The two tools can’t easily be separated on price, either.
Because the interfaces and approaches are quite different, fans of each tool will argue, with equal vehemence, that theirs is the easiest to use, but there’s no real objective way of settling this.Īn objective fact is that Illustrator is the standard software for the design and illustration industry, but that said, you can easily import and export AI and PDF files to CorelDRAW. Both are packed with features and both have their passionate advocates. There’s no easy way to say whether CorelDRAW or Illustrator is the 'better' tool. For most of this time, it was Windows-only, but there's now a Mac version as well. First launched in 1989, CorelDRAW is a vector drawing program with a big following among artists and illustrators.
