Unable to purchase individual license for Adobe XD

[paolaf52156479]

Recently, my students have been attempting to purchase Adobe XD without having to buy the entire Creative Cloud suite, but they seem to be encountering difficulties.

Could you please confirm whether Adobe XD has been discontinued as standalone software? If so, does this mean that it is no longer possible to purchase it as an individual software product?

I would greatly appreciate any information or guidance you can provide regarding this matter.

[Chris W. Griffith · Accepted solution]

That is unfortunately correct. Adobe is no longer offering it as a standalone product. I would STRONGLY recommend that you use Figma as their design and prototyping tool. As far as I can tell any significatn development on Adobe XD has been stopped,. 

[paolaf52156479]

Thanks! Is there any official statement from Adobe regarding this?

[Chris W. Griffith]

No. Due the offer to buy Figma (last year), they legally can't say anything about it. This mostly reading the tea leaves; Product Managers moving on, Adobe evanligists no longer producing content, entire sites being removed...

[Rishabh_Tiwari · Accepted solution]

Hi @paolaf52156479 ,

Thank you for reaching out. Adobe XD is no longer available for purchase as a single application but will continue to be supported for existing users. XD will continue to be available as part of our Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps subscription. We will continue to support existing Adobe XD customers.

Thanks!

Rishabh

[CGEaton]

I'm currently starting an XU/UI course which recommends and refers to XD, would Figma satify this role directly i.e. references made to XD also appy to Figma?

[paolaf52156479]

They are very similar in al lot of ways, and some XD feature came directly from copying Figma. But I never design anything with Figma so I not quite an expert

[Chris W. Griffith]

The simple asnwer is yes. If you get stuck, check their forums or look for YouTube tutorials.