Marq Reviews

I tried the software last April 2020. It was not as good as Adobe InDesign so I cancelled the subscription, but Lucidpress billed me anyway. The charge as 391 dollars for Teams-- apparently an upsell that they dangled in front of me to extend the trial period. The company seems to be more interested in duping people than providing a robust program. The charge was not confirmed via invoice or receipt. I discovered the details much later when preparing my taxes. Lucid Press refused to refund. I say, shame on Lucidpress.

Hoped this would be a good alternative to Adobe InDesign. Nope. It had potential but a billing error has left me with a bad opinion of the company. Be careful with your money, Adobe is much better.

Charged me nearly $400 for a year of software, even after I cancelled my subscription. Did not send an invoice or receipt. Will not refund or resolve the issue.

Loving it. Not complicated at all. All it takes is a little practice and you're good. Would highly recommend Lucidpress to anyone.

Easy to work with, features are great & very efficient. Works great for creating flyers, newsletters and invites.

So far no issues. Been able to figure out pretty much everything on my own.

Overall my experience was outstanding and I would not hesitate to recommend Lucidpress to any of my friends or family or someone who was looking to self-publish.

I love that I could create my layout in InDesign and upload it to the website and had a beautiful book in return. The site is easy to use. I read a round-up of reviews and Lucidpress was recommended. I have been extremely happy with my decision

I would lever a larger gutter in layout. This was not adjusted in the template that I had to upload the document to.

Easy to use and takes 10 minutes or less to created a flyer or ad for FaceBook, Instagram, or Twitter. Easy share creations by pressing the Share button.

Creating in Lucid is easy because the program is very user friendly. Love how fast it works because you can create templates save creations in an Archive folder.

Sometimes the fonts are small and highlighting the text can be a little challenging.

An absolute necessity for any corporation that wants to look polished and stay consistent in their creations.

Lucidpress is awesome for a company setting. It's a great place to keep all creative documents and share them with fellow peer's. Using company colors, fonts, and styles which are already set up for me, make it so easy to just create instead of worrying about formatting! Formatting is just as user-friendly too!

I like everything as a user since it us user friendly and easy to learn.

I really enjoy the program. Our university had a marketing toolbox with fonts and color codes that are unique to our branding. Lucidpress allows for easier access to these tools than any other program I’ve utilized before. We utilized it first for COVID related signage, but it’s exciting to know I can access this stuff moving forward.

Ease of access to university branding, templates, and colors. Along with options for creative updates to make them relevant to our individual areas.

Sometimes there are too many options. A couple of the templates are good, and I just want to download or print and the process can get clunky.

My overall experience has been a great one, I am not the most techy person, but I have been able to create fresh on brand content, build a stronger brand presence, all on my own.

I like the opportunity to have a free trial to see what Lucidpress was all about. After those 14 days, I could not purchase it fast enough. The ease of allowing people to create content without having to impact my coworkers was amazing.

I have yet to run into a con, anytime I have had any sort of issue (which haven't been many) the customer service has been there with every answer.

Overall, I definitely recommend Lucidpress because of the timesaving and visually pleasing features.

We love using Lucidpress for our school newsletters because it is visually pleasing and easy to use! The ability to quickly embed links, update pages, and allow multiple members of the team to edit is excellent.

I wish they had discounts for schools! This is a pricey program for schools and we have individuals paying out of pocket.

Wonderful! I love this program! I wish there was a way to use it as a desktop program so I would have more control of the organization of my Content

I love the control I have over marketing content with LucidPress! I am able to create 100% original flyers daily!

Sometimes it is hard to find older content or pictures. Maybe a way to organize ?

I think LucidPress is an excellent tool and represents the next generation of design tools. The accessibility - that is, people can collaborate from all over the world - is unbeatable.

I love the templates and access to various types of publications. They're all sized and ready for online publication, which makes it much easier from a design perspective.

The other huge benefit of LucidPress is its online nature, meaning multiple collaborators can easily access documents and make edits. That has been invaluable with everyone working remotely. Such a time saver - no emailing each other PDFs back and forth.

It can be a little difficult to manipulate text (i.e., leading and kerning). If you're used to a platform like InDesign, getting used to this format can be a little frustrating as it doesn't have as much functionality. It's a minor complaint, though, as the platform offers so much more accessibility.

