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Adobe develops software solutions for digital media creation and management. Established in 1982, the company offers products like Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat. Adobe aims to support both professional and personal creative projects in graphic design, photography, video editing and document management.

Pros
  • User-friendly software interface
  • Wide range of powerful features
  • Regular updates and improvements
Cons
  • High cost of software licenses
  • Poor customer service experiences
  • Frequent technical issues reported

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    Ease of UseHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2025

    They try to monetized every aspect of their technology, essentially salami slicing one into non-productivity. It's exhausting. Cancelling subscriptions is complicated and the implied "ease of use" of the trials they offer are misleading. Keep the programmers, fire the entire C suite.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2025

    A complete scam. My wife tried to cancel the 7-day trial period, and ended up getting charged for many months, including $10/month for an "AI assistant" she never used. They took advantage of a senior citizen. They should be destroyed.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceMaintenanceStaffEase of UseTransparency

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2025

    I have been using Photoshop since 2010. I'm not sure if they were Adobe yet, but I may have been using them before 2010 as well. Over the years, I invested in and taught myself how to use the software because it's very user-friendly. It was my main software program when I started my photography business. There were others like Capture One, but I only preferred Photoshop.

    Over time, my photography business evolved into videography, where I needed to utilize Premiere Pro (PP) for editing. It started great, but over the years, it has been less than disappointing, to say the least. The main issue I have with Premiere Pro is that while editing in the most updated version of PP, the audio cuts out, and the entire program lags. I did some research, and most were saying to download an older version. That worked until it didn't. The older version continued giving me these errors with the audio. I was able to clear the errors; however, it made the entire program lag constantly. It literally had me editing for hours for a 10-minute simple video.

    I understand all things are evolving and are using AI, which can be taxing on a computer, so I assumed my computer couldn't handle the newest versions of PP. I updated all my hardware with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor with 80GB of RAM and a 5090 GPU. Unfortunately, that DID NOT work. It's safe to assume that the issues with PP are internal, so after all these years and investment, I have given up on Adobe and have now downloaded the FREE Davinci Resolve, which works perfectly. I'm still learning how to use it, but I haven't had any issues, no crashes, no lag, no audio issues. Sad that a free program is outperforming a program that has so many people on subscriptions, to which, if you are a Photoshop and Premiere person, will cost at least $80 a month for the Creative Suite. I have a soft spot in my heart for Adobe, but nothing can give me back the time and money I lost depending on software that has too many bugs.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2025

    They hid subscription information in the terms and charged me to cancel when I didn't sign up $69/month, then the entire amount when I tried to cancel. The software was also unstable, shut my pc down several times and it didn't know I was authorized to use it. I spent more time logging in and fixing than even using it. I paid to get rid of it, it was so troublesome. DON'T SIGN UP for this.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2025

    THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE WORST CANCEL PROCESS I HAVE EVER SEEN. I only signed up for 1 month service and now they just took $16 from my bank account. Well guess what ASSHOLES. I'm going to change my bank card, and see if we can put together some sort of class action. Lawsuit.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2025

    I cannot open a pdf without logging in. I just need to rename the file. I have Adobe reader which I was using but I logged in one time to the company account of the paid version to edit a file one time. Now I cannot open anything without logging in. We have limited seats so I have to log someone else out of our account every time I need to print or save a file. I cannot even print the file or other basic functions. I thought the point of pdf's was easy of accessibility for anyone. If I was accessing premium functions I would have absolutely no problem with this but now the basic functions are locked. We need to find another file type that doesn't do this.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2025

    Do not trust these people, it is a setup to take your money and drain your bank account. And to make things worse they charge you $80.00 if you want to to cancel ... so if you can't afford to spend $80.00 to cancel you are screwed!! They will drain your account into the negative.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2025

    Every new version is more complicated and a worse experience. They seem to be trying to drive away customers. For instance, now the software loaded up the screen with AI offerings that have nothing to do with the simple tasks I am trying to perform. I must take time to research how to disable things I never asked for or wanted. Without me asking, it set up some new storage location that is apparently only for .pdf files. What a stupid filing system that is as people will, of course want files organized by topic, not file type. I am in the process of relating to disable this as well but must now “print to .pdf” every time I want to save. And, of course I am not important enough to them to provide me with 2 minutes on the phone with a human to sort out the problem they spontaneously created.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaffBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2025

