Adobe Creative Cloud for teams
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| IT Benefits | Plans | FAQ | Common Concerns |
A better way of working together
Keep your team on the same page with Creative Cloud for teams, which delivers the latest creative desktop apps, services, and business features for one affordable and predictable price. Creative teams can share files, capture feedback, and keep track of versions—all in one place. And new features are delivered on a continuous basis at no extra charge. With Creative Cloud for teams, you can maximize your budget and leverage centralized administrative tools that make it easy to purchase, deploy, and manage seats to accommodate the changing needs of your team.
What's Included
Adobe creative tools
The world's best desktop applications for photography, video, audio, and design.
Edge Tools & Services
Tools and services for web designers and web developers to create beautiful, modern web pages and mobile apps.
Exclusive Features
Creative Cloud for teams members get exclusive features and benefits.
Centralized administrative tools
Easily add, track, and reassign both complete and single-app seats of Creative Cloud for teams across your organization through the intuitive Admin Console.
Creative Cloud Packager
Centrally deploy and update all of the Creative Cloud apps, or a customized subset, across your organization using Creative Cloud Packager. Or enable users to install and update apps on their own. Learn more by reading the Creative Cloud Packager FAQ.
Cloud storage
Get 100GB of file storage with the Creative Cloud for teams complete plan or get 20GB with the single-app plan.
Expert support
With the complete plan, each member of your team gets two one-on-one sessions per year with an Adobe product expert (plus free getting-started support).
Other Services
Online services for file sharing, collaboration, and publishing apps and websites.
System requirements
Creative Cloud system requirements vary by application.
View full list of requirements »What's New
With Creative Cloud, there’s no more waiting 12–18 months for upgrade cycles. New features are released as they are developed, so your tools stay fresh year round. Take a look at what’s new in Creative Cloud for teams.
Added January 21, 2014
New version of Edge Animate
Version 3.0 of Edge Animate offers a host of tools that keep you pushing the boundaries of animating with HTML.
Added January 15, 2014
Photoshop CC expands creative possibilities
Fluidly adjust the perspective of a specific part of your image without affecting the surrounding area with Perspective Warp, print 3D designs, and update objects simultaneously across multiple Photoshop documents with Linked Smart Objects.
Typekit revolutionizes how designers work with type
Sync fonts from Adobe Typekit to your computer for use in any desktop application, browse Typekit fonts in Illustrator CC from the Font menu, and find or substitute missing fonts in InDesign.
Illustrator CC gets powerful new functionality
Create perfect, editable, rounded corners; draw more intuitively with the rebuilt Pencil tool, and export responsive SVG code and graphics.
InDesign CC simplifies ways to add interactivity
Take advantage of new support for EPUB 3.0 specification, including new ways to add interactivity to eBooks, the ability to add pop-up footnotes, and support for Japanese Vertical Composition, Hebrew, and Arabic text.
Added November 13, 2013
Adobe Muse CC gets more engaging
The latest release of Adobe Muse CC includes scroll effect enhancements, a new Library panel that stores frequently used design elements, and a dozen new social widgets that make connecting to social media sites a snap.
Added October 31, 2013
150+ new pro video features
Deliver brilliant visuals with a richer toolset and even more integrated workflows. Adobe Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, SpeedGrade CC, Prelude CC, Adobe Media Encoder CC, and Adobe Story CC Plus all have significant updates.
Brilliant visuals at 4K and beyond
With Adobe Premiere Pro CC, you can work fluidly and efficiently with 4K and higher resolution, Ultra HD, and RAW footage, including the latest digital file and camera formats.
New mask tools for faster workflows
Quickly create masks and apply effects that automatically travel frame by frame throughout your compositions with Mask Tracker in After Effects CC. And SpeedGrade CC now offers support for multiple grading masks.
A more streamlined editing environment
Adobe Premiere Pro CC now offers a new monitor overlay showing key data, such as time codes and camera angles, during playback.
What is the Adobe Value Incentive Plan (VIP)?
Creative Cloud for teams is sold through Adobe’s Value Incentive Plan (VIP), a subscription-based licensing program designed for companies of all sizes. Joining VIP is free and only takes a few minutes.
Program highlights
- Adobe’s buying program for subscription software
- No minimum purchase
- Ability to easily add subscription licenses as needed
- Access to the latest features as soon as they become available without the need to wait for upgrade cycles
- Easy license management through the Admin Console
Benefits
Gain fast, easy access
It's simple to sign up through your reseller and provide everyone easy, immediate access to their software
Deploy software without delay
Deploy Adobe software when you're ready—even before the license purchasing process is complete
Get just the number of licenses you need
To support companies of all sizes, VIP has no minimum license purchase requirement
Simplify management, guarantee compliance
See which products have been purchased and which ones have been deployed. Get instant access to upgrades.And relax with automatic compliance
Program Details
| Eligible products | Adobe Creative Cloud for teams |
| Minimum initial purchase requirement | No initial purchase required |
| Upgrade/Maintenance coverage | Included |
| Web-based license tool | Included (Admin Console) |
| Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) | Included |
| Volume discount basis | Transactional discounting (volume discount for each single order of 50 seats or more) |
| Adobe support services | Varies per product |
| Online enrollment | Online enrollment via reseller |
| Region availability | Worldwide (not available in countries where laws or other restrictions prevent Adobe from offering the program) |
Creative Cloud for teams customer stories
Find out how Adobe customers are finding success using Creative Cloud for teams.
Bonfire Creative Intelligence
This agency relies on Creative Cloud for teams to develop client campaigns from concept to execution.
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Phenomblue
This full-service agency equips teams in Omaha and Los Angeles with cutting-edge creative software that streamlines license management, simplifies deployment, and is treated as a flexible capital expense.
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Quality Bicycle Products
This top bike and accessory company streamlined team collaboration, facilitated greater creativity, and dramatically reduced IT efforts with Creative Cloud for teams.
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Savage Brands
Creative Cloud for teams saves this branding agency’s IT staff hours of software deployment and administration and enables predictable budgeting.
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The Shinebox
Creative Cloud for teams frees up Chief Creative Officer Randy Larson to focus more on the creative aspects of his company and less on managing his software.
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Sympoz
As this startup expanded from 5 to 150 people, it relied on Creative Cloud for teams to streamline software installation and management.
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TiER1 Performance Solutions
When CTO Jim Feniello heard rumors that Adobe was going to be offering a version of Creative Cloud specifically for teams and businesses, he started calling his technology supplier before the product even launched.
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Wavetronix
Wavetronix enables creative collaboration while cost-effectively accessing all the latest tools with Adobe Creative Cloud for teams.
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ZGM
Creative Cloud for teams enabled this agency to create an online annual report for its nonprofit client while offering a low entry cost to get the whole team up and running on the software it needed to do the job.
Read More »Creative Cloud for teams makes business sense
Adobe Creative Cloud for teams is about more than just delivering the best creative software in the world. It's also about simplifying your organization's license management and maximizing your software investment. With Creative Cloud for teams, you can leverage centralized administrative tools that make it easy to purchase, deploy, and manage Creative Cloud along with the changing needs of your team.
Simplified license management
Get the best of both worlds with flexible and simple software deployment and management.
- Easily add, assign, and re-assign seats; monitor storage; and more.
- Get immediate access to software, even while your order is still processing.
- Manage all complete and single-app seats together under one membership agreement.
Centralized deployment
Deploy and update Creative Cloud for teams centrally, or allow users to manage apps and updates on their own—the choice is yours.
- Package all Creative Cloud applications (or a customized subset) and deploy across your organization.
- Install updates centrally whenever it is convenient for you.
- Ensure version parity across desktops.
Lower software costs
Take advantage of annual plans that give users access to all Creative Cloud tools or a single application of their choice, plus all feature updates, at no additional cost.
- Reduce upfront costs.
- Get the entire collection of Creative Cloud tools or a single application at a fraction of the upfront cost of purchasing perpetual licenses.
- Add or re-assign seats when needed.
- Lower IT costs by managing just one membership per user instead of tracking multiple software apps, versions, and serial numbers across your organization.
Hassle-free compliance
Avoid the headache of tracking and managing who’s using what software in your organization.
- Manage risk by ensuring across-the-organization compliance.
- Keep track of the seats you added, who’s using them, and when they were purchased.
- Assigned seats ensure usage rights.
Reliable data security
Creative Cloud for teams is built on a trusted platform and delivers industry-standard security and encryption technology to help protect your organization’s data and systems.
- Adobe uses industry-leading security engineering processes and the latest technology to help ensure online security.
- Creative Cloud leverages firewall protection, intrusion detection systems, SSL encryption, and proprietary protocols to help secure your important information.
- Hosting facilities for Creative Cloud services are protected by multiple layers of physical security.
Plans
Adobe offers two Creative Cloud for teams plans. The complete plan includes everything Creative Cloud has to offer—including all the latest CC desktop apps, extra services such as Digital Publishing Suite and Business Catalyst, and exclusive features like 100GB of cloud storage and expert support. But if your work is specialized and you only need one CC product such as Photoshop CC or Illustrator CC, the single-app plan gives you access to one CC desktop app, along with 20GB of cloud storage, Behance ProSite, and access to Adobe Typekit.
Both plans are managed through the easy-to-use web-based Admin Console, so the administrator can easily add, track, and reassign seats across the organization—whether complete or single app—under one membership agreement.
Complete plan
The complete plan offers customers the very latest Creative Cloud desktop apps, services, and business features they need to create their best work and collaborate with their peers.
What’s included:
- All the Adobe CC desktop apps as well as Acrobat and Lightroom and access to all updates and new features as soon as they are available
- 100GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration
- Adobe expert support, including two one-on-one sessions with an Adobe product expert per year
- Access to Creative Cloud services, such as Story CC, Behance ProSite, Kuler, and Touch App integration
- Access to Business Catalyst, and up to five hosted sites
- Access to Digital Publishing Suite and the ability to submit unlimited iPad apps to the Apple App Store
- A centralized Admin Console to easily add, track, and reassign licenses
- Creative Cloud Packager for centrally deploying all Creative Cloud desktop apps, or a customized subset, across your organization
Ideal for organizations that:
- Have team members who use more than one Adobe product and want access to the latest features
- Want the widest variety of tools and services to create their best work
- Create engaging experiences for the desktop as well as mobile devices such as the iPad
- Need the latest publishing services, including Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) and PhoneGap™ Build
- Build and publish stunning websites and would benefit a unified website-hosting platform
Single-App plan
The single-app plan is a good offering for customers who are primarily using only one product in their creative workflow but want to experience Creative Cloud and need to remain competitive by having access to the latest and greatest features.
What’s included:
- One CC desktop app of your choice (excluding Acrobat and Lightroom) as well as all updates and new features as soon as they are available
- Access to all other CC desktop apps as a free 30-day trial
- 20GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration
- Access to Behance ProSite to publish work to the world’s leading creative community
- Access to Adobe Typekit, enabling you to use a growing library of fonts in desktop apps and on websites
- A centralized Admin Console to easily add, track, and reassign licenses across the organization
Ideal for organizations that:
- Have team members who only use one Adobe product and do not require the entire set of desktop tools
- Have a mixed environment with a need for the complete plan in some areas of the business and the single-app plan in other business areas
- Want to try Creative Cloud for teams, including the business features, but do not have the budget or are not ready to commit to the complete membership
What features are included in the complete plan vs. the single-app plan?
| Creative Cloud for teams features | Complete | Single App |
| Access to all CC desktop apps, including new features as soon as they are available | X | |
| Access to one CC desktop app of your choice, including new features as soon as they are available | X | |
| Cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration | 100GB | 20GB |
| Access to Behance ProSite to publish work to the world’s leading creative community | X | X |
| Access to Typekit, a growing library of desktop and web fonts | X | X |
| Centralized Admin Console to easily add, track, and reassign licenses | X | X |
| Creative Cloud Packager to centrally deploy all CC apps or a customized subset across the organization | X | X |
| Access to Business Catalyst, and up to five hosted sites | X | |
| Access to Digital Publishing Suite and the ability to submit unlimited iPad apps to the Apple App Store | X | |
| Two one-on-one sessions with an Adobe product expert per year | X |
Frequently asked questions
The following are answers to the most to common questions about Creative Cloud for teams.
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General information
What is Adobe Creative Cloud for teams?
Creative Cloud brings together everything you need to create your greatest work. One simple membership gives you and your team:
- Access to the next generation of Adobe professional creative desktop applications like Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, and more.
- New features and innovation as soon as they are available.
- Cloud‐based services to let you build and publish websites, mobile apps, iPad publications, and content for any medium or device.
- Behance integration so you can publish your customized portfolio on your own URL, and plug into the world’s largest creative community to get inspired, get feedback, and find new opportunities.
Creative teams have specific creative, collaboration, and administrative requirements to help them deliver their best work. We designed Creative Cloud for teams to meet these needs. With Creative Cloud for teams, you also get:
- The ability to share private folders with 100GB of file storage per seat, maintain file versions, choose the people you want to collaborate with and capture all activity in one place.
- Two 1:1 consulting sessions per seat per year with Adobe’s expert services support organization.
- Centralized administration tools that make it easy for IT to purchase, deploy, and manage Creative Cloud along with the changing needs of your team.
Are all of Adobe's products now only available via Creative Cloud?
Desktop tools that were part of the Creative Suite family, as well as Adobe Muse™ CC, and Edge Tools and Services, are now only available as part of Creative Cloud. The new CC apps are an integral part of Creative Cloud and have been reinvented to support a more intuitive, connected way of creating. Other desktop tools, such as Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop Lightroom continue to be available outside of Creative Cloud. For information about specific products, refer to the product pages on Adobe.com.
How to Buy
What plans are available for Creative Cloud for teams?
Adobe offers two Creative Cloud for teams plans—complete and single app. The complete plan offers everything you need to do your best work, including all Creative Cloud apps and services, exclusive business features, 100GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration, Adobe expert support, and centralized admin tools. If you need only one CC product, the single-app plan includes access to the latest version of one CC desktop app of your choice such as Photoshop CC or Illustrator CC, Behance ProSite, 20GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration, access to Adobe Typekit, and centralized admin tools.
How can I purchase Creative Cloud for teams?
You can purchase Creative Cloud for teams through a reseller by becoming a member of Adobe’s Value Incentive Plan (VIP) licensing program.
How do I add seats to my Creative Cloud for teams membership?
You can add seats at any time. You just need to issue a purchase order for the new seats within 30 days of adding them. If you do not place your purchase order within 30 days, you will not be able to add any more seats, and your unpaid seats may be deactivated. All additional seats will co-terminate with your original anniversary date. You can track your seats and status of payments on a seat-by-seat basis within Creative Cloud.
In what languages is Creative Cloud available?
Currently, the Creative Cloud website is available in English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish—with the goal to make Creative Cloud widely available as soon as possible.
How Creative Cloud works
Do I need ongoing Internet access to use my Creative Cloud desktop applications?
No. Your Creative Cloud desktop applications (such as Photoshop and Illustrator) are installed directly on your computer, so you will not need an ongoing Internet connection to use them on a daily basis. You will need to be online when you install and license your software. If you have an annual membership, you’ll be asked to connect to the web to validate your license every 30 days. However, you’ll be able to use products for 180 days even if you’re offline.
Can I send a file to people who don’t have a Creative Cloud membership? Will they be able to view or share the file?
