Ease of Use:  

We felt Greeting Card Factory Deluxe was the simplest to operate of all the greeting card software we reviewed. We didn't have any problems finding the tools and recourses we needed—everything seemed to be a click away. The program designers clearly put great effort into making Greeting Card Factory Deluxe intuitive so that it would be enjoyable for everyone to use, even computer novices.

Feature Set:  

Greeting Card Factory Deluxe has great text editing strengths, and the photo editing capabilities are equal to higher-ranked greeting card programs. And, as with all high-ranking greeting card software, you aren't limited to greeting cards. Greeting Card Factory Deluxe comes with several craft and project templates beyond greeting cards, such as certificates, announcements and postcards.

However, Greeting Card Factory Deluxe does not include any sound, music or animation capabilities to embellish electronic greeting cards. Plus, you have fewer options for saving and sharing completed greeting cards.

Although you can't add sound, music or animation to greeting cards, you can create a CD photo slideshow "greeting card," complete with sound.
 

Ease of Installation:  

We had no trouble installing Greeting Card Factory Deluxe.

Help/Support:  

Greeting Card Factory Deluxe has solid help options, including a manual, tutorials and an index search section. Nova Development also offers customer phone support and a FAQs section on their website. However, as previously states in the review for Print Artist Platinum 23, their telephone customer service is slow and frustrating.

We felt Nova Development's Greeting Card Factory Deluxe had an elegantly simple design—anyone can use it easily. But we felt the price was a little high since the program has limited sound features.

Greeting Card Factory is an excellent choice for those who don't want sound or video incorporated into electronic greeting cards. If Greeting Card Factory Deluxe came with sound and animation capabilities, the program would have been a contender for our #3 spot, taken by Print Artist Platinum.