Adobe all apps subscription discount - tip if renewing

If you subscribe to Adobe's "all apps" plan, here is a tip for when your plan comes up for renewal:

Call and ask if you can get a discount from the usual $659 price.

I have been a subscriber for three years now. Forced into it when my old Mac Pro died, and I couldn't get my CS6 onto anything else, even older Macs with OS 10.6.8 on them (long story). Also tried Affinity Photo which I didn't like.

The first year, Adobe gave me the all apps plan for $359, supposedly because it was my first year.

The second year (last year), when it was up for renewal, I called to say I wanted to cancel the all apps plan and wanted to buy just the $10/month Photo plan (smaller amount storage than the $20/month Photo plan) plus InDesign. The person then gave me the all apps plan for $259 -- less than my cost the first year. I didn't ask why. Just gladly accepted.

So I decided to try calling again this year when plan up for renewal, and their email said it would cost $659.

I didn't get the $259 price again, but I got the $359 I paid first year. That is what it would cost me to get the $10/month Photo plan plus InDesign, which is what I was going to get if I didn't get a discount on all apps plan.

Maybe it's general knowledge that you can get a discount if you call, but I'm letting people know in case some not aware.

It's hard to find the phone number to call re subscriptions on Adobe site. It's 800-585-0774.

Also, if you want to buy the Photo $10/month plan (20 GB storage, Photoshop and Lightroom), you have to do it by tomorrow 1/14/25. That plan becomes obsolete on 1/15/25. After that, you have to get the version with more storage which costs twice as much.

BTW, I don't want to get into a discussion about Adobe's subscription concept which they forced on us. I could go on and on about that! Just want to pass along this tip re price which makes the situation more palatable.

I am out of the country. Yesterday I went to the website, changed the billing to monthly, but there was no way to verify or see that the software accepted the change. I hope so.

Sirius Glass said:

I am out of the country. Yesterday I went to the website, changed the billing to monthly, but there was no way to verify or see that the software accepted the change. I hope so.

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Does your changing your billing to monthly have something to do with my post?

The discount I got is with a monthly billing, but I was told total amount for year is the same whether I paid monthly or annually.

If you have questions about your plan, suggest you call the number I listed above. Imagine can get through from anywhere? The person I spoke to sounded Indian, so the people on the other end are probably in India.

BTW, the people who can offer discounts are only available weekdays. I had called over the weekend and was told to call on a weekday for this reason.

calico said:

Also, if you want to buy the Photo $10/month plan (20 GB storage, Photoshop and Lightroom), you have to do it by tomorrow 1/14/25. That plan becomes obsolete on 1/15/25. After that, you have to get the version with more storage which costs twice as much.

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The $10/month plan might have gone away, but if you pay annually instead of monthly, it works out the same as the $10/month plan. Except you pay once per year.

EricF said:

The $10/month plan might have gone away, but if you pay annually instead of monthly, it works out the same as the $10/month plan. Except you pay once per year.

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This is my understanding:

The $10/month photography plan ends January 15 for new subscribers. Will not be available at all.

However, people who are already on that plan can continue with it (at $10/month cost).

Maybe it costs more if you pay each month, rather than annually, as you say. I haven't checked.

My point was that if you want that plan and are new subscriber, you need to get it before this Wednesday, when it becomes obsolete. After then, you have to get the $20 per month plan which has more cloud storage.

calico said:

Does your changing your billing to monthly have something to do with my post?

The discount I got is with a monthly billing, but I was told total amount for year is the same whether I paid monthly or annually.

If you have questions about your plan, suggest you call the number I listed above. Imagine can get through from anywhere? The person I spoke to sounded Indian, so the people on the other end are probably in India.

BTW, the people who can offer discounts are only available weekdays. I had called over the weekend and was told to call on a weekday for this reason.

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Yes, the annual price stays the same and saves money..

calico said:

This is my understanding:

The $10/month photography plan ends January 15 for new subscribers. Will not be available at all.

However, people who are already on that plan can continue with it (at $10/month cost).

Maybe it costs more if you pay each month, rather than annually, as you say. I haven't checked.

