35 Alternatives to the Adobe Creative Cloud

In 2019, Adobe decided to discontinue its smaller price plans and in lieu of forcing everyone to use Creative Cloud.

This shift has understandably angered Adobe customers. Adobe users have also been posting on social media about how they have been threatened with legal action for using older versions of Adobe tools.

Adobe has sent some users of its Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Premiere, Animate, and Media Director programs a letter warning them that they were no longer legally authorized to use the software they may have thought they owned.

I just got an email from @Adobe that I’m no longer allowed to use the software that I’m paying for. Time to cancel my subscription I guess.

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— Matt Roszak 🍞 (@KupoGames) May 10, 2019

If you are one of the many people who don’t want to upgrade to Creative Cloud, the good news is that all is not lost. You can still create great digital products using other tools:

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About the Author

Matt Chiera

Matt Chiera is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Ice Nine Online, a Chicago-based B2B digital marketing agency he established in 2014. Over more than a decade, he has helped clients generate millions of dollars in revenue across SEO, paid media, web development, and marketing strategy. Before founding Ice Nine Online, Matt served as a Director at Perfect Search Media, one of Chicago's pioneering search marketing firms. He has taught digital marketing courses at the Digital Professional Institute, published Digital Marketers Sound Off (ranked the number one Web Marketing book on Amazon), and holds formal training from the University of Chicago and Stanford University's Technology Entrepreneurship program. Ice Nine Online has earned recognition through the dotCOMM, MUSE, and Web Excellence Awards.