Adobe price changes in January

[Kaitlyn]

I'm a bit confused. My subscription (20gb) just ended, and to sign up I don't see any monthly option... and I am not sure I ever recall a monthly-only option?

At least in Canada, my options are Annual, paid monthly... and Annual, one-time. But the final prices work out to the same?

What exactly is the difference here? And I assume if I choose the pay monthly option, I'm totally unaffected Jan and beyond? Given it is an annual commitment?

 

[Zeee]

I'm a bit confused. My subscription (20gb) just ended, and to sign up I don't see any monthly option... and I am not sure I ever recall a monthly-only option?

At least in Canada, my options are Annual, paid monthly... and Annual, one-time. But the final prices work out to the same?

What exactly is the difference here? And I assume if I choose the pay monthly option, I'm totally unaffected Jan and beyond? Given it is an annual commitment?

It has always been there and still is. It has always been the same price if you paid annually or monthly. As of Jan 15, 2025 if you want to continue to pay monthly the price will go up. If you switch to the annual payment the price will stay the same. If you have always paid annually there is nothing to change. Your price will remain the same.

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Click on the 20G option.












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[Zeee]

I'm a bit confused. My subscription (20gb) just ended, and to sign up I don't see any monthly option... and I am not sure I ever recall a monthly-only option?

At least in Canada, my options are Annual, paid monthly... and Annual, one-time. But the final prices work out to the same?

What exactly is the difference here? And I assume if I choose the pay monthly option, I'm totally unaffected Jan and beyond? Given it is an annual commitment?

It has always been there and still is. It has always been the same price if you paid annually or monthly. As of Jan 15, 2025 if you want to continue to pay monthly the price will go up. If you switch to the annual payment the price will stay the same. If you have always paid annually there is nothing to change. Your price will remain the same.

Click on all see all plans link



Click on the 20G option.

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[Corialtus]

A quick summary for new readers now that we're 7 pages in:

1) Some people use Lightroom and are OK with the increase

2) Some people use Lightroom and will move to the annual subscription model

3) Some people use Lightroom and are upset by the increase. They threaten to leave, but we know they don't mean it

4) Some people don't use Lightroom and have no intention of ever using it. They are either jealous or misinformed. This thread helps them to feel a bit better.

 

[Marcin 3M]

I give them money (capital), they transfer me their code - for a certain period of time.

After this time they return me my capital, I return them their code.

Do DXO, C1Pro, ON1 and others do this? If after 6 months I don’t want it anymore and I send the code back do I get half my money back? That would be fair right?

No, but they also don't disable my software when I won't pay subscription fee for the next period.

It would be useless after I got the next camera release. Something I experienced within a year of owning a perpetual licence software.

What a problem with buying new version when You got a new equipment or found new features to be worth to buy?

Only the Develop and Map modules are disabled. My edits are there forever for me to export, I can still use the DAM and I get some cloud storage space for life.

Before subscribing I thought about the future. If I ever decide to quit that means I don’t want to use it anymore. I’ll get another developer and continue from there.

 

[Kaitlyn]

I'm a bit confused. My subscription (20gb) just ended, and to sign up I don't see any monthly option... and I am not sure I ever recall a monthly-only option?

At least in Canada, my options are Annual, paid monthly... and Annual, one-time. But the final prices work out to the same?

What exactly is the difference here? And I assume if I choose the pay monthly option, I'm totally unaffected Jan and beyond? Given it is an annual commitment?

It has always been there and still is. It has always been the same price if you paid annually or monthly. As of Jan 15, 2025 if you want to continue to pay monthly the price will go up. If you switch to the annual payment the price will stay the same. If you have always paid annually there is nothing to change. Your price will remain the same.

Click on all see all plans link



Click on the 20G option.

Ah okay, I mean I'll just go with the one-time prepayment to be safest... but it does feel incredibly weird to be on an "annual contract" agreement, and then they just bump up the price 50% during that time.

 

[Marcin 3M]

I give them money (capital), they transfer me their code - for a certain period of time.

After this time they return me my capital, I return them their code.

Do DXO, C1Pro, ON1 and others do this? If after 6 months I don’t want it anymore and I send the code back do I get half my money back? That would be fair right?

No, but they also don't disable my software when I won't pay subscription fee for the next period.

Except they become useless when a new camera is released. I have older versions of perpetual software I cannot use.

If you don’t like how subscription works it is pretty simple. Don’t get it. I stopped using other companies because I disliked their business models.

Adobe is not for you. Never get it because you will be sorry.

A number of posters have been slagging Adobe for many years now. I very much doubt he has a subscription.

