The one big downside to InDesign is that you need to pay a monthly subscription, either for the single app or as part of an All-Apps subscription to the Creative Cloud. The software is fully integrated into the Creative Cloud, making it easy to pull in Adobe Fonts, Adobe Stock images, and work you’ve created in other Adobe apps, such as Illustrator or Photoshop. In recent years, Adobe has also added lots of useful digital publishing tools, making it a great choice for e-zines, e-books and pretty much anything else you can add an ‘e-’ to. InDesign has been the go-to software for print professionals for over a decade now. It’s perfectly suited to any design work that requires you to combine images and text. It’s the indisputable industry standard for desktop publishing, whether you're laying out pages, designing a brochure or creating a poster. If you work in media or publishing, you’re probably already using Adobe's InDesign.