Issuu is one of the best-known digital publishing platforms, used by magazines, publishers, brands and nonprofits to share brochures, catalogs and publications online. You upload a document — PDF, Word, PowerPoint, EPUB or RTF — and Issuu turns it into a readable, shareable flipbook.
Key features include:
- Flipbook publishing from PDF and other formats
- Fullscreen sharing, website embeds and QR codes
- Tools that turn pages into social posts, GIFs and videos
- Reader analytics and lead capture on higher plans
- Digital sales for selling publications
- Team workspaces for collaboration
- Integrations with Canva, Adobe Express and Adobe InDesign
Issuu also has a large reader audience, which can bring extra discovery for public publications.
The free plan is very limited — five publications of up to ten pages each, with third-party ads. Starter costs about $21 per month billed annually ($31 monthly), allowing much longer documents but still showing ads. Removing ads, custom branding, lead capture and advanced analytics require the Unlimited plan at about $188 per month billed annually, and Teams plans cost more.
That pricing jump makes Issuu expensive for professional brochures. For publishers and brands wanting reach and social repurposing, though, it remains a strong platform.