You got me. BTW, I'll rather switch to free software or go back to silver halides than decide to subscribe any software. I may change my mind if I will find a way to sell subscriptions to the results of my work.

 

[Marcin 3M]

I give them money (capital), they transfer me their code - for a certain period of time.

After this time they return me my capital, I return them their code.

Do DXO, C1Pro, ON1 and others do this? If after 6 months I don’t want it anymore and I send the code back do I get half my money back? That would be fair right?

No, but they also don't disable my software when I won't pay subscription fee for the next period.

Except they become useless when a new camera is released. I have older versions of perpetual software I cannot use.

If you don’t like how subscription works it is pretty simple. Don’t get it. I stopped using other companies because I disliked their business models.

Adobe is not for you. Never get it because you will be sorry.

A number of posters have been slagging Adobe for many years now. I very much doubt he has a subscription.

As I said before and I'm selecting anyone specific. This news was just not juicy enough to press the "I told you so" button. Even if there had been an increase, which I have expected, it has been 8 years for me. If you go back to the origins of subscription it's from 2013 which was $10. This thread won't hit 150 fast enough. :-D

For me it was even more savings. CS6 still works. Not only Photoshop, but also Illustrator and InDesign (frankly none of those is being used by me anymore).

 

[ishwanu]

A quick summary for new readers now that we're 7 pages in:

1) Some people use Lightroom and are OK with the increase

2) Some people use Lightroom and will move to the annual subscription model

3) Some people use Lightroom and are upset by the increase. They threaten to leave, but we know they don't mean it

4) Some people don't use Lightroom and have no intention of ever using it. They are either jealous or misinformed. This thread helps them to feel a bit better.

5) Some people come to erroneous conclusions regarding other people.

 

[Marcin 3M]

I give them money (capital), they transfer me their code - for a certain period of time.

After this time they return me my capital, I return them their code.

Do DXO, C1Pro, ON1 and others do this? If after 6 months I don’t want it anymore and I send the code back do I get half my money back? That would be fair right?

No, but they also don't disable my software when I won't pay subscription fee for the next period.

Except they become useless when a new camera is released. I have older versions of perpetual software I cannot use.

If you don’t like how subscription works it is pretty simple. Don’t get it. I stopped using other companies because I disliked their business models.

Adobe is not for you. Never get it because you will be sorry.

Well, I don't buy camera every month. Tbh, I skipped everything between D800 and Z8. Doing so made me a great savings. So no problem.

Neither do I but I did get caught up in that cycle. When the R72 is released Adobe will have RAW support for it before it is shipped. This you can use perpetual software forever is dream.

Whatever R72 is going to be - I'm almost sure that I won't buy a new camera in the next 10 years. All my current software works with my current equipment.

It is not that I like or don't like subscription. I see problem elsewhere.

You do, I don't. I was sceptical in 2018 but once I got past the trolls telling everyone LrC would send you files to the cloud so I went for it. I love it. I dropped Zenfolio so the Adobe plan that came with Portfolio cost less per year. Since Adobe Denoise AI that is around another $100+ a year in savings for me.

And yes, Adobe as well as any other company with this business is not for me. I'll rather go back to silver halide photography.

I started there. Read all of Ansel's books, built a 4 by 5 field camera kit sold by Bender and had the darkroom. Made my own up-rite rinse tanks and dodging and burning tools. Got a $5 vacuum cleaner at a garage sale and make my own vacuum table.

It was a lot of fun but I'll never go back to the darkroom. I do apply Ansel's teachings when I edit in the digital darkroom. I don't use presets for my B&W edits. All from scratch and found some really good videos on how to do it. I could not repeat the development of any file unless used the history. I just go to town on it. Once I counted about 75 edits.

Each to their own when it comes to these things.

 

[Zeee]

I'm a bit confused. My subscription (20gb) just ended, and to sign up I don't see any monthly option... and I am not sure I ever recall a monthly-only option?

At least in Canada, my options are Annual, paid monthly... and Annual, one-time. But the final prices work out to the same?

What exactly is the difference here? And I assume if I choose the pay monthly option, I'm totally unaffected Jan and beyond? Given it is an annual commitment?

It has always been there and still is. It has always been the same price if you paid annually or monthly. As of Jan 15, 2025 if you want to continue to pay monthly the price will go up. If you switch to the annual payment the price will stay the same. If you have always paid annually there is nothing to change. Your price will remain the same.

Click on all see all plans link



Click on the 20G option.

Ah okay, I mean I'll just go with the one-time prepayment to be safest... but it does feel incredibly weird to be on an "annual contract" agreement, and then they just bump up the price 50% during that time

The price is going up once your annual contact is up. There is plenty of notice. You either pay the increase to continue monthly payments, pay once for the whole year to keep the existing pricing. That’s it. If someone can’t afford the annual payment find something else.