My point was that if you want that plan and are new subscriber, you need to get it before this Wednesday, when it becomes obsolete. After then, you have to get the $20 per month plan which has more cloud storage.

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If you are on the Photography plan now and paying monthly, you have until your annual renewal date to change to yearly billing, or your monthly payments will rise to $14.99 per month. If you pay annually, you pay $119.99 which is not a change from what you have been paying. After today, there is no Photography plan anymore and new subscribers will have to subscribe to Photoshop and Lightroom separately.

TJPhotoshop said:

If you are on the Photography plan now and paying monthly, you have until your annual renewal date to change to yearly billing, or your monthly payments will rise to $14.99 per month. If you pay annually, you pay $119.99 which is not a change from what you have been paying. After today, there is no Photography plan anymore and new subscribers will have to subscribe to Photoshop and Lightroom separately.

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I thought, after today, the photography plan which includes both Photoshop and Lightroom, but with larger amount of cloud storage, which is $20/month, will still exist. Is that wrong?

calico said:

I thought, after today, the photography plan which includes both Photoshop and Lightroom, but with larger amount of cloud storage, which is $20/month, will still exist. Is that wrong?

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No, that is correct. I should have said that the 20GB plan is going away, and the option to get both Photoshop and Lightroom would now be $20 a month or $240 per year. You can still get them together, but the price doubles, whereas if you already have the 20 GB plan and change to annual billing, you pay the same $120 per year.

In my case, I had the Photoshop single app plan, but I bought in when the subscription plan first started some 13 years ago, and I was grandfathered as they added apps (Lightroom) and features while keeping the $20 per month price. It had been so long that I thought I was on the Photography plan, and when I went to change to yearly billing, I found out that I actually had to downgrade to the 20GB plan to keep the $120 per year price. All I lost was the web storage I don't use anyway.

TJPhotoshop said:

No, that is correct. I should have said that the 20GB plan is going away, and the option to get both Photoshop and Lightroom would now be $20 a month or $240 per year. You can still get them together, but the price doubles, whereas if you already have the 20 GB plan and change to annual billing, you pay the same $120 per year.

In my case, I had the Photoshop single app plan, but I bought in when the subscription plan first started some 13 years ago, and I was grandfathered as they added apps (Lightroom) and features while keeping the $20 per month price. It had been so long that I thought I was on the Photography plan, and when I went to change to yearly billing, I found out that I actually had to downgrade to the 20GB plan to keep the $120 per year price. All I lost was the web storage I don't use anyway.

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I hope that people who are getting new subscriptions for Photoshop/Lightroom and don't use cloud storage (like you and me) will hurry and get the 20GB, $10 per month plan, today before it becomes obsolete.

calico said:

I hope that people who are getting new subscriptions for Photoshop/Lightroom and don't use cloud storage (like you and me) will hurry and get the 20GB, $10 per month plan, today before it becomes obsolete.

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Just remember that you must opt for annual billing to get the $120 price, otherwise, it is $14.99 per month...

TJPhotoshop said:

Just remember that you must opt for annual billing to get the $120 price, otherwise, it is $14.99 per month...

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Good point.

It's almost a month after the last post. I currently use CS6 on an old iMac running Sierra. I'm thinking about getting a new system - reasoning complicated and not relevant. I use Pshop, the Bridge, and Raw all the time. InDesign occasionally, and Illustrator even less (both for probono work). I'm not interested in Cloud capacity (I have more than adequate hard drive and backup space and don't like the idea anyway). Any advice here, or are there any deals not apparent on the Adobe web site?

George Collier said:

It's almost a month after the last post. I currently use CS6 on an old iMac running Sierra. I'm thinking about getting a new system - reasoning complicated and not relevant. I use Pshop, the Bridge, and Raw all the time. InDesign occasionally, and Illustrator even less (both for probono work). I'm not interested in Cloud capacity (I have more than adequate hard drive and backup space and don't like the idea anyway). Any advice here, or are there any deals not apparent on the Adobe web site?

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See my post above (it was the first post). Be sure you call. As first-time subscriber, you should be able to get price down to at least $359 per year. Try for lower. I got all apps for $259 the second year. $359 the third year. But you have to call the number I mention above, M-F.

Thanks - just seeing if anything has changed.