    The reason I might recommend Adobe is that they are the primary game in town. They know it & seem to have adopted the attitude of gotcha now we don’t care. CS is either wrong, unable to solve issues, or very slow. There is no almost phone support. If you have a product issue, they send you to the “community". I switched from paying via an app to a credit card. 3 calls later, they are still billing via the app. I finally cancelled the app. CS acknowledged that they have the correct card. And they have seen this problem with others. Each time, the agent said they needed to send the issue up a level. Each time no resolution. I have had issues with PS & LR that I cannot find answers to- & no one to help. Sometimes Google will have a good answer. But that is as good as it gets.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2025

    Horrible customer service. Deceitful practices. Impossible to get a hold of a person, and when you do, they don't do the right thing. They charged me a product plan twice and when I discovered it and reported it, they would only give me a pro-rated refund on the second charge for the same plan!!!

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2025

    After canceling a pro version of acrobat a few months back, I found out today they had retained a subscription I didn't realize I had for Adobe AI. Then they charged a cancellation fee because I was on an annual plan that's paid monthly. That annual plan that I have to pay out will end early because I'm cancelling the service. While I'm sure some of this is my fault, the fact it was never clear to me I was paying for AI service and I have to pay out a monthly plan is wild. Again, I definitely could have read closer when I signed up for Acrobat for a few months, but it feels really grimy for the company to sneak in services so that I wasn't aware I was paying for them and can't easily just end the plan.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2025

    This has to be the most annoying company on earth. My doctor's office, my landlord company and everyone else send things in Adobe, and other companies require them, but you often cannot resend them in that format, or send them at all, or modify them and you are stuck with a perfect document that is perfectly useless. Adobe has had years to figure out that we need to be able to change the format to multiple other commonly useable formats and they just don't care. If you don't care about those using your product, your product is obviously not going to be very good.

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    Sales & MarketingBilling

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2025

    I signed up for a "free" trial of Adobe Pro. I did not know that when you do this, they sign you up for 2 separate accounts; Adobe Pro and Adobe AI. I was not able to use the free trial because it would only allow me to use a 9 point version of an unsuitable font. I followed the procedure for selecting a different font and size but the document always reverted to the other font and size when saving the document. I canceled the listed account that I found online in my account 5 days after opening it. When checking my credit card statement I found that they billed me for an AI Account that to my knowledge, I never requested. It now showed online when I signed in to my account. I canceled it and looked to remove my credit card from this account. There is no option to do this and no option to eliminate my account from their files. All they are doing is taking my money and collecting my information.

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    PriceRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed July 31, 2025

    Greedy Adobe!!! You honestly should be ashamed of yourselves for this insane price hike. I have no words for this. Loyalty doesn't matter, just making a buck for creatives. Stop with the additional features and just keep it how it was...features and pricing. Stop doing this!

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    Reviewed July 9, 2025

    Complete and utter sham. Get the world using a product with basic functions that are free, then peel back the free, until everything requires a purchase. This is not far off being criminal level extortion.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 8, 2025

    It's not new news, but this company blatantly takes advantage of customers who may not have the income to continue their subscription by charging an expensive cancellation fee. It's better to avoid this slippery slope and look for a different editing software.

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    StaffRates

    Reviewed July 8, 2025

    I’ve been a loyal Adobe user for years, and this is hands down the most insulting move they’ve made toward their customer base. I’m a professional wedding photographer. I don’t need or want a bloated suite of 18+ apps — I just use Photoshop and Lightroom. That’s it. So I’ve been paying a reasonable $22/month for the photography plan.

    Now, Adobe decides to cripple the generative features I rely on — something that was previously included — by limiting me to a pathetic 25 generative images per month. Twenty-five. That barely gets me through a single wedding, let alone three. And that’s not even accounting for how often their system throws an error and I have to start over.

    If I want more? Too bad — my only option is to cough up another $50 a month for the “Pro” plan, which gives me unlimited generative credits... and access to a bunch of useless apps I’ll never touch. There’s no in-between, no solution for professionals like me who depend on just two core tools to run our business. Adobe has made it crystal clear they’re not interested in serving users — they’re interested in squeezing every last dollar out of them.

