I have both installed, but only use Illustrator to check files I export into AI from Corel, for people working with AI, or to open AI files I get from other people.
Let's just say that both have strong points and weak ones, and both are capable of getting the job professionally done. Not going to start a feature by feature comparison, as it makes no sense, IMHO. So, while all of my digital painting and pixel-pushing are done in Photoshop, Corel is where I go for vector work. And there's a ton of stuff that is just more labor-intensive using Illustrator. But I've never found anything I can do in Illustrator that I can't do more easily in Corel. Illustrator CS3 still thinks it knows best, and that's irritating to me. My workspaces are heavily customized, with buttons from all sorts of commands stuck where I'll most easily see them when needed. CS3 or 4 finally woke up to the power of customizable interfaces, but Corel started this in v8, and it's what finally settled it for me. Both programs can do the same things, but Corel is cheaper, and, even more importantly, the interface is more flexible. Adobe Illustrator still seems stuck in 1985, as far as the interface goes. Corel x4, the latest version, brings back everything good from older versions that worked better than in 10 and 11 and 12, but adds a lot more in the way of smooth functionality.
Since then, Corel versions have gone some odd directions, but Illustrator has stayed essentially the same. I've compared these two on occasion ever since settling on Corel 8 over Illustrator 8 about ten years ago.
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