Volume License Policy

Adobe® Volume License Policy

Adobe® CS5.5 Volume and Site Licenses Now Available for Multi-User

Creative Suite 5.5 was released last week and is now
available on Adobe’s Business Store, which was formerly
called the Volume Licensing Store. But this volume license
program isn’t just for businesses – it’s for anybody who
would like to run more than one copy of the CS5.5 software
at one time, or has multiple concurrent users. The standard
licensing for Adobe’s off-the-shelf retail products permits
only a single user running on up to two installed
computers – which is usually not enough for most
members of a company, group, office, team, or enterprise.
And it’s occasionally not enough for some homes!

volume license even for a simple or small purchase are
numerous and clear:

The product pricing is lower, the more copies you buy.

The license management and maintenance is easier and flexible.

A single serial number for all installations, open and switchable.

Adding new users or additional computers is simple and fast.

You can run on both the Windows or Mac platforms simultaneously.

You can run older versions if you need to, like CS5 or CS4.

There is no paperwork and no signature “contracts” to sign.

You can buy online with a credit card with no minimum order size.

Instantly download the software online for free (or get media by mail).

You can sign up for an upgrade plan to receive automatic future releases.

All CS5.5 suites & products (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, etc) qualify.

Easy web-based license management tool for all seats in your organization.

Just like elsewhere, each user’s license can install on up to two computers.

Convert a standard Adobe trial to volume-licensed just by entering the key.

In some cases, set up a flexible or floating license scheme across a network.

Gain access to the Adobe licensing community and associated resources.

Volume licenses are transferrable or resellable to other users, if necessary.

Can get credit for past qualifying purchases of retail or off-the-shelf versions.

No sign-up or membership or subscription costs, no hidden or extra fees.

Available for private, commercial, education, or government customers.

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Get Flexible CS5 Volume Licensing with Adobe’s “Business” Program

Business:

One of the most popular articles on our site is How Many Systems Can I Run Adobe CS5 On? That
covers Adobe’s rules for their standard off-the-shelf retail software purchased for home or home
office use. But how about for the rest of the world – for businesses, companies, studios, groups,
departments, and organizations? What if you need an open license to run Creative Suite 5 (or
other products) concurrently with multi-users on a number of computers on your network?

Fortunately Adobe has an answer for this that makes sense – that’s easy and saves money both
with product discounts as well as reduced maintenance via simple license management across
your site… Why shuffle and keep track of individual serial numbers between different machines?
Why pay more than you have to, when price discounts can begin with as little as one copy?

It’s called the Adobe Business Store (formerly known as the Volume Licensing Program) – but it’s
not just for businesses, it’s for any person or enterprise that needs to run Adobe applications
with multiple seats, and it has some pretty great advantages:

You can purchase however many licenses you need online with a credit card or
PayPal, immediately without any paperwork or signature contracts to deal with.
You get a savings off of the normal retail price and can download the software online
for free (and/or receive the CD/DVD media via mail).
You receive a single serial number for your entire group that you can freely switch
between your computers including between PC/Windows and Apple/Mac.
The actual software is completely the same as the standard versions, and you can
add additional users at any time while keeping the same single serial key.
And there are no restrictions as to who can use the software or when, so long as the
total number of licenses being used doesn’t exceed the number purchased.

Adobe has one other name for this site licensing plan – it’s also called
the Transactional Licensing Program (TLP). That’s because the
discounts available are based on individual transactions (with no
minimum order size), rather than needing contracts and membership as
with their other “Open Options” offering, the Cumulative Licensing
Program (CLP, which is used by larger organizations with higher
ordering thresholds).

Note Adobe also has separate versions of these two programs for
education, whereby educational institutions like schools, universities
and colleges can gain both academic and bulk-licensing discounts
together with the flexibility of running the software on as many
computers as needed.

Once you get your software, you can use Adobe’s straightforward Licensing Web Site (LWS) to
easily track and manage licenses, which simplifies software administration and streamlines
recordkeeping and legal compliance.

Some more quite interesting features:

Just like with Adobe’s off-the-shelf software, these volume licenses are transferrable
or resellable to other entities, if such need arises.

Similarly, you can run each license on up to two computers (office and
home/portable), so long as the second copy of the software is used solely for the
benefit and business of the licensee, and the two copies are not used at the same
time.

Ordinarily, it takes some effort to switch CS5 between platforms. But all volume
licenses here are cross-platform and you can run them on whichever system you
want.

Adobe no longer offers older versions via retail, but if you need CS4 instead you can
still get it by ordering CS5 and then downloading a prior version – see Backward
licensing policy.

If you need to set up a flexible or floating license scheme across a network of
computers for concurrent use, that may be possible as well (with CLP).

One final benefit is you can sign up for is the Upgrade Plan, an exclusive maintenance plan you
can buy which gives you the right to any future upgrades released during your chosen coverage
period. It’s purchased per product at a fraction of the normal price, giving you the option to cover
one or all of your Adobe software licenses. So this offers another way to save money on future
upgrades and stay up-to-date with the latest Adobe technology without straining software
budgets or administrative resources.

If you are currently running individual boxed Adobe products and would like to move from
shrinkwrapped software to one of these volume licenses, Adobe will also offer a credit against
past qualifying purchases.

So whether you’re private, commercial, education, or government, this should be is something to
consider from a number of advantageous angles. Geographically it’s available in North America,
Europe, and the UK. Learn more about the program, or get an Instant Quote for the products you’
re interested in.