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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:18:11 -0400
From: Greg Balint <greg@delrazor.com>
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Subject: Re: [AE] Adobe Cloud vs ordinary CS6 upgrade
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I think the biggest deal to me, as others have stated, is the ability of 
the low cost entry point. $2,599 as a starting cost, and then another 
$525 a year or two later is much different than $49.99/month...

$599 per year for subscription version.. yes, you don't own it.. but it 
would take over 4 years of Creative Cloud subscription to even match the 
entry cost of the perpetual license Master Creative Suite.  by the time 
those 4 years have past, they will have probably upgraded at least once, 
if not twice, so tack on another $1000 in upgrade costs..

Entry level consumer - (no previous versions of software)

Creative Cloud $599/year at 49.99/month -  = $2,396 - 4 years worth of 
up to date software usage.

Creative Suite Perp. license - $2,599 up front plus 2 possible upgrades 
in 4 years - $1,000 = $3599 4 years worth of ownership..

Plain and simple:
4 years of up to date master collection usage.

Cloud = ~ $2,396 total
Perp. License = ~ $3599 total

Difference being, after 4 years, the perpetual license owner can STILL 
continue using the software, and the Creative Cloud user, will need to 
continue to pay $599 per year.

This allows Adobe to grow a new user-base which couldn't afford the 
software previously, while hooking them into larger amounts over a 
period of time.  I think it's still a great deal for shops and 
individuals who like to keep the latest software up-to-date, and know 
they'll continuously use their software for years to come. Plus, it 
creates a level of "expected" spending..  each year, a company can 
budget for $600 to be software costs for Adobe stuff..  not one year 
being nothing and the next year upgrade costs out of nowhere..

///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
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On 7/19/2012 12:44 PM, Jim Curtis wrote:
> s anybody done a cost comparison over time?