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 Creative Suite
providerId: adobe-creative-suite
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:
  - Creative Suite
  - Legacy
  - Design
  - Print
notes: >-
  Adobe Creative Suite (CS6 and earlier) was discontinued for new sales in
  2013 and replaced by the subscription-based Adobe Creative Cloud. CS6
  perpetual licenses are no longer commercially available; existing
  installations are unsupported and lack ongoing security updates. There is
  no current pricing to reconcile. This artifact is retained only for
  historical / catalog completeness.
description: >-
  Adobe Creative Suite is a discontinued perpetual-license product family.
  Customers who require equivalent functionality should use Adobe Creative
  Cloud (subscription) instead.
sources:
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Creative_Suite
  - https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/creative-suite-end-support.html
plans:
  - id: adobe-creative-suite-discontinued
    name: Creative Suite (Discontinued)
    type: enterprise
    description: >-
      Historical perpetual-license product. No longer sold or supported by
      Adobe; included here for catalog completeness only.
    entries:
      - label: Perpetual license (discontinued)
        name: cs_perpetual
        type: flat
        metric: license
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: discontinued - migrate to Adobe Creative Cloud
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Photoshop CS6 (no longer available)
      - name: Illustrator CS6 (no longer available)
      - name: InDesign CS6 (no longer available)
      - name: Premiere Pro CS6 (no longer available)
      - name: After Effects CS6 (no longer available)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - seat
  units:
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Creative Suite (Discontinued)
    access: enterprise
    model: seat
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - per-use