Which is better? Finale or Sibelus?

ChrisP
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:19:43 +0000

Download the trial for them both and decide what you like.

I have used Finale for years. Recently, I downloaded the demo of Sibelius. It was alright, but the program had trouble with formatting. Slurs on the top of a grand staff would literally cross over the slurs on the lower bar line. I thought that was over the top and stuck with Finale.

That being said, I will try Sibelius again when they come out with a new version. Finale’s latest release, 2007, was buggy to the point where it was unusable when it was first released. It was only usable after they released a downloadable update. Finale support is unhelpful. If I thought Sibelius’ functionality was at Finale’s level I would switch immediately.