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InPage vs Layout Department

Both stand on desktop publishing software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

InPage

Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+3

InPage brings language-specific layout and publishing tools together with image and ePUB export. Check the desktop compatibility and file-version limits against your workflow before choosing it.

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Choose Layout Department if you need to impose PDFs for book, zine, or booklet printing, including through its unlimited free Community Edition. Consider the Paid License if you need custom trim sizes, resizing, trim and bleed marks, or its additional imposition layouts.

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The facts

	InPage	Layout Department
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	No	Not published
Runs on	Android, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows	Mac, Windows
Lowest paid plan	InPage Premium Users Club: $50 per user a year	Paid License: $29, paid once
Plans published	8	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	inpage.com	layoutdepartment.com
On desktop publishing software	#4 of 30	#8 of 30

InPage: what it does well

Supports seven listed Perso-Arabic scripts.
Exports pages to five listed image formats.
Can generate ePUB files.
Free mobile app creates and edits Nastaliq and Naskh files.

What to know first

Desktop product is not for Mac operating systems.
PDF conversion supports INP files only up to version 4.0.
EPUB and TXT conversion supports versions only up to 3.6.
Annual support is listed at $50 a year.

Layout Department: what it does well

Exports print-ready imposed PDFs.
Free edition has no time or page-count limit.
Free exports have no watermarks or downsampling.
PDFs are processed locally on the computer.
Supports macOS and Windows.

What to know first

Spectrolite color-separation sending is documented as Mac-only.
Resizing and custom trim sizes require the Paid License.
The Paid License includes one year of updates.

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