When buying Adobe licenses, one is presented with multiple options that fall under the category of either subscription-based licenses or perpetual software licenses. Kraft Kennedy's Erica Chiu explains how to make the right choice. Value Incentive Plan VIP , or the subscription-based license, is offered for clients who would like a year-to-year purchase. The VIP provides clients with resource flexibility as well as the availability of the latest available product.
Some clients choose to go with this option because they can add licenses at will and additional licenses will be co-termed to the same end date.
CLP is a two-year buying program in which the initial order of perpetual licenses allows for a discount level for both the initial and future purchases. Discounts are applied via a point system in tiers. By selecting this program, clients commit to a two-year volume licensing agreement. This program is best for larger organizations that wish to share their discount with their affiliates and subsidiaries globally. Another option for perpetual license is the Transactional Licensing Program TLP , a one-time purchase for firms that value the simplicity of a buy, set, and forget process.
TLP allows for volume licenses without a minimum order size and no membership. One of the benefits of TLP orders is that a single serial number per product per order is provided. During deployment, only one license key is needed for Adobe to be installed on each machine.
Both options for perpetual licenses also allow for an upgrade of licenses to the newest version, given that the current version is only one version behind. Users on versions prior to DC will not be eligible to upgrade to the latest version. One small law firm chose to go with the year-to-year subscription VIP option as it was offered at a lower upfront cost. VIP licenses are named-user licenses, assigning Adobe apps and services to specific users as opposed to devices.
As a new firm, this gave them the power to add licenses when adding new personnel as well as managing licenses and adding or reassigning users via an Admin console. Another client, a mid-sized firm, chose to go with the CLP option: perpetual licenses with a renewable 2-year upgrade plan.
Deployment is immediate. And compliance is automatic. Designed to benefit small to large companies, this two-year membership program offers savings on cumulative volume purchases. Designed to help organizations save time and resources, TLP offers volume purchase benefits on a single transaction without membership requirements or long-term agreements.
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Flexible ways to buy. Purchasing options Now there are two great ways to buy Acrobat DC — subscription and perpetual.
Edit and organize PDF files on an iPad Pro only Collect signatures from others and track them online Send and track important documents online Access to the newest features as soon as they are available for no additional cost Discounts on 50 or more Acrobat licenses purchased at the same time.
Perpetual Acrobat Pro DC or Acrobat Standard DC desktop software Free Document Cloud services, which let you: Access recent files across devices Store and share files online Complete and sign forms using data from personal autofill collection Discounts on 50 or more Acrobat licenses purchased at the same time.
Buying programs Adobe offers comprehensive buying programs for both subscription and perpetual licenses. Gain fast, easy access. See which products have been purchased and which ones have been deployed. Get instant access to upgrades. And relax with automatic compliance. Manage all your Adobe subscription licenses under one buying program and one admin console.
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