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January 28, 2023
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2023 Price Increase for Adobe Pro -

  • January 28, 2023
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Outrageous price increase 33.5% from $179.88 to $239.88 from 2022. I can think of very few products or services with this type of increase.  They've got us though . . . a virtual monopoly.

 

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17 replies

Participant
July 8, 2023

Just like eBay ... welcome to the country with absolutely no consumer protection! I am weening myself off Adobe and will soon cancel my subscription. it takes a little but is doable. They can go fack themselves.

AE-FTW
Inspiring
July 4, 2023

40% increase here in Australia.
We don't use any of the "enhancements" Adobe think justify the increased price.
We'll be taking our money elsewhere.

Participant
June 27, 2023

Hi I'm migrating our users to Nitro Pro.  At least 50% of costs based upon 1 year subscription. Can save a further 15% if you commit to 3 years. Does everything Acrobat does with a Microsoft Office look and feel.  

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 27, 2023

Acrobat Pro document services are now more in line with the price of other Creative Cloud apps/services (approx $20/mo). So this is neither unusual nor unexpected.
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

 

That said, Acrobat Reader is still free, the same as it's always been.

 

FREE Acrobat Reader -- view, comment, & sign PDF.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html

Paid Acrobat Pro DC -- the complete solution for creating, scanning and saving PDF.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/acrobat-pro.html

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participant
May 18, 2023

Hi there,

 

Simmilar increase here, 40% for Adobe Acrobat Pro.  No extenuating justification recieved or special promotion ending, they're just literally putting the prices up by a hefty chunk in one go in their infinite wisdom.

 

Didn't think it was worth the money at the original price so no complaints for me, hopefully this is enough of a scare for me to get the users who pushed for it onto something open source.  They're not doing anything very fancy with it but just preferred having 'the proper one' if it wasn't unreasonably priced.

 

Kind regards,

Oscar

Participant
May 14, 2023

Guess I'll be doing free trials of all the other PDF programs on the market this year, then, because I also got ambushed by this obscene price increase for Adobe Pro DC. I really don't need Adobe Pro DC any longer anyway, since I've now retired [and am now on a fixed income], and I'm sure I can find better ways to spend USD$254.27 [including tax]. Maybe I'll even find a PDF program that actually allows the user to highlight individual words or lines, like Acrobat used  to allow users to do, too!

Participant
May 2, 2023

Samething happened to me,  thanks for being a valued subscriber and without any explaination we are increasing your subscription by 32% after 1 year. This is ridiculous! Foxitpdf here I come...

 

Participant
April 22, 2023

I agree. The $179.88 subscription price has been effect for the past 4 years, and it is the regular price, not an introductory or special price. I would understand a 10% price increase, but a 33.5% increase is unconscionable. I like Adobe Acrobat and think it is a good product, but this price increase is too much. I will be cancelling my subscription and educating myself on how to edit, combine, and otherwise work with PDFs using a less expensive product.

Participant
April 20, 2023

Agreed. I think I will be moving to Foxit. It is less than half the price for pretty much the same feature set.

 

Very confusing as to why they would hike the price up this much.

Participant
April 19, 2023

same; I will not renew acrobat pro. $239.88 is way too expensive, for the little I do with it. Will be using preview on my mac which is good enough for what I am doing with PDF. I could understand a 5 to 10% increase, but for an individual it is a lot of money. They should review their position if they don't want to loose existing users

Participating Frequently
April 1, 2023

Same here, increase from EUR 173,61 to EUR 229 (32%).

It's ridicule. I'm leaving.

And no, no special actions or discounts in prior pricing.