A very easy to use, intuitive software that takes the hassle out of learning a whole new expensive programme, such as Adobe InDesign.

Lucidpress made it easy for my small team and I to create a beautiful and compelling report for sponsors, even though we had no design experience. We used one of the templates and customized it with our brand colours. It made our non-profit brand look more professional and polished.

Sometimes the editing software would be non-responsive, which slowed us down.

I needed a program similar to InDesign for a few months to make flyers and photo books for my Grandma's funeral. This program was inexpensive, and I love being able to buy it only when I need it. Coming from a background of using InDesign, it was a really easy transition. I do wish it was easier to move photos within a preset box in a template, but overall it was a good experience. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a great program for a short time.

A great alternative to Adobe InDesign!
Automatically saves work.
Inexpensive with flexible plans so I only buy it when I need it.
It it easy to share the final products with others.

It can be difficult to move photos within a box.
Sometime my internet disconnects and I won't know until I try to save it that it isn't auto saving.

Lucidpress is a very easy to understand tool. It gives me the ability to generate my business templates without hiring experts. It also helps to increase marketing reach by using its high quality templates.

The user interface is very clean and easily understandable. It allows you to change font, size and resolutions. It also has several ideas of templates, helps your development process simple.

Overall Lucidpress works very well but I would be more happy if they allow me to private my project development.

Excellent! Would be lost without Lucidpress. There would be no way for me to customize on my own.

No matter how you search for a template, they are quick to find, easy to use and simple to download. It is user friendly and generates the perfect customizable flyer.

I have not found any negative feature using this system.

Overall it’s been the best system I’ve used for the reasons mentioned above in the pros. Compared to Adobe InDesign it’s more cost effective (we don’t pay for it but our print vendor does, so this might not be true?), takes up no memory on my PC, works just fine on a Mac, and it’s shareable in real time - what’s not to like?!

Lucidpress’ online publishing platform has all the features I need for my quarterly newsletter. I especially like that it’s shareable so more than one person can write and edit directly onto the document simultaneously and in real time. Great to use while sharing on zoom! It saves changes automatically so it’s virtually impossible to lose edits. It’s easy to download and save versions to refer back to, and when it’s ready to print, I can save with crop marks to send directly to printers, or in optimized format for web publishing. It’s made pushing out regular and timely newsletters (not my main job!) just that much easier. Thank you, Lucidpress!

The learning curve was somewhat steep at first when my employer, UCI Health, decided to use this through one of our printing partners, but once I mastered the quirks in its text formatting and image handling, it was smooth sailing. It doesn’t handle directory listings in column format terribly well and it automatically resized text without my asking. Perhaps I need to figure out how to prevent this, but it was frustrating to say the least!

I use Lucidpress for printed content every quarter. I typically use to create and design posters for our business.

- ease of use
- able to customize templates
- many template options to choose from
- professional grade prints

No big issues using Lucidpress. Sometimes editing templates can be tricky, but usually able to figure it out quickly.

I am very happy with the possibility of easily creating flyers, and cards with this resource.

User friendly.
Easy to customize new templates.
Variety of versions that you can share.
All online.

It's a bit slow.

You get a lot for your dollar, but it doesn't come cheap. Control elements are amazing. I used it to create a resume and got the job! I will keep using it for personal projects and love how well it adapts to anything I want to do.

It's really easy to control all the elements of a document, from text alignment to resolution! Love the ability to generate high dpi documents with still getting really nice clean control of each element. Cloud-based file management with Google Drive integration is really convenient too.

It's expensive. It's a little prohibitive in cost but still very powerful software. Ultimately I think its a "you get what you pay for" situation.

Lucidpress was a great tool for the tasks we needed completed, even if we did have to jump a few hoops!

It was super easy to develop a monthly brochure for our library using Lucidpress. One a template was established, the work was pretty much done!

The free version did not allow for more than one page to be downloaded at a time.

A great way to set up branded documents for others in the organization to use. I love not having to create a document from scratch. I am an educator, not a graphic designer. Our district sets up the documents for us to use within our school and community.

I love how easy the program is to use, particularly the collaboration piece. I was able to choose and set up a template and then share it so other could add important information.

Occasionally, the spacing on a document was difficult to manage.