Does Adobe Bridge CC require a Creative Cloud Subscription Plan?

[Thadeus_Yebubbleman]

Hi.  We have a few users at our workplace that only require the use of Adobe Bridge CC and not any of the other Adobe CC apps.  Can one simply make an Adobe ID, use it solely to download and install Bridge CC and be able to use Bridge CC (and only Bridge CC) past the typical 30-day trial period WITHOUT signing up for a Creative Cloud subscription plan?  Or does one need to have either an active trial or an active subscription to be able to do this?

I was under the impression that Adobe Bridge CC was installed and managed separately from the rest of the Adobe CC apps and would be offered standalone for free.  If someone knows these details, I'd love to know too.  Thanks.

[movinstills]

Please i have bought the creative plan for photographers but where and how can I have access to bridge thanks. My IT guys has removed a previous CS4 suite from my desktop computer. I have pre-installed cs6 on laptop...

[War Unicorn]

Bridge CC is available to install via the Creative Cloud Desktop App. (Under the Apps tab; you might not see it unless you click the "Previous Versions" section. I don't know why this is since Bridge CC is current and is slated for another update at some point.)

[ProDesignTools · Accepted solution]

Thadeus Yebubbleman wrote:

I was under the impression that Adobe Bridge CC was installed and managed separately from the rest of the Adobe CC apps and would be offered standalone for free.  If someone knows these details, I'd love to know too.  Thanks.

Hi Thadeus,

To answer your question, yes, this is true... For more details, see:

Adobe Bridge CC is Completely Free to Download & Use for Everyone

Hope that helps!

[floramc]

Hi there!

I know this is quite an old post but I hope somebody will come to help me.

I teach photo archive and we use Adobe Bridge as our official tool. My students downloaded it and now they get emails from adobe that say their trial version is expiring and they need to subscribe to use Bridge.

Never happened before so I wonder why they get messages when bridge is distributed freely to users. Should they ignore the message?

[War Unicorn]

Pretty sure it's still distributed free. Maybe the students misunderstood the contents?

[floramc]

Started a new discussion on this. Thanks Warunicorn​

[ProDesignTools]

No, nothing has changed with respect to Bridge.

How did they download it, was it via the Creative Cloud Desktop app?

If so, it could be that Adobe started a free trial for every CC tool when they first downloaded Bridge, and the email notifications are automatic on that.

[floramc]

They downloaded the CC app first (I was in the class, they did that with me)

In order

created an ID and password, downloaded the tool.

So if they are said the trial is over, what should they do? Activate it and that's it? Any idea?

[Stephen Marsh]

Has Bridge stopped working? If not, I’d do nothing (if it is not broken, don’t try to fix it).

[ProDesignTools]

Hello again Flora, thanks for the follow-up. OK, so that probably explains it. So regarding further actions, I agree with Stephen (provided that Bridge is all they are using or need for the moment).

And notably, Bridge in particular actually doesn't require any activation... Please see the Bridge Is Free article for more details.

If you see anything otherwise happening with Bridge, then please let us know.