Illustrator desktop and tablet

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Illustrator is the best vector software on the market today, whenever I need to work with this type of format I choose it. It's pretty versatile too, I can connect and export files to be used in other software, and it exports those files cleanly. Despite having a huge amount of tools inside it, it is not a difficult software to use, you can already do a lot with just the basics, but knowing some advanced techniques you can save a lot of time in projects. Just don't try to do miracles with photos inside it, it wasn't made for that and you will end up frustrated, use Photoshop instead.

João Alcantara

Brand Designer at Freelancer (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Adobe Illustrator CC is the best illustrations software out there!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 12, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Illustrator CC is so powerful. I've been using it for 30 years - since it came out on the market. I still learn new things every day. Currently, I use it to make mechanicals for packaging and for drawing (producing logos, art, etc.) In the food packaging part of my job, I like the flexibility of layers, being able to link art, create outlines of type, and create art (including graduations and special effects) This application has just gotten better and better over the years. What I also like is the library of tutorials if you don't know how to do something. Adobe Illustrator CC makes it quick and easy to learn. I originally used this program to design ads for yellow page directories - Remember those? (Some will) I can not recommend this more highly.

Pros

Layers
Special Effects
drawing, auto trace

Cons

I don't know
Can't really think of anything
I love this program

Likelihood to Recommend

I love the multiple artboards option and being able to export the artboards as separate files (pdf or jpeg) This is great when you are showing options. It might be difficult to do a large page count document in Adobe Illustrator CC- but that's why we have InDesign (also a great program)

Verified User

Contributor in Professional Services (Marketing & Advertising company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

30 years of experience

Adobe Illustrator CC: An Industry Standard (for a Reason)

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 27, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a graphic designer, I use Adobe Illustrator CC on a literal daily basis. From logo design to social media post images to website wireframes, it is a required asset to create vector art and multiple artboard layouts for clients. While I also use other programs within the Creative Suite, Adobe Illustrator CC is indispensable and much preferred to other vector-based programs I've used in the past.

Pros

Vector art-based requests (e.g. logos and illustrations)
Multi-page artboard publications
Website wireframes

Cons

Integration with other Creative Suite programs - specifically the tool options and layout
Allow for increased customization of workspace options
Larger artboard area (a several-page wireframe layout is difficult to squeeze into the allowable artboard area)

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited: Single page, vector-based art. e.g. logo use cases, social media post images, etc. Although InDesign also has the ability to create vector-based art, Adobe Illustrator CC gives the user more control. Less appropriate: multi-page documents (e.g. reports, case studies, etc.), heavy photo-based needs (billboard, wall display) as the linked images bog the file down and make for a very large pdf when needing to share with clients.

Justin Adams

Sole Proprietor in Marketing at JBA Creative (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

30 years of experience

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Illustrator for Architects

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 23, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use this software on a daily basis as an architect and it is a very useful tool that helps us a lot of design buildings and makes plans or sections. I use it almost every day to make drawings and layer other images to make my drawings look good for clients.

Pros

Exporting
Making good drawings.
Formatting

Cons

Takes time to learn.
Lags a bit.
Often crashes with big files.

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Illustrator is used to help make drawings look good but not make them. It is easy to add color or texture but it is hard to actually make the drawings in it. I would recommend using other software to make the lines for plans and sections and using Adobe Illustrator to make it look good.

Verified User

Supervisor in Engineering (Architecture & Planning company, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

My all-time favorite design product!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 21, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Absolutely loved using Adobe Illustrator as a designer at my company within our Marketing Department. It would 100% be my go to software to use and was used the most out of the entire Adobe Creative Suite. I would absolutely recommend to those who want to create vector based graphics or illustrations.

Pros

Vector Graphics
Typography
Iconography
Print Graphics

Cons

Limited working area

Likelihood to Recommend

Some great examples that I've used Illustrator for have been:

Printed Graphics (Posters, Business Cards)
Providing graphics for websites (SVG files)
Creating iconography from scratch
Composing visual branding elements
Customizing typography

Scenarios where I've switched to other software have been:

Website prototypes
Image editing
Book layout and design
Animation

Verified User

Team Lead (Design company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Create Illustrations and Graphics in Adobe Illustrator cc

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 10, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company uses Adobe Illustrator to make the most complicated design projects possible. With the help of this product, we have been able to reduce the time it takes to accomplish a task by 80%! Adobe Illustrator is an easy-to-use design tool that makes it possible to create complex illustrations. The program has a clean interface with various devices that allow me to create graphics without wasting time setting up layers quickly. I use Adobe Illustrator CC to create visualizations and professional presentations for sales briefs and proposals. I have also used it to create taglines.

Pros

If you are into graphic design, illustration, or illustration, you need to use Adobe Illustrator CC. It is the best software for vector graphics and professional photographs. I love using it because of the easy-to-use interface and features that I need in my work.
Adobe Illustrator is the best software in the market; it does what it promises. It has various tools and customizable options, making it easy to use. Its interface is sleek and user-friendly, which makes your workflow seamless.

Cons

I've been a user of Illustrator for a few years now and I am quite disappointed with the latest update. It has many glitches, some of which make it unuseable. This needs to be fixed so I can continue using this application.
When buying an app, the first thing to look for is if it's worth your time and money. Adobe Illustrator CC has much room for improvement in this sense, making it hard to use, missing features, and not being able to handle larger files. It offers something unique and valuable while also offering some features that make the user experience more pleasant.

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Illustrator is my go-to software for all my design-related projects. It is powerful, easy to use, and has many excellent features that I can't live without. The only thing I would say about their software is that it's not as versatile as other options out there in the market, which are more affordable and easier to work with.

Marry Wilson

Project Manager, http://www.TorontoBusinessBranding.com in Marketing at Torontobusinessbranding.com (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

12 years of experience

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Illustrator is easy to implement in the industrial world

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 12, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Killer vector design abilities.Excellent Touch Type feature.Simplified Free Transform tool. The powerful Puppet Warp feature allows the transformation of select portions of illustrations. Many improvements to existing features. Adobe Illustrator CC is being used for nearly 80% of all design-related work for clients. It's one of the best parts of the Adobe Creative Suite considering it's vector-based and being that we have a variety of clients who need both digital and print related assets, vector-based is the best so that resolution doesn't get lost.AI is well suited for designers and illustrators who need to create scalable artwork or assets and don't want to lose resolution. Clean and beautiful work can be created with AI. However, the learning curve is not the quickest so it is better suited for those who either already have some knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite or for those who are willing to spend the time and money to learn from a course or on their own.AI is well suited for originators and artists who ought to make adaptable craftsmanship work or resources and do not need to lose determination. Clean and excellent work can be made with AI. In any case, the learning bend isn't the fastest so it is way better suited for those who either as of now have a [little] information of the Adobe Creative Suite or for those who are willing to spend the time and cash to memorize from a course or on their claim.

Pros

very good for vector design with color variation and sharpness that is really amazing

Cons

the smart guide doesn't appear until now I haven't found a solution. adobe creative suite cc 18

Likelihood to Recommend

pros n cons - Vector drawing and scaling - Easy client interface - Tons of interface instruments to work with - Ability to consequence and send out in different designs, as well as bringing in into other Adobe programs - There are so numerous apparatuses that it can be overpowering to memorize how to utilize all viewpoints of the program. - As the program is updated, tragically they inevitably get as well overpowering for more seasoned video cards - constraining you to either overhaul or bargain with the lag. - Very once in a while the program will hang or indeed crash. I've never been able to pinpoint precisely why.

Verified User

Team Lead (Graphic Design company, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience