Did you know that Students, Teachers, Faculty or staff attending or employed by a primary or secondary school, public/private university, school district, board of education, and even teachers of a homeschooled student are eligible for Adobe’s education pricing? The pricing breaks are significant for instance, Creative Suite 6 Production Premium Student/Teacher edition is $409 USD at B&H, and currently also has an additional $50 instant discount, making it just $359 (through September 30th). I wanted to take a moment and highlight something I don’t hear mentioned a lot, and that is Adobe’s very steep discounts for Students & Teachers. But a low monthly payment is easier for a lot of people to justify, instead of a steep purchase every couple years when major versions are released.
Is it cheaper? Not really, it seems to wash out to roughly the same cost in the end. I see this as a creative solution to the piracy issue, and it also allows users access to the latest and greatest features and versions.
#CREATIVE SUITE 6 COST SOFTWARE#
It’s a great way for users to amortize out the cost of software ownership over time, and of course it’s good for Adobe. For a reasonable monthly fee, you can get access to everything they offer. One way that I think Adobe is smartly combating piracy is with the Creative Cloud subscription service. However, even with wide error margins, the number of self-reported pirates is quite high. Admittedly, the BSA’s sample size on this survey was a bit small, only 500 people. And about 31% admitted to pirating some software at least some of the time. The BSA’s most recent survey on Piracy in North America shows that about 19% of respondents admitted that they “mostly” pirate software.
You know it, I know it, and Adobe knows it… And when a company like Adobe comes out with an all-encompassing software package like Creative Suite 6, which can cost several thousand dollars (Creative Suite 6 Master Collection is about $2500, and Creative Suite 6 Production Premium is about $1800 USD), some people are going to choose to steal the software. Nobody likes to talk about it, but let’s be frank it’s a thing.
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