Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise vs. SquadPod

We have various business users who only need to make minor edits, occasionally adjust slides or images, and use creative tools a few times per year. Hence, it's less appropriate due to a steep learning curve for infrequent users and high license cost relative to actual usage. We need a better usage-based license model since Adobe is now a SaaS solution.

• Providing everything you need to handle images - from Bridge to select and cull, Photoshop or Lightroom to edit and process.
• Offering individuals in different roles the ability to download the software they need from a broad package, without having to arrange separate deals.
• Handling video at different levels of skill-sets: from apps for social media to high-level editing.

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• You can get bogged down in Photoshop if you don't know what all the tools do, or which tool you need for a particular function.
• Firefly is useful AI, but you have to use credits for each iteration--so if it makes a mistake or gives a poor result, it costs you more to revise your work.

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There is nothing out there that can compete with Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise. It is the gold standard in the industry and there is nothing else that we would ever consider using. I have opted to train people in lieu of finding anything more cost effective, because it's worth it to me for people to use the right tool for the job.

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The only downside is that most files can’t be edited by anyone without a Creative Cloud license. It can be expensive to provide full CC suite licenses, and it doesn’t always make sense to license just one application. I suppose it makes sense, but it would be nice to have more options for other teams to edit work.

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I continue to use a few of the products listed above; however, increasingly, I am migrating most projects to the Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise as the quality and UX/UI has improved significantly over the last 15 years. Yes, I used to install the Adobe CSS discs on my desktop. Anyhow, Adobe excels over much of the software out there because of its all-in-one model. However, it is also this all-in-one model that causes the programs to suck the life out of your RAM. Notwithstanding the 'downs', I would be remiss if I didn't say how Adobe has really 'upped' my content quality and the speed at which my teams can create, share and collaborate to improve overall KPIs and has impacted positively the ROI in several departments.

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• I like that Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise provides full access to all Adobe apps based on licensing. In my school environment, my students may just be using Premiere in a particular class, for instance, but Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise provides the opportunity for a student to explore other apps and easily install them independently. A student interested in my Game Design class could easily install Animate and experiment with animation.

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