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Adobe XD Reviews & Product Details

Adobe XD Overview
What is Adobe XD?

Adobe XD is an advanced n UI and UX design platform that can be used to create everything from apps to websites. The tool is popular among developers for creating and collaborating on wireframes, prototypes, and mockups. A platform is a vector-based software that is meant to turn flat images into 3D renderings and create augmented virtual reality experiences. It also offers access to features such as repeat grids, plugins, and extensions.

Company Adobe
Year founded 1982
Company size 10,001+ employees
Headquarters San Jose, CA
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Adobe XD Product Details
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Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux
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Languages English
Adobe XD Pros and Cons
Pros
  • 'Adobe XD boasts a functional, well-presented interface
  • Prototyping is straightforward (for those with experience)- it doesn’t require additional plugins or services.
  • Collaboration/co-editing is available so you can share files for review and work together in real-time.
  • You can view prototypes on your phone and open files from other Adobe products. 
Cons
  • Although XD comes with illustration tools; you can’t draw custom shapes
  • Although XD is constantly updating itself – although these provide users with great features, things are constantly changing, which can be annoying. Also, these updates sometimes come with bugs. 
  • If you don’t already have a ‘Creative Cloud’ plan, you’ll have to pay a monthly cost to get full use of the features.
Adobe XD Features
API Access
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Approval Workflow
Asset Categorization
Audit Trail
Batch Processing
Cloud Storage
Collaboration Tools
Content Library
Content Publishing
Customizable Branding
Data Import/Export
Drag & Drop Interface
Duplicate Detection
File Conversion
File Preview
Image Editing
Metadata Management
Mobile Access
Reporting & Analytics
Rights Management
Role-Based Permissions
Search & Filter
Tags/Keywords
Third-party Integrations
User Management
Version Control
Watermarking
Workflow Automation
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Last updated: September 15, 2024
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241 Adobe XD Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 19, 2023
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Pretty good product!"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

I like the collarboration features of Adobe XD the most.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

Nothing! It serves all my purposes very well.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Whenever I want to test out a new feature or idea, we want to create prototypes or wireframes to test with the customer, and that's what we use XD for.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 15, 2023
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Easy to use, thoughtful design software"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

Small number of commands. Great team collaboration tools

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

Very buggy, I've lost artwork. Inability to change the ownership of artwork. Noisy add-on ecosystem

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

In the past we needed to use Illustrator to create flows for prototypes. It was difficult and cumbersome. Adobe XD makes it easy to make and share prototype with their simple to use prototype mode.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 10, 2021
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"It is a good prototyping tool"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

It is very straightforward and user-friendly. It is a breeze to learn if you have some basic design knowledge. It is a great tool for creating websites and app mockups

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

Sometimes is not intuitive like figma. It could be a little slow. Trying to get to assets could be a challenge and selecting some elements is a picking sometimes.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Trying to come up with a user flow design and some nice mocks of future apps. It is straightforward to pick up and start working on creating some quick mock-ups.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 07, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"XD is between designing and trying a websites and applications."
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

I like the simplicity of use, there's a sort of guide during the creation.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

I don't like the long duration building connections, something should have a wider view and the possibility to repeat automatically, because it's only about linking and repeating, building a confusing network of links.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main benefit is the ability to try something that literally works, to try mechanics through a website or an app.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 01, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Adobe XD Review"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

Creating mockups and wireframes is extremely easy on this platform

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

There are some features that are currently lacking, for me, it's essential to be able to collaborate with the client which is something I couldn't do in this platform

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

To create successful mockups and wireframes but also needed to be able to collaborate with clients (which has not been possible in this platform)

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 01, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Ease of adaptation"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

I love it because it saves me a lot of time adapting to different screens. I can adapt them to screens of different sizes and maintain the position and scalability.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

there are some tools that would have to be improved, some of those tools sometimes fail.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has saved me a lot of time, because you can work at the same time with my team

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 25, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"probono projects"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

Quick abililty to rapidly prototype and test products.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

Little control over animations, low control over SVG tools

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ability to share prototypes and test with remote teams with a low learning curve

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 03, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Start web design right now!"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

It has build in templates for every device that it is used nowadays. Excellent for jump-starting any kind of project.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

The pen tool is not that easy to start using. It takes a time to get used to.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Designed my photography website from scratch from different platforms. The program is easy to use and intuitive.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 29, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"A Great Tool for UX/UI Designers but Still a Work in Progress"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

It is such a powerful application for UX/UI designers building front-end prototypes for user interfaces without the need to code anything. I really like the fact that it is integrated really well with other Adobe applications such as Adobe Photoshop, which makes the work flow really smooth.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

Even though it is packed with many powerful tools making the job of a UX/UI designer easier but you can feel that it is a work in progress and there's still room for improvement.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've used Adobe XD to create front-end prototypes for an application's interactive user interface.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 28, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Adobe XD review "
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

I really like using Adobe xd because I think it’s very intuitive and easy to learn. This tool was my first interactive prototyping tool I learnt and I’ve not seen back since then

