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 Photoshop
providerId: adobe-photoshop
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:
  - Photo
  - Image Editing
  - Design
  - Creative Cloud
  - Generative AI
notes: >-
  Adobe Photoshop is sold via the Photography plan, as a Creative Cloud
  Single App, or as part of Creative Cloud All Apps. There is also a
  Firefly Services Photoshop API (server-side image generation, generative
  fill, expand) priced via generative credits. Public list prices were not
  retrievable via WebFetch and are deferred to adobe.com.
description: >-
  Adobe Photoshop is the flagship image-editing app sold as a Creative
  Cloud subscription. The "API" surface comprises (1) the Photoshop UXP /
  scripting plug-in environment for desktop automation and (2) the
  Firefly Services Photoshop API for server-side image generation and
  manipulation.
sources:
  - https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/plans.html
  - https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/
plans:
  - id: adobe-photoshop-photography
    name: Photography Plan
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Photoshop + Lightroom bundle for photographers, with 20GB or 1TB
      cloud-storage variants.
    entries:
      - label: Photography seat
        name: photography_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Adobe Photoshop
      - name: Adobe Lightroom (and Lightroom Classic)
      - name: 20GB or 1TB cloud storage
      - name: Adobe Fonts
  - id: adobe-photoshop-single-app
    name: Photoshop Single App
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Per-seat monthly or annual subscription to Photoshop desktop +
      iPad app, including 100GB cloud storage.
    entries:
      - label: Photoshop seat (Single App)
        name: photoshop_single_app
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/plans.html
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Photoshop desktop
      - name: Photoshop on iPad
      - name: 100GB cloud storage
      - name: Adobe Fonts
      - name: Generative credits (limited)
  - id: adobe-photoshop-all-apps
    name: Creative Cloud All Apps (includes Photoshop)
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Bundled access to the full Creative Cloud suite including Photoshop.
    entries:
      - label: All Apps seat
        name: all_apps_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: All Creative Cloud apps
      - name: 100GB cloud storage
      - name: Adobe Fonts
      - name: Generative credits
  - id: adobe-photoshop-firefly-api
    name: Firefly Services Photoshop API
    type: usage-based
    description: >-
      Server-side image manipulation API (generative fill, expand,
      remove, smart object) priced via generative credits.
    entries:
      - label: Generative credit (Photoshop API)
        name: photoshop_api_credit
        type: metered
        metric: credit
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Generative fill API
      - name: Generative expand API
      - name: Remove background API
      - name: Smart object replace API
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - credit
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Photography Plan
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Photoshop Single App
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Creative Cloud All Apps (includes Photoshop)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Firefly Services Photoshop API
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - credit
    periods:
    - per-use