It seems that the Adobe standard photography subscription (LR&PS plus 20 GB cloud storage) will raise from 9,99$/month to 14,99$/month, starting from January 2025. The annual subscription stays constant at 119$/year, therefore one should change to annual subscription: https://www.dpreview.com/news/5008248286/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-monthly-plan-price-increase-december-2024

 

I live in Austria/Europe and since ever pay 11,99 Euro/month (annual subscription is almost the same with 143,14 Euro/year). When I look at the Adobe homepage, I still see the old pricing there...

 

=> Does someone know, whether the price increase is happening also outside US (=should one change to annual subscription also in EU)?

 

 

Thanks, Wolfgang

Edited January 8Jan 8 by Architeuthis

The price increase occurs on Jan 15, 2025.  That is why the current (old) prices are still showing today.  I do not know if it will be a global price increase, but I would not be surprised.

 

As a reminder, the increase only pertains to those who pay monthly.  I just switched to a 1-time annual payment which remains at the same as the current price.

Edited January 8Jan 8 by ChipBPhoto

3 hours ago, ChipBPhoto said:

The price increase occurs on Jan 15, 2025.  That is why the current (old) prices are still showing today.  I do not know if it will be a global price increase, but I would not be surprised.

 

As a reminder, the increase only pertains to those who pay monthly.  I just switched to a 1-time annual payment which remains at the same as the current price.

 

Since the monthly vs. annual payment price is more or less the same, I am not sure that there will be an increase of the monthly rate also here in Austria. As often, there is no official information by Adobe available up to now (except the info about prices in $$, but there the cheaper monthly rate is just adjusted to match the annual rate)...😟

 

=> In order to be on the save side, I changed my Abo from monthly to annual payment...

2 minutes ago, Architeuthis said:

=> In order to be on the save side, I changed my Abo from monthly to annual payment...

I’d say that was a good move.  I prefered paying monthly, but all things considered it’s not a major deal breaker to do the single payment. 

14 hours ago, Architeuthis said:

=> Does someone know, whether the price increase is happening also outside US (=should one change to annual subscription also in EU)?

Yep.

Adobe announced 3 weeks ago a monthly price increase in Europe starting from jan15th up to 18€ per month for the LR+PS bundle (meaning a 50% increase!).

That said the yearly price will remain around 144€.

Edited January 8Jan 8 by Luko

On 1/8/2025 at 6:20 PM, Architeuthis said:

 

Since the monthly vs. annual payment price is more or less the same, I am not sure that there will be an increase of the monthly rate also here in Austria. As often, there is no official information by Adobe available up to now (except the info about prices in $$, but there the cheaper monthly rate is just adjusted to match the annual rate)...😟

 

=> In order to be on the save side, I changed my Abo from monthly to annual payment...

 

I always buy my one-year-license from Amazon. They sell it at least 2 or 3 times a year for around 80-90 Euro, which used to be the best deal I know. Not sure how much they will go up in the future with Adobe increasing the price though...

In Australia the price of the Photography plan (20GB) annual, billed monthly plan is changing from A$14.29/month to A$23.99/month. 

Pretty much a monopolist who refuses to sell the software, instead forcing the users to rent it, raises the price whenever they feel like it. Totally unexpected 🤣

Edited March 25Mar 25 by makar0n

2 hours ago, makar0n said:

Pretty much a monopolist who refuses to sell the software, instead forcing the users to rent it, raises the price whenever they feel like it. Totally unexpected 🤣

…. and seems to becoming depressingly the norm for software. 

5 hours ago, makar0n said:

Pretty much a monopolist who refuses to sell the software, instead forcing the users to rent it, raises the price whenever they feel like it. Totally unexpected 🤣

Doesn't surprise me that this happened, which is why I never signed up for it.