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June 16, 2025
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  • June 16, 2025
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Hello. This message starts to pop up now with using GenAI tool (Photoshop beta and 26.7.0, both version) 

"You don't have enough credits for this generative action. Upgrade your Firefly plan now to get more credits for continued access or wait until your monthly reset."

I have the annual subscription (renewed several days ago) and 250 credits included into this plan. 
Usually when all credits are gone, GenAI just continue to work slower, but there wasn't any block to use this tool. 

Are there any new rules/tariff changes for using this tool?

Correct answer CMass

Hey @oksikemp

It seems you have reached your monthly limit. You can either wait until your generative credit limit resets next month or purchase additional generative credits through the Firefly add-on plans. These plans have a month-to-month option that can be cancelled after a month without penalty if needed. Read more about changes to our plans here: https://adobe.ly/4jXoINs


^CM

18 replies

Participant
October 30, 2025

So I went and looked to see if I can just add on some credits for the current work I'm doing as this is the first time I've reach "my limit" of course Adobe doesn't have any add-on packs, you have to comit to some monthly upgrade. So since I only ever use for addition backgrounds anyway (because the subject generative part sucks anyway), I took the images I need to expand the backgrounds on into Nano Banana and got them back faster than the Adobe AI does by ten fold. Good luck Adobe. You lose again.

Participant
October 30, 2025

Typical Adobe. they literally steal peoples work to create the AI and then charge the same people to use it. My days using this software are numbered. I've already dumped everything but photoshop mainly for this feature and here I am, having to "pay more" now. Yeah.... 

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Participant
September 11, 2025

Dear Adobe,
Restricting loyal subscribers to 100 credits Firefly AI (and new ones to 25) is unreasonable and counterproductive. Professionals don’t misuse AI — we use it carefully, to refine work toward perfection, not for gimmicks. If you must, raise the annual subscription slightly, but stop forcing us into absurd bulk bundles. Respect your paying customers and restore freedom of use.So now Adobe thinks 25 credits a month is enough for new subscribers? And 100 for the rest of us? That barely covers a single session. Then  try to sell us thousands we’ll never use. Brilliant business model — ration freedom, upsell absurdity. If this is “creativity for all,” then ethics must have been deleted in the last update. Creativity shouldn’t come with a monthly ration card. Please respect your subscribers. For years we’ve supported Adobe with our money, our work, and our loyalty. Now, suddenly, the so-called “generative credits” are capped to a laughable 100, while new subscribers are left with just 25. And then you expect us to buy absurd bundles of thousands we will never need. Ethics? Never heard of it, apparently.

Legend
September 11, 2025

Many of us don't use generative AI at all and would rather not pay anything for it.

Participant
July 11, 2025

Honestly, GenAI has been churning out mediocre results far too often lately... and now we’re expected to pay for it? The real issue is that users never know how many tries it’ll take just to get GenAI to do what we actually asked. Charging us for inconsistent or low-quality output just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. And now they want to stack a subscription on top of another subscription? No thanks. I’m done. Not only has GenAI’s quality taken a serious nosedive, but it’s also turning into an overpriced headache to use.

Legend
July 11, 2025

Yes AI is a mess. Poor results, huge use of energy, copyright issues such as infringement and abuse of others IP, whilst over on X the AI even went full N@zi.

Many of us have no interest in using AI unless and until these and many other problems are ironed out.

Talented artists have been using Photoshop to create amazing art for decades now. That's always an option- instead of relying on AI, leverage the non-AI tools and features. There is no NEED for Firefly.

Participant
June 23, 2025

What is next? 
''You used your daily 5 crops per day option. Subscribe Super-Plus plan for more crops!''

 

Isn't making their apps ''live service'' which is in the end MORE EXPENSIVE than buying the full app for once enough? 
Are they limit testing? 
Is there a rage or protest going on for this?
Anyone fighting for this? 

 

Adobe is getting more and more unstoppable corporate monarchy day by day.

Ged_Traynor
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 23, 2025
Participant
June 23, 2025

That answer completely misses the whole point. 
We already had Generative Fill for years. It wasn't an ''extra'', it didn't require credit system. 

Now, Adobe is limiting it for nothing but greedy, anti-costumer manner. 
This is like selling you a full game, you buy the game, and 2 years later they remove part of it and sell you as DLC. 

 

This is such a terrible move. How can anyone (you included) defend this? 

Participant
June 23, 2025

Now Adobe removing tool also not working that much properly. And AI generation not working correctly now a days . Even i am using sometimes my samsung phone app to remove something. Adobe is getting corrupted 

Rafaelis
Inspiring
June 21, 2025

So is Photoshop turning into a system of micro transactions I PAY for this ON A MONTHLY BASIS and they DARE operate with CREDITS??? Absolutely unacceptable! 

Known Participant
June 19, 2025

Now that generative credits have become so costly, what exactly is "one generative credit"? Do you get dinged for the use of one credit every time you use the generative fill tool? Or, is it dependent on the size of the area generated?

Participant
June 19, 2025

I want to know this too, and add that it woudl be awfully nice if we could see how many credits we currenty have as we make these decidsion about how/when to use these very limited credits.

Participant
June 19, 2025

Hello All,

I have been asked to upgrade to newer version (currently using version 25.12.3) of photoshop or wait for the month end to use generative fill even though my account has sufficient generative credits. I still want to continue with version 25.12.3 and use generative fill without updating to latest version. Please help!!!

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 19, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Known Participant
June 18, 2025

In addition to finding out I was out of generative credits--which came out of the blue and stopped me in the middle of working on a photo on the 16th--it looks like  Adobe is raising the monthly subscription fee for Photoshop--from $9.95 to $14.95, an increase of  50 percent. If you tack on the $9.95 needed to purchase more generative credits, it brings the total to $24.90, an increase of 150 percent all at once.  Does Netflix ever have a price increase like this? Nope. Nobody does. 

Participant
June 18, 2025

Hello everyone! In 2024, I purchased the Adobe Photoshop Photography Bundle, which included Photoshop and a few other programs. When I purchased it, it was not stated anywhere that Adobe Firefly had a 250 credit limit per month. Now, when I use Photoshop, I find that I have a 250 credit limit to use Firefly. When I run out, I am prompted to either purchase additional credits via a subscription or wait until the next month to get the free 250 credits again. It is frustrating that this limitation was not clearly stated when I purchased the bundle. I feel like I was forced into this service without proper notice. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to clarify why this was not stated, or how to bypass this limitation without incurring additional costs? Any advice or clarification would be greatly appreciated!