Yes, files created by the CC apps, like Photoshop, can be shared like any other file. For example, you can share files through email, FTP, and so forth. In addition, Creative Cloud sharing features let you share files with people who aren’t members of Creative Cloud by allowing them to view the files in a browser. Viewers can turn layers on and off, view relevant metadata, comment, and even download files for editing.
What happens if I decide to stop my Creative Cloud membership?
You will continue to have access to free Creative Cloud member benefits, and if you saved your work to your computer, you will continue to have access to those files. You will no longer have access to the Creative Cloud applications or most of the services that are components of a Creative Cloud membership.
Data security and storage
What is Adobe’s approach to security in the cloud?
Adobe Creative Cloud uses industry-leading encryption technology to secure the transfer and storage of our members’ data. When you use the service and transfer files, 256-bit AES Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption is used for both user authentication and data transfer encryption, helping to ensure that your data and documents are available only to you and the users you authorize. This is the same industry-leading technology used by the world’s financial institutions and governments. The service issues a session cookie only to record authentication information for the duration of a specific session. The session cookie does not include the username (Adobe ID) or password of the user. For stored Creative Cloud assets, users benefit from the industry-leading security and certifications provided by Amazon Web Services.
My organization wants to block access to certain services such as storage and community features available through Creative Cloud. Is this possible?
Yes, your IT administrators can block users from accessing the online services. You can also deploy Creative Cloud applications independent of the cloud-based services using Creative Cloud Packager. Creative Cloud Packager is available through the Creative Cloud for teams Admin Console.
What happens to my files in the cloud if I cancel my membership?
If you cancel your paid membership, you will still have access to the free level of membership, which provides 2GB of storage. You will have a 90-day grace period to download your files to your local machine and delete online files to get your cloud storage down to 2GB (or to purchase additional storage separately if you choose). If you leave more than 2GB of files in your cloud storage for more than 90 days, you may lose access to some or all of your files.
Common Concerns
The following responses address common concerns about Creative Cloud for teams.
“We don't want to store private data in the cloud. The cloud just isn't for us.”
Using the 100GB of cloud storage is optional. You can manage data privacy with IT controls available in Creative Cloud for teams, network restrictions (firewall), and organizational policy. And you can block users on the corporate network from services like storage.
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Creative Cloud security FAQ for ITCreative Cloud network endpoints
Controlling access to Creative Cloud services
“We can't allow users to install software. We need to manage updates.”
Creative Cloud Packager enables you to centrally deploy all Creative Cloud desktop apps, or a customized subset, across your organization so you can maintain control of which Creative Cloud applications are installed. Updates can also be centrally managed. Centralized deployment ensures that everyone is on the same version of the software, which reduces support costs.
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Creative Cloud Packager FAQ“Launching Photoshop in the browser will drain our network bandwidth. Everyone has to download every update every time.”
Creative Cloud applications (like Photoshop CC) run on the desktop, not in a browser or thin client. The IT administrator downloads the apps from Creative Cloud once and centrally deploys them across the organization, or enables users to download and install on their own. Once installed, the apps run locally. You can centrally manage and install updates at your convenience through Creative Cloud Packager or enable users to install updates on their own.
Centralized deployment prevents network congestion because you don’t have multiple users downloading the same bits at the same time. It also enables you to tailor Creative Cloud packages to meet the needs of your team.
“Creative Cloud will be more expensive over time.”
Perpetual licenses have a fixed value over time, whereas a Creative Cloud membership delivers access to new versions and features continuously, as they are developed. Not having access to the latest Adobe technology can also have its costs. With Creative Cloud membership, you don’t pay for upgrades or updates. And your organization gets the newest features as soon as they are available without having to wait for them to be bundled together in a traditional 12- to 24-month upgrade cycle.
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St. David’s School finds Creative Cloud more cost-effective than traditional software“We want to own.”
You can continue to use your current Creative Suite perpetual licenses for as long as you like. But keep in mind that with Creative Cloud you pay for a membership and receive the latest Creative Cloud product versions along with continuous updates as they are developed. There is ongoing value with Creative Cloud, whereas the perpetual products were last updated in April 2012.