specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Adobe Captivate
providerId: adobe-captivate
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - eLearning
  - Authoring
  - LMS
  - Training
  - Content Creation
notes: >-
  Adobe Captivate is a desktop eLearning authoring tool. It is sold as a
  standalone subscription (perpetual licenses were discontinued in 2022).
  Captivate does not expose a public REST API; integrations are file-based
  via SCORM, xAPI, and HTML5 packages exported from the desktop app.
  Pricing list values were not retrievable via WebFetch and are deferred
  to adobe.com.
description: >-
  Adobe Captivate is sold as a per-seat subscription via adobe.com. The
  product is the desktop authoring tool itself (Windows / macOS); there is
  no separately metered API.
sources:
  - https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
  - https://elearning.adobe.com/captivate/
plans:
  - id: adobe-captivate-individual
    name: Captivate Individual Subscription
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Per-seat monthly or annual subscription to the Captivate desktop
      authoring tool.
    entries:
      - label: Captivate seat
        name: captivate_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Captivate authoring app (Windows / macOS)
      - name: Asset library
      - name: SCORM / xAPI publishing
      - name: HTML5 export
  - id: adobe-captivate-teams
    name: Captivate Teams / Education
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Volume-license edition for teams, enterprises, and education customers,
      sold via the Adobe Admin Console.
    entries:
      - label: Captivate seat (Teams / Education)
        name: captivate_seat_teams
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Adobe Admin Console seat assignment
      - name: Volume licensing
      - name: Education / Government discounts (where eligible)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Captivate Individual Subscription
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Captivate Teams / Education
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month