CorelDRAW vs Affinity Designer V2 - 2023 Comparison

Which vector editing software is right for you? In this 12 points comparison, I do a brief review of Corel Draw vs. Affinity Designer 2.0 Both of these programs are great for making vector art, but each one has its own strengths and weaknesses.

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[gabomon]

I'm a former Corel user, so I'm also very aware of the lack of trace, blend and extrude tools in Affinity. Good video.

[wilthebison]

I swapped from Corel when it became (effectively) subscription based. Overall I am very happy with Affinity and whilst there are some Corel features I miss these don't stop me producing the work I want to as Affinity has plenty of features overall.
In terms of your review Corel on PC very closely integrates Photo Paint into Draw and is probably better than Persona in Affinity. However this isn't available on the Mac version of Corel.
Affinity is much better at importing and exporting PDF's than Corel which often corrupts PDF's particularly on import. The same with EPS which Corel never does very well
User interface and cost are the slam-dunk victories for Affinity.

[Corelnaveia]

For me, both are good, but CorelDRAW is still light years ahead in the printing system, in addition to accepting programming in VBA, C# and Visual Studio, letting us work with infinite automation. On our Channel we have examples of Macros that no other program is able to do. Apart from the PS that has some Scripts or Plugins,
the rest lag far behind in this regard. And since time is money, automation is profit and more free time with family and friends! In terms of price, yes, Affinity wins easily. Just my opinion ok, I don't mean to minimize the tools of any of CorelDRAW's competitors.
I've been using it for at least 25 years without needing any other programs for daily tasks! Success there always and congratulations on the video! 👋👋👋

[privacy]

Gradient Mesh, commonly referred to as Mesh Fill in CoreDRAW, is an additional crucial feature that is currently absent from Affinity Designer. Users have been requesting the feature for years, so it is safe to assume that AD has no plans to implement it.

[joseguevara]

I still have the Coreldraw 3.0 diskettes. I love Affinity as it is completely new, another advantage of Coreldraw is the imposition module no one else have. The history in Affinity is a winner. Pixels against vectors subdivision is also amazing in Affinity and not to mention Publisher completely separated from designer. Long ago or on a few memory computers handling several pages was or still too heavy for Corel. Let´s say we could compare Affinity Publisher with Adobe Indesign, still, I prefer Affinity Publisher. And not to talk about prices, Coreldraw has a new version every year and I high payment to pay for continuing having the last version, Affinity is more affordable and open. Oh, and the plugins of Affinity are absolutely amazing. Thanks .

[johnmcgrath]

Well, I will say it. CorelDRAW IS better and considerably so for serious designers. I say this as a former user of many years It falls short on bang for the buck though. I moved to AD a few years back when Corel went heavy on the subscription model. Affinity Designer crushes it for value. I think it is easier to learn than CorelDRAW, and I like ADs UI better.

[shadia]

Which one do you think has a less steep learning curve?

[capellan]

In the next update of this comparison, include a chapter about document size.
Affinity files are humongous compared with files from other design's programs. 😮

[OurBax]

I was a user of the original CorelDraw 1.0, but gave up on the program in a fury years ago, after upgrading (eventually) to version X5.

The version upgrades were (and still seem to be) prohibitively expensive. They rarely issued bug fixes, even for for a problem that occasionally resulted in the complete loss of the file I'd be working on. But the final straw was when they stopped supporting the ability to open my original CorelDraw 1.0 (or 2.0) files. Totally inexcusable! And judging from a few web searches, I see they still have this problem.

So I reached the fairly obvious conclusion that they didn't care about their most loyal customers. They've burned their bridges as far as I'm concerned -- they're never getting another dime from me. Affinity Designer may be missing a few important features, but I am much happier using their software suite -- the company seems far more engaged with the customer base.

[DieTabbi]

AD is easy to learn cause of the UI? 🤔😂🤣 it follows like Inkscape the stupid „logic“ of Illustrator.