{"id":58785,"date":"2025-09-03T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/?p=58785"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:11:57","slug":"adobe-creative-cloud-important-licensing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/adobe-creative-cloud-important-licensing-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Creative Cloud: Important Licensing Changes (Reminder)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reminder: On <strong>July 1<\/strong> and <strong>September 1, 2025<\/strong>, several <strong>important changes<\/strong> were made to the <strong>Creative Cloud<\/strong> licensing lineup, including <strong>rebranding<\/strong>, various <strong>feature upgrades and additions<\/strong>,\u00a0and <strong>price increases<\/strong>. These offerings <strong>are available<\/strong> across all routes to market, including VIP Marketplace in commercial and government market segments. Find a <strong>summary of changes<\/strong> and a <strong>comparison table<\/strong> in this article.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2013\/04\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Event.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Creative Cloud Event\" width=\"710\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2013\/04\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Event.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2013\/04\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Event-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2013\/04\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Event-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2013\/04\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Event-624x360.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28525 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2022\/12\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2022-11-30-Graphics-Website-Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Logo.webp\" alt=\"Adobe Creative Cloud\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2022\/12\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2022-11-30-Graphics-Website-Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Logo.webp 125w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2022\/12\/elementor\/thumbs\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2022-11-30-Graphics-Website-Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Logo-r8xv6n9yrc5kcypxoxqewsd6hirtxczewpcvx06u7o.webp 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Creative Cloud Pro for Teams (formerly Creative Cloud for Teams)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Customers whose <strong>Anniversary Date falls on or after <span style=\"color: #800000;\">September<\/span> 1<\/strong> renew using the new Creative Cloud offers (anniversary dates can&#8217;t be adjusted beforehand).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebranding<\/strong>: Creative Cloud for Teams will be rebranded to <strong>Creative Cloud Pro for Teams<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8211; Price Increase<\/strong>: Effective September 1, 2025, a price increase of approximately\u00a0<strong>11%<\/strong> applied.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ More monthly generative AI credits<\/strong>: Users will now receive\u00a0<strong>4000 monthly generative credits per user<\/strong>\u00a0(previously 1000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Unlimited Adobe Firefly AI generations<\/strong>: Users now benefit from\u00a0<strong>unlimited standard Firefly generations<\/strong>\u00a0(previously limited to 1000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Unlimited Adobe Stock standard assets<\/strong>: Users now have\u00a0<strong>unlimited access<\/strong> to Adobe Stock standard assets (previously not included). This means users can access a vast library of high-quality images, graphics, and other assets without additional costs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Firefly Boards (beta)<\/strong>: Ability to create multiple concept boards is now included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Creative Cloud Pro Plus for Teams (formerly Creative Cloud for Teams All Apps Pro Edition)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Customers whose <strong>Anniversary Date falls on or after <span style=\"color: #800000;\">September<\/span> 1<\/strong> renew using the new Creative Cloud offers (anniversary dates can&#8217;t be adjusted beforehand).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebranding<\/strong>: Creative Cloud for Teams All Apps Pro Edition will be rebranded to <strong>Creative Cloud Pro Plus for Teams<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8211; Price Increase<\/strong>: Effective September 1, 2025, a price increase of approximately\u00a0<strong>10%<\/strong> applied.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ More monthly generative AI credits<\/strong>: Users will now receive\u00a0<strong>4000 monthly generative credits per user<\/strong>\u00a0(previously 3000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Unlimited Adobe Firefly AI generations<\/strong>: Users now benefit from\u00a0<strong>unlimited standard Firefly generations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Access to premium Firefly features<\/strong>: Premium Firefly features for audio\/video use cases are\u00a0<strong>included<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Unlimited Adobe Stock standard assets<\/strong>: Users now have\u00a0<strong>unlimited access<\/strong>\u00a0to Adobe Stock standard assets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Firefly Boards (beta)<\/strong>: Ability to create multiple concept boards is now included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ IP indemnification<\/strong>: Up to\u00a0<strong>$10,000 per asset<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Creative Cloud for Enterprise Edition 4 (replaced Creative Cloud for enterprise (CEE) Pro Edition in June 2024)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Customers whose <strong>Anniversary Date falls on or after <span style=\"color: #800000;\">July<\/span> 1<\/strong> renew using the new Creative Cloud offers (anniversary dates can&#8217;t be adjusted beforehand).<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8211; Price Increase<\/strong>: Effective July 1, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/adobe-creative-cloud-for-enterprise-licensing-changes-new-editions-and-price-changes\/\">Creative Cloud for Enterprise Edition 4<\/a> prices increased by approximately <strong>6%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ More monthly generative AI credits<\/strong>: Users now receive\u00a0<strong>4000 monthly generative credits per user<\/strong>\u00a0(previously 3000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Unlimited Adobe Firefly AI generations<\/strong>: Users now benefit from\u00a0<strong>unlimited standard Firefly generations<\/strong>, including\u00a0<strong>Object Composites, Style Kits, and Lip Sync<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Access to premium Firefly features<\/strong>: Premium Firefly features for audio\/video use cases are\u00a0<strong>included<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Unlimited Adobe Stock standard assets<\/strong>: Users now have\u00a0<strong>unlimited access<\/strong>\u00a0to Adobe Stock standard assets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Firefly Boards (beta)<\/strong>: Ability to create multiple concept boards is now included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ IP indemnification<\/strong>: Up to\u00a0<strong>$10,000 per asset (VIP)<\/strong>\u00a0and up to\u00a0<strong>$3 million per asset (ETLA)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>+ Admin Features<\/strong>: <strong>Advanced controls<\/strong> and <strong>Single Sign-On (SSO)<\/strong> for improved organization-wide management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Single App plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starting July 1, 2025, new subscribers of <strong>some<\/strong> Creative Cloud <strong>single app for Teams plans<\/strong> will have <strong>25 monthly generative credits<\/strong> (previously 500). This is Adobe&#8217;s attempt to the attractiveness of Creative Cloud offers in comparison. There will be no changes to the pricing of Creative Cloud single app for Teams plans (including Pro versions). Existing subscribers of any paid Creative Cloud single apps for Teams plan will retain the monthly generative credits they currently get with their plan.