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

I think it should add more features to allow collaborative work/projects to take place

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Developing an interactive prototypes/ mid and high fidelity mock-up. This enables the viewer to get the look and feel of real application

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 18, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"An up and coming star to take define web design flow"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

Adobe XD has quickly developed into a program that matches its rivals, like Sketch. It's coming up to par with industry standards, and defining necessities for UX designers.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

XD is still lacking necessary features, granted they would be the first to really achieve them when released, the fact that there is no live collaboration is difficult, but adobe would be the first to have a local software where I and my teammates can design together in one document, local on all of our machines, in the cloud.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

We do all wireframes in my workplace with XD and it has saved our butts multiple times; it's easy enough to pickup in an hour, and super simple for assembling elements.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 27, 2018
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Made for speed "
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

empowers designers with the speed, precision, and quality to seamlessly iterate and share interactive prototypes with team members and reviewers across devices and platforms, including Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

There are still various technical glitches that need to be given priority over user interface like file format when one is switching from Windows to Mac. Also, the plans buy the software needs to be customer-centric. I'll advise them to customize the plans as per client/ customer requirements

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Export to adobe after effects 2. Prototype drag gestures 3. Linked symbols 4. Redesigned home screen

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 08, 2018
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Almost There"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

XD is very simple to use and the user interface uses elements from other Adobe software/programs. Unified experience. Also, the ability to prototype directly in XD is huge! My team can use this product on both PC and Mac without any headache.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

MANY key/basic elements are missing and software's like Sketch and Invision Studio are updating features at a much quicker rate. XD seems a bit behind to the game. Some basic features don't seem to be in the pipeline anytime soon. XD crashes very often; quite buggy at times.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

UI/UX for a mobile apps on iOS and Android.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 29, 2018
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Overall Rating:
3.5
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"Perfect for Design MockUps"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

XD provides an easy to use platform for design mockups for ads, webpages, emails, etc.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

I wish you could copy and paste images or elements from other applications.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mockups from coordinator to designer.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 30, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"To conclude the design processes"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

A great software to introduce the experiences of the mobile and web applications. A classic quality of the Adobe house company, producing and the functions of the system bar is as always in a great range.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

The newest Xd version has some changing regarding the older version - menu bar is first a change and needs some time to find them out. The responsive resize function has some problems on the second screen.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps in the intuitive sampling of the design and proto experience. The resize of the system from the screen switching is nice.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 15, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Good UI prototyping, especially if you already use the Creative Suite"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

I like that it's a simple and easy to understand piece of software. I like that it can connect with Adobe Creative Cloud.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

I don't like how dramatically different it feels from all other Adobe software. The UI is different, and the general framework for where to locate tools is different. Jarring almost.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prototyping and mocking up website pages.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 12, 2018
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"A good free alternative to sketch for mock ups"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

It is free and easy to use for creating quick mockups. Also it is fairly easy to connect the slides using the prototyping tool present

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

Customization features are somewhat limited, like pen tool and other free hand design tools etc

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Created mockups for our new product in XD

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 29, 2023
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"XD is a fine a program, but Figma owns the market"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

XD is easy to use, and will get the job done. I don't have any major issues with the product, and it has certainly become significantly more usable since the original release.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

It just doesnt have the industry adoption that Figma has. That is very important when it comes to being employable. It also matters when looking for learning resources, since competing software has so much more to learn from.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

I teach and practice web design. XD is good for that. It is great that it is included in the complete Adobe subscription. So for a while I was using it in classrooms. But Figma is free for students, which makes it at least as viable an option.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Sep 26, 2019
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"Good for design"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

This was used for an intern project that included designing i was able to be very creative in that I was able to alter wireframes

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

i disliked the fact that sometimes the app would not work on my desktop for example it would freeze and then I would have to restart the app

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

i was redesigning wireframes

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jul 29, 2020
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Overall Rating:
1.5
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"Not ready for prime time on Windows"
What do you like best about Adobe XD?

I like the concept and the idea of being able to walk a person through your build before coding anything. I like the idea of reusing my library and assets developed in other Adobe products easily.

What do you dislike about Adobe XD?

It's not really useable on the Windows platform but has gotten better. Overall it's not very intuitive. I am not sure why the interface is not in line with all the other Adobe creative suite products. Going from Photoshop and Illustrator to this is odd. Had the user interface was in the same style as the other products it would feel much more familiar. I use Dreamweaver and integration with that product would be a dream. Bringing in assets from other Adobe products isn't seamless without using the Creative Cloud.

What problems is Adobe XD solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am looking for a tool that lets me easily demonstrate and step through web applications or mobile website interfaces/designs. A customer is able to see exactly how their application will look and more importantly function. Currently, I have been using mockup designs straight out of Photoshop but I am not able to really give the client the overall experience of what I am trying to achieve. Adobe XD promises to help me achieve that. While I can see the goal is there its not as easy or quick to use as would be beneficial.