Yes, both Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXpress offer a Free Trial.
Adobe Illustrator is designed for Individuals, Medium Business and Small Business.
QuarkXpress is designed for Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Pricing for Adobe Illustrator Starts at $20.99/Month when Billed Yearly whereas for QuarkXpress Starts at $474/Year.
Some top alternatives to Adobe Illustrator includes Looka, Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Canva, CorelDraw, Drawtify, Vector Ink, Vectornator Pro, Adobe After Effects, Inkscape and Adobe InDesign.
Some top alternatives to QuarkXpress includes Looka, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Canva, CorelDraw, Affinity Designer, Xara Designer Pro, Desygner, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.