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[TryAgain]

For those in the UK Amazon are offering 12 months Photography plan plus McAfee total protection for £77.

That's a pretty good price. Although I purchased the Adobe plan for £62 in Black Friday week I've decided to purchase this even though I've no plans to use the McAfee suite. That will see me through to December 2026.

Apologies if this has been posted before but I've just come to this thread and skimmed some of the 7 pages of comments.

Edit - I know this isn't a bargain compared to US prices but in the UK the plan is currently £9.99 per month/£119 per annum so it's a fair reduction.

 

[AL_23]

I wonder the same - some sources report that you have to change your plan to annual payment now (or until 15 January), others say that you can still do that upon renewal of the subscription, which in my case would be December 2025.

 

[PaLandscapes]

When I log into my account (on mobile) I click on manage subscription and there is a prompt about updating my subscription to save 33% and keep it at $119 a year. No need to dig through settings.



I haven’t clicked it though because my plan does not renew until June or July. And I’m curious if the message will vanish after the January deadline.

 

[MattPointZero]

Dated 2024/12/15

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/12/15/all-new-photography-innovations-pricing-updates

Paid the year in advance for $120. Thanks, Adobe, for keeping the exact same price as ten years ago.

I don't want to hear anybody's sob story. Do your research!

Though if you had done yours and bought through amazon on black friday, you could have got that for 60 bucks...or spent 120 and been good for 2026 also!

;-)

 

[PMB]

When I log into my account (on mobile) I click on manage subscription and there is a prompt about updating my subscription to save 33% and keep it at $119 a year. No need to dig through settings.

I haven’t clicked it though because my plan does not renew until June or July. And I’m curious if the message will vanish after the January deadline.

I got something similar (from my PC) and when I did click on that link (for changing to an annual payment and avoiding the increase) I got a popup window with an Error - something about something not available. However there was a link to Customer Service on that pop up so I clicked that and chatted with a rep (at first it was a bot and then after a couple questions it connected me to a person - I think). They said that my current subscription (account) would need to be dropped and a new subscription for annual payment would replace the old account, with all my old attributes in place. I did not have to provide any new method of payment. Everything came across fine. I did get a mild refund for the couple of days left from my last monthly payment and my new annual payment date was set to the current date.

I thought this all strange and convoluted. afterwards I wonder if these reps are on some sort of commission for new signups.

Peter

 

[Paul Holman]

My account states that I will have to pay 14,95 $/mth., when my stacked prepaid amount expires in 2028. In order to stay at 9.95$ I think that I will have to change my subsription now so that it will stay at 9,95$ in 2028, No response from Adobe. Thoughts?

My account now states that I'll have to pay an annual in advance payment (£100) when my pre-paid packages expire in 2029. I assume this is because I've only ever 'subscribed' by buying annual packages from Amazon.

Maybe if you used to be a monthly subscriber you'll drop back to the monthly payments ?

Of course by the time these expire Adobe may have changed the system again.

 

[Zeee]

I wonder the same - some sources report that you have to change your plan to annual payment now (or until 15 January), others say that you can still do that upon renewal of the subscription, which in my case would be December 2025.

My current plan runs until Nov, 2025. I called Adobe and they told me not to worry until then. When it comes up then I can switch to the annual payment option. I suggest you call them as well.

 

[Zeee]

I wonder the same - some sources report that you have to change your plan to annual payment now (or until 15 January), others say that you can still do that upon renewal of the subscription, which in my case would be December 2025.

My current plan runs until Nov, 2025. I called Adobe and they told me not to worry until then. When it comes up then I can switch to the annual payment option. I suggest you call them as well.

Scroll down to the 4th item

https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/creative-cloud/faq/ccpp-20gb.html

 

[Barleyman]

I wonder the same - some sources report that you have to change your plan to annual payment now (or until 15 January), others say that you can still do that upon renewal of the subscription, which in my case would be December 2025.

My current plan runs until Nov, 2025. I called Adobe and they told me not to worry until then. When it comes up then I can switch to the annual payment option. I suggest you call them as well.

Scroll down to the 4th item

https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/creative-cloud/faq/ccpp-20gb.html

Yea, I am good until 1/1/26. 10 years after I started my subscription.

I, like you, grow weary of the anti-Adobe paranoia. Sounds like Adobe is doing exactly what they said they would do. Don't worry about it until your renewal is due.

I saw some click bait this morning for a "news" site stating that Adobe just announced a HUGE price increase. Ummmm... not really. Yawn