Adobe Creative Cloud Annual Plan

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carriecopadraws I think there are so many great replacements for adobe products, but my year break really showed me how much I generally like working with them. Part of me wishes I would be willing to learn something else, but I just like them. I have gone through my negotiation spiel with them each year except that one year I took a break. This makes me more unaware of the full price, I guess. My cost has always been the 'introductory' price, for nearly ten years!

@sigross Yes, I'll do that, thanks. I always tell them I won't renew to start off the haggling.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I am using more apps since Nov. InDesign and Animate, along with Illustrator and Photoshop. No, I don't have to save for an annual plan, but if I do the monthly plan I do not have a way to negotiate a lower price.

@NessIllustration I have seriously never paid more than 360 for all apps. Haggling a price isn't something I'm even good at - so I can honestly say I don't try very hard!

Anyway, you guys, there is no way all Adobe apps are worth 600 but you can see that if i'm that unaware of the full price it's because it has really worked to mess with them a bit. They always come down! every time! They would go so much lower that I didn't even ever think it was worth it to drop down to just photoshop or illustrator if I could pay a little more and put together a book dummy in indesign or try out animation! And this makes me wonder what price I could get if the full price for the photography plan is 250 a year. You all should haggle them down too! they are way overpriced...

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carolinebautista you can get the annual plan discount but still pay monthly.

sigross

@carolinebautista You can still get a lower price with a monthly plan. I pay £30 a month for all apps. Which is like around $360 a year.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@sigross 30 pounds?

sigross

@Nyrryl-Cadiz yes 30 pounds

@Nyrryl-Cadiz @sigross That is good to know, thanks. Doing bills annually is just generally my preference.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carolinebautista i guess if you have $600 upfront then, go for it. it is easier. i don't have that much money so i'll stick with the 'annual plan paid monthly.'

@Nyrryl-Cadiz It's not easier - I put aside that amount monthly, but ahead of time. Because I've negotiated down in the past, it's always been the equivalent of $30 a month or less for all apps instead of 20 a month, which is still doable for me when I make no money from illustration at all. So my question was basically whether Adobe had noticeably changed their prices to help me negotiate to keep the price down to that.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carolinebautista i guess we'll just wait and see when Black Friday comes around if they'll bring back the sale. Let us know. i'd love to get in on that sale too.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz They always make a big deal about the Black Friday sale, so I'm sure that will be a good deal to get new subscribers. But in order for me to keep this price I may need to cancel and renegotiate. Or threaten to cancel. Or something. I will definitely let you know.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carolinebautista you can do that?

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I guess that's where my naive-sounding question came from. I didn't know the full price of all the apps until now so was checking with everyone here. I have had a student discount in the past, then negotiated to the equivalent even while not a student because I told them what I had budgeted and they matched it! Sometimes they would just lower the price because I asked over chat. I have the record of the amounts I have paid but not their regular subscription price.

Nyrryl Cadiz

@carolinebautista wow! i might just try that. i'll try getting hold of them and see if i can get a bargain.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Monthly or annually maybe it's the same, but I have always contacted them a couple days before renewal.

sigross

@Nyrryl-Cadiz aka 30 quid

Nyrryl Cadiz

@sigross no, what I actually meant is that 30 pounds is not equal to 30 usd.
1 gbp = 1.3 usd
360 gbp = 480 usd

sigross

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Yes I understand. I thought I'd converted it first. But alas my calc presses failed me. We have to suffer the mad VAT tax in the UK that adds 20%. Such a ripoff.

jdubz

@carolinebautista Have you tried the Affinity apps? I've successfully completely replaced Illustrator and InDesign on a professional level with those two. So that gives me the ability to use the Photography plan, which as others have said seems to be the best value.

I'm pretty sure that once the intro price has expired, you might be SOL. They MIGHT give you a break for another year on the annual plan if you can talk to a live person and threaten to cancel. But at some point they're just going to say "sorry, the price is the price" which is what makes those kind of sub programs so lucrative to them.

I'm really considering looking at Clip Studio Paint. I'm seeing a lot of successful artists using it professionally and it makes me wonder if it could replace Photoshop. If it can, that would mean I could just use Affinity Photo for any kind of photo editing. That'd make every bit of software affordable and paid for life for under $150 for every single app I'd use. One can only dream

carriecopadraws

@jdubz I use that exact setup - Clip Studio Paint for art and the Affinity suite for layouts/web graphics. I haven't paid for a subscription in 2 years and it feels awesome. CSP is worth checking out, and there's lots of resources on setting up your tools and learning what they do. I'm happy to help if you have questions!