There are pros and cons in any subscription model: Pros The only solution provided is to change the organization firewall settings. The Enterprise edition is similar to the team edition but offers additional services such as custom deployment, software management through the Adobe Licensing Website (LWS), enterprise customer support and expert services from Adobe. Another limitation with the Team edition not related to licensing is that organizations can’t really prevent users from storing data in the cloud. The other issue here is that Individual subscriptions are separated from Teams edition ones-there is no management or data sharing possible across editions. One of the strong limitations of the Teams edition is that it provides only the full suite of products subscriptions for individual applications are not available. If a user only needs Illustrator, subscribing to the Teams edition ($69.99/month) will cost up to three and half times the price of an Individual subscription for a single application ($19.99/month). The benefits of the Creative Cloud for Teams edition include the ability to provide a centralized administration, licensing and purchasing console with the flexibility to add or reassign seats as needed, shared storage in the cloud, access to Adobe experts (two sessions per user, per year) and central deployment. From the licensing side, it is a basic subscription and this is the most visible change of all: customers will no longer be able to purchase perpetual licenses these products are now offered only through subscriptions.Ĭreative Cloud products come in four plans: Individual, Teams, Enterprises and Education. Additional cloud features are delivered with these products such as the capability to store files, up to a specific limit in the cloud, or file sharing and collaboration. There is no change here, except that from time to time the software will connect to the internet and validate the license. The products are not delivered through the Software as a Service (SaaS) model that is commonly found in the cloud they are downloaded from the cloud and installed locally on devices. This change has brought some misconceptions due to the “cloud” reference in the branding and features provided with the new products through the cloud infrastructure.

They have been rebranded as Creative Cloud products. Following this announcement, since June 17th 2013, all new Creative Suite products are now only available through subscriptions. On May 6th 2013 Adobe has announced that it will move away from perpetual licenses for Creative Suite products. This article has been contributed by Vincent Brasseur of Flexera Software.

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