Business
Adobe Volume Licensing (AVL) offers a range of purchasing options to support the unique needs of commercial customers in small, medium, and enterprise-size businesses.
| Value Incentive Plan (VIP) | Enterprise Agreement (EA) |
Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP) | Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) |
License type |
Annual subscription | Three-year agreement, perpetual license |
Two-year agreement, perpetual license |
One-time purchase, perpetual license |
Minimum initial purchase requirement |
No initial purchase required |
100 licenses of any combination of eligible software plus Maintenance and Support | 10,000 points | One license |
Volume discount basis |
Same as retail pricing | Discount level locked in for three years based on initial purchase; provides deepest AVL discounts |
Discounts accrue cumulatively throughout two-year agreement |
None |
Eligible products |
Adobe® Creative Cloud™ for teams |
Adobe® Acrobat® Family products and Adobe Presenter (see EA program guide for current list of eligible products) |
All Adobe perpetual desktop products |
All Adobe perpetual desktop products |
Web-based license tool |
Included (Admin Console) | Included (Adobe Licensing Website) |
Included (Adobe Licensing Website) |
Included (Adobe Licensing Website) |
Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) |
Included | Included | Included | Included | Upgrade/Maintenance coverage | Included | Maintenance coverage |
Upgrade Plan optional for eligible products |
Upgrade Plan optional for eligible products for education and government customers only |
Adobe support services |
Varies per product | Support coverage required |
Optional | Optional | Online enrollment | Online enrollment via reseller | Available | Available | Not applicable | Region availability |
Worldwide* | Worldwide | Worldwide |
Worldwide |
IT professional
Whether you oversee an enterprise-size IT department or you're the sole IT resource for a small business, you can rely on AVL to help you save time, reduce costs, and streamline Adobe software deployments.
Purchasing specialist
Increase your company’s purchasing power, streamline purchasing and upgrade processes, and gain transparency into your software licenses for improved compliance and budget predictability.
Creative professional
Take advantage of AVL to save money, compared to retail, on Adobe Creative Suite software purchases and receive exclusive benefits including a dedicated website, tools, and electronic software downloads.
Knowledge worker
With AVL, you can easily standardize on Adobe Acrobat software while gaining access to discount opportunities, electronic software downloads, and Adobe's personalized licensing portal.
AVL videos |
Adobe Volume Licensing overview
Understand the benefits of AVL programs and how they work.
Cumulative Licensing Program overview
See the benefits of CLP and how it compares to the other programs.
Enterprise Agreement overview
Learn about EA and how it compares to the other programs.
Tools, tips, and support
VIP for Business / Commercial
Experience dramatically simplified deployment and management through a subscription model.
VIP for Government
Experience dramatically simplified deployment and management through a subscription model.
Education Enterprise Agreement (EEA)
Get Adobe creative and Acrobat software products over a one- or two-year term.
VIP for Education
Experience dramatically simplified deployment and management through a subscription model.
Student and Teacher Licensing Program for Higher Education
Offer outstanding value pricing on select Adobe products to students and faculty.
