Adobe is raising the price of some of its photography-focused Creative Cloud Plans. The monthly Lightroom plan is going from $9.99 a month to $11.99 a month and the monthly Photography plan – which includes Photoshop, Lightroom, and 20GB of cloud storage – is going from $9.99 a month to $14.99 a month for existing subscribers. However, that tier will no longer be available for new subscribers, regardless of whether you’re paying monthly or annually.
The annual versions of the plans are not increasing, remaining $120 a year. The pricing changes will take effect for new customers starting Wednesday, January 15, 2025. For customers on an annual, paid monthly plan, the price will go up upon their next renewal.
In case you’re not intimately familiar with Adobe’s photography plans, here’s a chart explaining what they are and what they cost.
| Plan | Lightroom (1TB) | Photography (20GB) | Photography (1TB) |
|---|---|---|---|
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Includes |
Lightroom, 1TB cloud storage | Lightroom, Photoshop, 20GB cloud storage | Lightroom, Photoshop, 1TB cloud storage |
| Current Price | $9.99/month, $119/year | $9.99/month, $119/year | $19.99/month, $239/year |
| New Price | $11.99/month, $119/year | $14.99/month, $119/year | Unchanged |
| Available for new subscribers? | Yes | No, starting Jan. 15 | Yes |
This move makes it substantially more expensive to get into the Photoshop and Lightroom ecosystem for users who can’t shell out for annual plans, as the affected plans are the cheapest way to access the apps. That’s especially true with the discontinuation of the 20GB Photography plan for new subscribers; previously, you could get Photoshop and Lightroom for $10 a month, but you’ll have to go up to the $20 a month Photography Plan, which includes 1TB of storage instead of 20GB. That plan hasn’t gone up in price.
The Photography plan has existed at its current price for a long time – in November 2013, we wrote about how it was being made available to everyone for $9.99 a month, and at the time, it included Photoshop CC, Bridge CC, Lightroom 5 and 20GB of cloud storage; very similar to the current offering.
Adobe says the price hikes are meant to “better reflect the value that the apps deliver.” However, the news follows a notable downturn in the company’s stock price. Earlier this month, the company reported record earnings for Q4 2024 and predicted it’d earn even more in 2025. Despite this, its stock fell by over 15% after the news, according to Forbes, and hasn’t recovered by the time of writing.
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