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Affected Plans<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following Creative Cloud single app for Teams plans are <strong>impacted<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Photoshop Single App<\/li>\n<li>Illustrator Single App<\/li>\n<li>Premiere Single App<\/li>\n<li>InDesign Single App<\/li>\n<li>Lightroom Single App<\/li>\n<li>After Effects Single App<\/li>\n<li>Audition Single App<\/li>\n<li>Animate Single App<\/li>\n<li>Dreamweaver Single App<\/li>\n<li>InCopy Single App<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unaffected plans<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There will be no changes to monthly generative credits for new or existing subscribers of the following Teams-plans:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Express Premium<\/li>\n<li>Adobe Stock (all plans)<\/li>\n<li>Substance 3D Collection<\/li>\n<li>Acrobat Standard\/Pro<\/li>\n<li>Creative Cloud Pro Edition for Teams Single App (all plans)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Generative Credit Notifications (All Plans)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since\u00a0<strong>June 17, 2025<\/strong>, Adobe\u00a0<strong>has been enforcing credit limits<\/strong>\u00a0across Creative Cloud worldwide. As part of this implementation, Adobe\u00a0<strong>introduced the following measures<\/strong>\u00a0to educate customers about their generative credit usage in Adobe products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All generative AI features that consume credits\u00a0<strong>are marked with a symbol<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Customers\u00a0<strong>are notified<\/strong>\u00a0when they use a generative AI feature for the first time.<\/li>\n<li>Customers\u00a0<strong>receive alerts<\/strong>\u00a0when they reach\u00a0<strong>90%<\/strong>\u00a0of their monthly credit limit.<\/li>\n<li>Customers\u00a0<strong>are not charged<\/strong>\u00a0for additional credits without consent.\u00a0<strong>Paywalls appear<\/strong>\u00a0on the screen, allowing customers to either purchase additional credits or dismiss the notification.<\/li>\n<li>Credits\u00a0<strong>reset each month<\/strong>\u00a0based on the customer\u2019s anniversary date.<\/li>\n<li>Customers\u00a0<strong>can view<\/strong>\u00a0their credit balance anytime via the\u00a0<strong>Adobe Account menu<\/strong>\u00a0in products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-58785-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/05\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/05\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud.mp4\">https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/05\/Adobe-Creative-Cloud.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New Creative Cloud lineup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The below table shows the <strong>new B2B lineup of Creative Cloud offerings<\/strong> <strong>in Europe<\/strong>. Please be informed, that, as of July 1, 2025, there is a different product lineup in the United States than depicted below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Changes in <strong>bold<\/strong> formatting:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Creative Cloud Pro for teams <\/strong><strong>(formerly Creative Cloud for teams)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Creative Cloud Pro Plus for teams (formerly Creative Cloud for teams All Apps Pro Edition)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Creative Cloud for Enterprise Edition 4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>For Teams<\/td>\n<td>For Teams<\/td>\n<td>For Enterprise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pricing changes<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2025-09-01: ~11% price increase<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2025-09-01: ~10% price increase<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2025-07-01: ~6% p<\/strong><strong>rice increase<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20+ Creative apps and services<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Core Firefly capabilities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mobile and web creative apps:<\/strong> Mobile and web apps including Photoshop, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Fresco<\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Full access \u2014 free and premium features<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Full access \u2014 free and premium features<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Full access \u2014 free and premium features<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Monthly Firefly generative credit allocation per user<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>4000<\/strong> (was 1000)<\/td>\n<td><strong>4000 <\/strong>(was 3000)<\/td>\n<td><strong>4000 <\/strong>(was 3000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Monthly Standard Adobe Firefly generative AI Feature Generations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Unlimited<\/strong> (formerly 1000)<\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Unlimited<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2713 <strong>Unlimited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>+ Object Composites, Style Kits, Lip Sync<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Access to Premium Adobe Firefly generative AI Features<\/strong><strong> to support audio and video use cases<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not Included<\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Unlimited access to Adobe Stock Standard Assets<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included <\/strong>(was Not Included)<\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Unlimited access to Adobe Stock Audio, Video and Premium assets <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not Included<\/td>\n<td>Not Included<\/td>\n<td>Not Included<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Firefly Boards (beta):<\/strong> Ability to create multiple concept boards in Firefly Boards (beta)<\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included <\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included <\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u2713 Included <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IP indemnification (Adobe Stock and Firefly)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not Included<\/td>\n<td><strong>Up to $10k per asset<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Up to $10k per asset (VIP), Up to $3M per asset (ETLA)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Admin Features and Controls<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Baseline<\/td>\n<td>Baseline<\/td>\n<td><strong>Advanced<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Single Sign-On (SSO)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Get help from the experts in Adobe licensing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-56609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-800x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-500x214.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-011-scaled-1-2048x878.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/contact\/\">reach out to us<\/a> to <strong>get an individualized simulation<\/strong> for your business case in order to compare all your options and to make an informed decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reminder: On July 1 and September 1, 2025, several important changes were made to the Creative Cloud licensing lineup, including rebranding, various feature upgrades and additions,\u00a0and price increases. These offerings are available across all routes to market, including VIP Marketplace in commercial and government market segments. Find a summary of changes and a comparison table [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":42432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adobe-creative-cloud","category-adobe-firefly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58785"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63285,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58785\/revisions\/63285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}