Adobe XD

Score6.3 out of 10

261 Reviews and Ratings

What is Adobe XD?

Adobe XD is a prototyping and UX/UI option for website and mobile application design, featuring a range of UI tools and and templates, a versatile artboard and contextual layer panels, and deep integration with Adobe's creative suite of products for fast import of objects from these applications.

Categories & Use Cases

Bethany Williams View profile

Multimedia Designer II in Marketing at The University of Texas at San Antonio (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Adobe XD to mock up and design static ads for Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin. We also use XD to design web graphics, utilizing the mock up tools to envision how our graphics will look on our website.

Pros

Clean user interface
Easy to use tools
Same keyboard commands as other Adobe products

Cons

Creating/previewing GIFs
Ability to use mouse scroll wheel to scroll across the screen

Return on Investment

Reduced time to deliver graphics assets
Easy access through Creative Cloud

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat

Other Software Used

Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop

Verified User

Employee in Marketing (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Back when I used it, it was great at incorporating the rest of the Creative Cloud software. Copy pasting from Illustrator was always easy, as well as linking files from Illustrator as the designers could update the file in real time and we see it change. Copy writing team also had an easy time implementing copy while work was being done, so we never had to worry about manually importing in copy. The main use was for website design, specially client sites. We were to map out the entire site and work on the main pages the client's site would require in order to be deployed.

Pros

Implementation with Creative Cloud
Illustrator to XD workflow
Already part of Creative Cloud

Cons

Darkmode
Serious lack of Darkmode

Return on Investment

Easier to showcase website to clients

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Figma

Other Software Used

Adobe Illustrator CC, Figma, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects

Kahli Clarke

UX/UI Designer in Social Media at Kahli.Design (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used Adobe XD for designing wireframes, prototypes, and mockups. I made a purchase of roughly 280 dollars earlier this year after using the free trial version. Adobe XD keeps trying to get me to buy it on the same account I used to purchase it back in February of 2022. Not only are the popups extremely annoying and unnecessary, but sometimes Adobe XD refuses to work as it's meant to; The type tool will either not select a type layer so I can edit it but instead create a new type layer which I really don't want or need for the designs OR it will not allow me to rename artboards or layers. Sometimes I can't even select the correct hex code when I need to change from the default color. To "remedy" this issue, I constantly have to exit and reopen Adobe. One time I had to uninstall and reinstall it on my laptop. It's a serious hindrance to the time I spend designing for my career. It's hardly efficient. I'll be using Figma after I'm done typing this review. I'm incredibly disappointed and I feel like I wasted my money. I would not even spend 100 dollars on this software. If Adobe XD improves, then I MIGHT reconsider using it again.

Pros

Not focus on improving itself
Making sure some of its design features don't function
being frequently inconvenient at random moments
wasting my work time
telling the customer they used the wrong account when they didn't
asking for money I already gave

Cons

The Type tool needs to be fixed
Stop asking to be bought when a purchase was already made.

Most Important Features

Everything but the type tool apparently

Return on Investment

Negative: it wastes my time by having me try to fix it when I could be finishing designs that I need to get out asap. I am weeks behind thanks to Adobe XD.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator CC and Adobe InDesign

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign

Parwinder Kumar View profile

Senior UX Designer in Information Technology at Sourcemash (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Adobe XD for straight the ideas, Wireframes, Website Mockup Designs, Custom Icons, and Mobile App Designs. I also create Social Media Banners, Brand Style Guidelines, and some other small design concepts. With Adobe XD, now we can create designs and share the link with clients. We can also get feedback from clients.

Pros

Edit photo from Adobe XD to Adobe Photoshop is an Awesome Feature.
The UI and tools are very easy to learn and use.
Managing multiple art boards is very easy to handle.

Cons

It would be a great feature if we can update multiple flows at the same time.
while working with multiple flows, sometime share tab fluctuate with the links.
It could have a very good feature when you edit a photo from Adobe XD to Adobe Photoshop and after save the photo it can still contains layer from Adobe Photoshop.

Most Important Features

Sharing links with clients and get required feedback.
Multiple people working on the same file.
Sharing file with anyone who use Adobe XD.

Return on Investment

Working with Adobe XD, it saves a lot of time where you can achieve your goals.
There is no working hour tracking system. If there is one then it should be valuable in some scenario.
If your file get crashed in unexpected way. There is not option to recover it. But that rarely happens.

Alternatives Considered

Figma, Sketch and Axure RP

Other Software Used

Figma, Sketch, Axure RP

Gonzalo Puig View profile

Content Team Manager in Marketing at DinoCloud (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

It has a very interactive interface
It integrates very well with the rest of the Adobe Creative software
The "Auto Transition" function is very useful for animating.
Has updates quite often

Cons

It does not allow to complete inputs or text fields in the prototypes.
It is not particularly cheap.
They lacks more contact with the community, listening to their suggestions.
A better marketplace with better plugins is missing.

Most Important Features

Prototype presentation
Extracting CSS code from prototypes
Connection stability

Return on Investment

It collaborated with the team organization before developing.
The price of the software returned in time savings
Clients see us as a more professional company

Alternatives Considered

Figma, Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator CC

Other Software Used

Trello, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator CC