All plans include access to :
All-new Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Classic, 100 GB storage, generative credits
Individuals
Buy a single subscription for individuals at £40.00/mo and quickly get started with creating eLearning content in minutes.
Teams and Enterprises
Buy Adobe Captivate in volume for teams, small businesses and enterprises. Manage named user licences through a web-based admin console.
Education
Eligible educational institutions can purchase licences of Adobe Captivate at a discounted rate for students and instructors.
Buying programmes
Individual subscription
(Includes Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Classic, 100 GB storage, 25 monthly generative credits)
Buy on Adobe.com
Buy premium credits (for Generate Avatar) from Adobe Firefly website
A subscription is a new, more flexible way to get access to Adobe software. It gives you ongoing access to the software for a low monthly fee, as well as access to all upgrades at no additional charge as long as your subscription remains active.
Team subscription
(Includes Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Classic, 100 GB storage, 700 monthly premium generative credits, Unlimited generative credits for Generate Image and Generate Text)
Value Incentive Plan (VIP) - teams and enterprise
The Adobe Value Incentive Plan (VIP) is a subscription licensing programme with simple and secure management capabilities, flexible terms and discount levels that increase as you make additional purchases. Qualified members can save even more with VIP Select.
Enterprise licences
(Includes Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Classic, 100 GB storage, 700 monthly premium generative credits, Unlimited generative credits for Generate Image and Generate Text)
Enterprise Term Licensing Agreement (ETLA)
An Enterprise Term Licence Agreement (ETLA) is ideal for larger deployments across centralised organisations. Get cloud and desktop offerings and budget predictability over a three-year term, with one annual payment due on the same date each year.
Adobe Captivate Version Comparison Chart
Adobe Captivate 13.0 (released in 2025)
Adobe Captivate 12.x (Originally released in 2023. 6 updates released from 2023-2025)
Adobe Captivate Classic (originally released in 2019)
Overall
Easy-to-use eLearning authoring tool designed for speed, creativity and scale in course creation.
New generation tool with modern, intuitive UI and workflows that help create beautiful courses faster.
Robust tool to create all kinds of eLearning courses.
Suitable for:
All users who want to quickly create:
- Powerpoint to eLearning
- Software simulations
- Responsive courses
- Interactive videos
- Slide-based interactive content.
- Long scroll interactive content
All users who want to quickly create:
- Software simulations
- Responsive courses
- Interactive videos
- Slide-based interactive content.
- Long scroll interactive content
Existing Adobe Captivate users who want to:
- Maintain older course*
- Create video demo*
- Create virtual reality course*
*These use cases will be added to the new Adobe Captivate, in frequent upcoming updates.
File-type
.CPT file
.CPT file
.CPTX file (old file format)
Ease of use
Streamlined, simplified workflows. Generative AI features to enable you to create professional learning content faster
Streamlined, simplified workflows
Extensive workflows
Visual design capabilities
Advanced:
- Generate Image (Adobe Firefly integration)
- Long scroll + slide-based content
- Real content Quick Start Projects
- Rich media asset library
- Enhanced image editing
- Beautiful readymade layout slides
- Elegant design options
- Stylish Text presets
Advanced:
- Long scroll + slide-based content
- Real content Quick Start Projects
- Rich media asset library
- Enhanced image editing
- Beautiful readymade layout slides
- Elegant design options
- Stylish Text presets
Limited:
- Slide-based content
- Quick Start Projects
- Rich media asset library
- Limited image editing
Widgets
Available out of the box
Available out of the box
Not available out of the box. Need to be custom developed.
Responsiveness
Courses are responsive by default
Courses are responsive by default
Need manual authoring of responsive courses
Collaboration
Review and commenting capabilities
Review and commenting capabilities
No plan
