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Changes to Creative Cloud for individuals plans including students and teachers plans

Last updated on May 30, 2025

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The Creative Cloud for individuals plans are changing for customers in North America on June 17, 2025. Find out what this means for you.

Note:

This page applies to customers in North America with Creative Cloud for individuals and students and teachers plans. Learn more about recent and upcoming changes for the Creative Cloud Photography plans or the Creative Cloud for teams plans. For Creative Cloud for enterprise plans, please contact your Adobe account manager with any questions.

At Adobe, we’re always evolving our products to make them better for our customers, and we’ve continued to build new features and enhance product workflows and performance. We’re also expanding your toolbox to better support your creative process — from ideation through to final delivery.

The Creative Cloud plans for subscribers in North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico) are changing to give users the flexibility to select the plan that best fits their needs.

At this time, there will be no changes to Creative Cloud plans for customers in all other regions and countries outside of North America. Learn more about the impacts to Creative Cloud plans for customers residing outside of North America.

New plans and pricing

The Creative Cloud All Apps plan will be renamed Creative Cloud Pro for individuals and Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachers. These plans will also include new benefits such as:

Unlimited access to standard image and vector generation features including Generative Fill in Photoshop.
Additional generative credits for premium video and audio generation features including Image to video, Translate video, and Translate audio in Adobe Firefly and Generative Extend in Premiere Pro.
Ability to create multiple boards in Firefly Boards (beta), the new concepting and mood-boarding tool in Adobe Firefly.
The choice to use non-Adobe generative AI models directly in Adobe Firefly, like OpenAI GPT image generation, Google Imagen and Veo, and Flux.

The additional services and benefits make Creative Cloud Pro our best value offering across Creative Cloud, and the plan’s price is increasing to reflect this new value. The Creative Cloud Pro plan for students and teachers will continue to have a significant discount for eligible customers compared to the individual plan, while including the same new benefits.

To give our customers more choice and flexibility, we're also introducing a new plan for individual customers, Creative Cloud Standard. This plan will continue to include the 20+ desktop apps, services, and benefits you enjoy now, but with limited access to generative AI features, reduced generative credits, and no premium access to web and mobile apps.

Note:

Existing customers can switch to Creative Cloud Standard in their Adobe account or by contacting Adobe customer support using the chat icon at the bottom of this page. New customers can subscribe to Creative Cloud Standard directly on Adobe.com. Creative Cloud Standard is not available with the student and teacher discounted plan.

Plan comparison

	Creative Cloud Standard (New plan)	Creative Cloud Pro (Formerly Creative Cloud All Apps plan)
Desktop creative apps 20+ desktop apps including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Acrobat, and more
Mobile and web creative apps Mobile and web apps including Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat, and more	Select apps like Acrobat, Adobe Express, Adobe Fresco, and Adobe Podcast: full access All other mobile and web apps: basic feature access	Full access
Standard generative features Generate images and vectors with features like Generative Fill in Photoshop, and more	25 credits/month	Unlimited access
Premium generative features Generate video and audio with features like Text to video and Translate audio in Firefly, Generative Extend in Premiere Pro, and more		4,000 credits/month to generate up to 40 5-second videos or translate up to 14 minutes of video and audio
Firefly Boards (beta) Ability to create multiple concept boards in Firefly Boards (beta)
Choice to use non-Adobe generative AI models Including OpenAI GPT, Google Imagen and Veo, and Flux
Cloud storage Includes Creative Cloud documents, Lightroom photos and videos, Adobe Express files, and more	100GB	100GB options for higher storage plans

Price comparison

*Prices do not include tax/VAT/GST.
	Creative Cloud Standard (New plan)	Creative Cloud Pro (Formerly Creative Cloud All Apps plan)
Individual Price (USD)* Annual contract, billed monthly	$54.99/month	$69.99/month
Student and Teacher 1^st year introductory price (USD)* Annual contract, billed monthly	N/A	$29.99/month
Student and Teacher Renewal price (USD)* Annual contract, billed monthly	N/A	$39.99/month

You can change your plan at any time by visiting your Adobe account and selecting Manage Plan. You will not be charged a cancellation fee for changing your current Adobe plan to another paid plan.

Follow step-by-step instructions for changing your plan or contact Adobe customer support using the chat icon at the bottom of this page.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, as of May 15, 2025, all current Creative Cloud All Apps users in North America now have unlimited access to standard generative features and an increased 4,000 monthly generative credits to use toward premium generative features included in their plan. This allows you to try out all the new benefits of Creative Cloud Pro prior to any price increases.

On June 17, 2025, the Creative Cloud All Apps plan name will change to Creative Cloud Pro. Pricing changes will take effect at your next monthly or annual renewal date. You’ll continue to have full access to try out all of the new benefits with no price increase until your renewal.

