Astute Graphics Avis 533

Great plugins, albeit the subscription is a bit expensive for me. 5 stars nonetheless.

The tools have been a time saver and look forward to using them on future projects!

Great program! It is very light and helps in the process of work! Thanks developers!

Its amazing $$$$$$

Working in a rapid artwork production environment, I simply couldn't do the work without Asute Graphics plugins. They make Illustrator do everything you wished it would, brilliantly. Marry that with staff and a community of Illustrator experts who always come up with answers to every issue. My one regret is that I only use a fraction of the amazing tools because of my rather dull processes; if you're doing creative work it'll blow your mind. 11/10.

I've been using Astute Graphics plugins for around a decade or so now, and I do consider them an essential part of my workflow. That said, the customer experience has become worse over the years.

In the past, the company allowed users to pay a one-time fee for the plug-ins that you wanted. I would would never have to reverify the license and they worked without a hitch.

A few years ago, the company followed the Adobe model and switched to a subscription service. It's marketed under the idea that users can now get all the plug-ins for only $150/year instead of $600 like they used to cost. This is not the bargain they make it sound like for several reasons.

1. I'm only using a few of the 16 plug-ins, which I imagine is true of most users.

2. I now have to pay for the plugins every year in perpetuity, which means it will definitely not be a bargain over time.

3. When there is an update, the plugins will temporarily become disabled until you close Adobe and relaunch. This is a fairly regular occurrence and can become an annoyance when you are in the middle of working on something or on a deadline.

I used to have no qualms recommending Astute Graphics to other creatives, and I still think it's a great product, but I think I speak for most creatives when I say we are tired of subscription services for our essential tools.

Great set of plugins. So useful to speed up workflow.

Good Plugins but they keep disconnecting when an update is ready. This is a major headache, because it breaks the flow of creating something. what if i dont have the time to upgrade / urgend deadline and need the plugins to work.

Basically I can't do without Astute Graphics plugins. They are just super-well designed, super relevant and designed and built for designers. They know our problems and their tools solve 99% of them!

Great software, absolutely horrible business model. They charge a yearly fee - which is fine to pay for upgrades, but once the subscription ends you no longer can use the software. I used to buy the upgrades and they would work without any limits until Adobe made upgrades, then I'd buy the Astute upgrades. This is no longer worth it. All I see is a greedy company who uses a subscription model to squeeze as much out of creatives as possible. There's no honor here, gone are the days where you can use the tools you bought. Shameful. I used these tools for over a decade now, but this was the last straw.

The Astute plugins are incredible- the illustration workflow with these plugins is so much faster and streamlined. Processes that used to take me an hour can be done in minutes which gives me more time to invest in creativity and polishing illustrations.

Powerul tools. Long learning curve to assimilate them all though. But once done, the speed and productivity gain are undeniable.

It's a must-have app that works hand in hand with Adobe Illustrator. Worth the investment, because it's time saving features (lots of them) just pays for itself.

Excellent support all year round and the community keeps growing more and more.

Critical, creative, plugins for Adobe Illustrator. Period. They work well, and extend the host product in unique ways - using them will quickly become part of your design process and creative workflow.

You and your team are so easy to work with. How you communicate with your customers make things easy, clear and your products carry on that easy to use communication. Your commitment to continuous improvement and innovation of all that you do makes you one of the very best.
Thank you for all your efforts.
Bruce Sauter

I have been using them for a couple years now and it's amazing how the plugins really cuts down the time doing tasks. Always looking forward to the updates for what's next.

I use the AG plugins every day & don’t know what I would do without them now. They consistently save me time & money and are straight up fun to use.

User experience on website can be improved as far as updates are concerned.