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Named User Licensing/Adobe ID-Based Licensing
Buy an Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise licence at $2930/year* and Adobe ColdFusion Standard licence at $760/year*, assigned directly to users through their Adobe ID or enterprise credentials. This ensures flexibility and seamless access to Adobe's cloud services, making it an ideal model for teams leveraging modern workflows.
*Prices listed in this section are the Adobe direct store prices in the United States. Reseller prices may vary. Prices do not include tax or delivery and handling.
Feature Restricted Licensing/Device-Based Licensing
Buy Adobe ColdFusion in volume for teams, small businesses and enterprises which are tied to specific devices. Designed for secure and regulated environments, it gives organisations full control over licensing and deployment.
Key Differences
Feature |
Adobe ID-Based Licensing |
Device-Based Licensing |
| User Access | Requires Adobe ID or enterprise credentials | Does not require Adobe ID |
| Cloud Connectivity | Requires periodic cloud connectivity | Can work in completely off-line scenarios. |
| Activation | Activated per user, tied to Adobe ID | Activated per device via licence files |
| Cloud Services | Full access to Creative Cloud services | No access to Creative Cloud services |
| Best Suited For | Teams and users needing flexibility and cloud services | Secure, off-line or restricted environments |
Buying Programmes
Individual subscription
An individual subscription is available exclusively through Named User Licensing. It provides a flexible way to access Adobe software, offering ongoing access for a low monthly fee. Your subscription includes all upgrades at no additional charge, ensuring you always have the latest features as long as your subscription remains active.
Team subscription
The Adobe Value Incentive Plan (VIP) is a subscription licensing programme available exclusively through Feature Restricted Licensing, offering simple and secure management capabilities, flexible terms and discount levels that increase with additional purchases. Qualified members can save even more with VIP Select.
Enterprise licences
An Enterprise Term Licence Agreement (ETLA) is available exclusively through Feature Restricted Licensing and is ideal for larger deployments across centralised organisations. It provides access to cloud and desktop offerings with budget predictability over a three-year term, with one annual payment due on the same date each year.
FAQs
Subscription licensing ensures that customers always have access to the latest features, updates and security patches without needing to make additional purchases for upgrades.
Your access to Adobe ColdFusion, including updates and technical support, will discontinue at the end of your subscription period.
Perpetual licensing is no longer available for any version of Adobe ColdFusion.
Still Have Questions?
For more details on subscription plans, licensing or deployment, contact us at adobecoldfusion@adobe.com.
What is the difference between all-new Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise and Adobe ColdFusion Standard
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ColdFusion Enterprise |
ColdFusion Standard |
| Multiple Server Instances |  |
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| Security Code Analyzer | |
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| Central Configuration Server | |
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| LDAP and SAML Integration | |
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| High-Scalability Email Engine | |
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| SOAP to REST Translation | |
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| Asynchronous CFML Gateway | |
Restricted Functionality |
| Enterprise Database Drivers | |
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| JWT Integration in CF | |
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| Cloud Storage Services (AWS, Azure and GCP) | |
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| JEE Package Deployment (EAR/WAR) | |
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| Web-Based Multi-Instance Manager | |
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| Web-Based Cluster Manager | |
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| Instance Clustering | |
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| GraphQL Client | |
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| Operating System Virtualisation Support | |
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| Cluster Support for HTML5 Web Sockets | |
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| HTML to PDF | |
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| API Developer Portal | |
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| Request Limit Management | |
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| RSA FIPS 140-Compliant Strong Cryptology | |
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| Cluster Support for Scheduled Tasks | |
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| Chaining of Scheduled Tasks | |
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| Application Specific Scheduled Tasks | |
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| Server-Side Printing | |
Restricted Functionality |
| Online Presentation Generation | |
Restricted Functionality |
| PDF -File Generation From HTML | |
Restricted Functionality |
| PDF Form Processing | |
Restricted Functionality |
| PDF Document Manipulation | |
Restricted Functionality |