*Prices do not include tax/VAT/GST.
Individual payment plan type	Creative Cloud Standard (New plan)	Creative Cloud Pro (Formerly Creative Cloud All Apps plan)
Annual contract, billed monthly Price (USD)*	$54.99/month	$69.99/month
Month-to-month Price (USD)*	$82.49/month	$104.99/month
Annual, prepaid Price (USD)*	$599.88/year	$779.99/year

*Prices do not include tax/VAT/GST.
Student and teacher payment plan type	Creative Cloud Pro (Formerly Creative Cloud All Apps plan)
1^st year intro, annual contract, billed monthly Price (USD)*	$29.99/month
1^st year intro, annual prepaid Price (USD)*	$359.88/year
Renewal, annual contract, billed monthly Price (USD)*	$39.99/month
Renewal, annual contract, prepaid Price (USD)*	$479.88/year

Customers in the US, Canada, and Mexico will be charged the updated price on their next monthly or annual renewal date on or after June 17, 2025.

Visit your Adobe account to view your renewal date or manage your plan.

Your plan name will only change to Creative Cloud Pro on June 17, 2025.

If you’re a customer outside of North America, your plan isn’t changing at this time, and your plan name will remain Creative Cloud All Apps. Your price and application access will also remain as is.

The Creative Cloud apps that come with mobile and web versions include:

Acrobat: mobile, iPad, and web
Lightroom: mobile, iPad, and web
Photoshop: mobile, iPad, and web
Illustrator: iPad and web (Beta)
Adobe Express: mobile, iPad, and web
Adobe Fresco: mobile and iPad

Learn more about the key differences in web and mobile access between Creative Cloud Standard and Creative Cloud Pro.

You can switch to the new Creative Cloud Standard plan at any time in your Adobe account, but you will only be charged the increased price for Creative Cloud Pro on your subscription renewal date on or after June 17, 2025. Visit your Adobe account to view your renewal date or manage your plan.

Please note that Creative Cloud All Apps will be renamed Creative Cloud Pro on June 17, 2025, regardless of your renewal date, meaning the name change may go into effect before you’re charged the increased price. Adobe will send an email 30 days before your plan renewal date reminding you of any price changes to your Creative Cloud plan, and you can also choose to switch to Creative Cloud Standard then.

Starting August 1, 2025, the prepaid Creative Cloud All Apps cards available at Adobe’s retail and e-tail partners in North America will also reflect the pricing changes outlined above.

These codes or cards will continue to be available until further notice:

Current active subscriptions will remain valid until the end of the redemption period and include the additional value on June 17, 2025.
Prepaid codes or cards that have been purchased and not yet redeemed can still be applied to your active account at any point in the future.

Please note Creative Cloud Standard will not be available with retailers or e-tail partners. If you want to switch your prepaid All Apps plan to Creative Cloud Standard before renewal into Creative Cloud Pro, please contact Customer Support.

Creative Cloud for individuals single app plans
Creative Cloud Photography plan
Adobe Express Premium plan
Adobe Substance 3D Collection
Adobe Substance 3D Texturing
Adobe Stock
Acrobat Standard
Acrobat Pro
All Adobe mobile plans (single apps and bundles)

Your price won’t change until your first renewal date on or after June 17, 2025, so if you haven’t received a notification of a price change, you might not yet be nearing your renewal date. You can verify your renewal date at any time by visiting your Adobe account.

If you’re within the renewal window and believe you should have received the email detailing these changes, check the email address associated with your Adobe account to confirm where the communication was sent and update your details as needed.

All Creative Cloud Pro customers in the US, Canada, and Mexico will have 4,000 monthly generative credits. Amounts displayed on Adobe.com may differ for a limited time.

All current Creative Cloud All Apps users in North America now have unlimited access to standard generative features and an increased 4,000 monthly generative credits to use toward premium generative features.

Generative credits from your existing Firefly Standard, Pro, or Premium plan will stack on top of the 4,000 monthly generative credits now offered in the Creative Cloud Pro plan. If you don’t need the additional credits that come with your Firefly plan(s), you can choose to cancel them at any time by visiting your Adobe account.

There will not be any pricing or monthly generative credit changes for existing Creative Cloud single app or Photography plan subscribers.

However, starting June 17, 2025, new subscribers of the following plans will receive a reduced 25 monthly generative credits:

Select mobile plans (Lightroom Mobile Premium, Photoshop Express, Illustrator on iPad)
Photography plans (Creative Cloud Photography 1 TB)
Single app plans (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, InDesign, etc.)

There will not be any pricing or monthly generative credit changes for new or existing subscribers of the following plans:

Photoshop Mobile
Adobe Express Premium
Adobe Stock
Substance Collection
Acrobat Standard
Acrobat Pro

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