Per their subscription terms, “Adobe may at any time, upon notice required by applicable law, change the price of your subscription or any part thereof, or institute new charges or fees. The monthly subscriptions can be stopped and restarted as needed by the month, whereas if you cancel your annual plan before the year is out, early termination fees apply. The product runs with all features and functions just like the full version but needs to “phone home” online at least once per month to validate the subscription status.

You can contract on a month-to-month or on a yearly basis, and in both cases your credit card is charged monthly – although with an annual commitment, the monthly fees are less. Then if/when you cancel or stop paying, the product stops working on the installed computer(s), ceasing access to your Adobe project or data files. While the subscription remains active, you have access to the latest version of the software as well as CS Live online services.

You download and install the CS5.5 software on your computer as normal (it’s not online or cloud-based), but instead of paying a single price up-front to use the product forever, you pay 5% to 7.5% of the regular cost per month to use it. The subscription editions are rather like renting the software for a set period.

Subscriptions – For time-limited licensing.

Volume – For more than one copy, and businesses.

Education – For students, teachers and staff.

With the release of CS5.5, Adobe is adding an additional option for purchasing the Creative Suite line of products… Presently, there exists Commercial, Education, and Volume choices, which continue as before – and now there are Subscriptions as well, for CS5.5 (only).

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