    I’m actively looking for an alternative editing software, and the moment I find a replacement, I’m gone. If you’re thinking of getting started with Adobe, don’t. This company doesn’t care about its users anymore. The only thing that they care about is money and how to make more of it. Maybe hitting them in the wallet will finally get them to stop and take notice. Adobe, your greed and total disregard for the people who helped build your brand is absolutely disgusting.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 2, 2025

    Will never subscribe to another Adobe product. Signed up for a trial and missed the deadline and they charged me $80 to cancel. They knowingly make this product like that betting you didn’t see the fine print.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 23, 2025

    I had an Adobe Express subscription that I was using to get pictures for my website. All of a sudden, my subscription was changed, and I was offered a $35.99 deal for a $59.99 subscription. At first, I had access to what I really wanted to use, but gradually, it became harder and harder to find. They just want you to create images through AI, which doesn’t understand unless you ask another AI how to describe it. Even then, if you want perfection, after a couple of tries, it completely messes up.

    Today, I finally canceled my subscription—the one that was my initial choice—and was unexpectedly charged $143.96 (I was already paying more than what I originally signed up for). That does nothing good for them. I will never buy anything from companies that don’t communicate with their customers. I couldn’t even find their email support. You and I, and everyone like us, are making these companies what they are. Stay away—maybe then they’ll become a little humble, and come down to a level where they treat their customers with some decency.

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    PriceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed May 15, 2025

    Charged $90 for canceling a subscription. Absolutely ridiculous. Do not sign up for Adobe. It is a rip off with hidden fees. Useless website. Gave zero support and preys on people such as teachers that can not afford these fees.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed May 12, 2025

    Never use their services. They won’t let you cancel. When you do they just tell you they can’t find your account and continue to bill you. Cancelled my debit card but they got my new card number somehow and kept billing me. I’ve been taken for over $100 because they won’t cancel. Waiting for my bank to dispute all charges and Adobe is still trying to charge me after they assured me I wouldn’t be billed again.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed May 5, 2025

    I purchased a product. It was terrible. I asked to be refunded within the allotted time to do so. The refund never came. I'm getting the runaround from Adobe. Absolutely horrific customer service. I would give ZERO stars if it were an option here.

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    Sales & MarketingPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 27, 2025

    I signed up to use Adobe and then later went to cancel it as I do not need it at the moment. It is charging me $20 a month and now wants me to pay $99.99 to cancel it!!!! They did not clearly indicate when I signed up there would be a cancellation fee, or I would NEVER have used this product. Adobe is a scam and the jankiest company ever! Find a different product.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedRates

    Reviewed April 18, 2025

    ADOBE INC SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA. $53.26 Early cancellation fee? Plus the monthly fee of $13.31. This company reaps off customers. How poor is your value that you need to oblige people to a year commitment with no other options from customers to be afloat. Shame on you. Price gouging.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed April 16, 2025

    A glorified scam. I am forced to use it for my school, and you could not pay me to use this ever again once I graduate. All the programs (besides maybe Photoshop) are horribly designed and will delete your work even if you save it. Will make the simplest of tasks like changing fonts take an extra 40 steps to accomplish. From what I hear this company will also charge you and make it impossible to cancel a subscription. I highly recommend literally anything else than an Adobe product.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceBilling

    Reviewed March 24, 2025

    I tried their 5 day free trial. I cancelled within the first day. They keep charging my credit card. when I call to complain or get my name off their subscription list customer service hangs up on you. Disgusting and criminal frauds

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    Price

    Reviewed March 24, 2025

    I have canceled my membership for more than a year, but they still keep charging me every month. I don't know what's going on with Adobe but I would appreciate it if you don't charge me anymore because I am not using your service.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 14, 2025

    I hate this software. I use it every day. It is god-awful and slow. I can't say enough terrible things about it and how hard it is to use, even for someone who actually knows what they're doing on a computer. What is wrong w/ these developers?

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    Billing

    Reviewed March 2, 2025

    This company no longer has integrity and tried to steal hundreds from me by tricking me. Offered me 29.99 for 3 months, then when I tried to cancel it said I was enrolled in an annual membership which is nonsense and threatened 140 cancellation fee. Will never give them another dime. Fortunately I escaped the fee after threatening to cancel my credit card.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed March 1, 2025

    Money hungry and should be illegal customer practices. Buy any other software. Do not use their free trial. I did and now I have to pay 293 dollars for something I used once. They actually suck. Customer service will not cancel your subscription so not only are you stuck with it, but I have to now have a subscription for a WHOLE YEAR.

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