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Adobe Volume Licensing (AVL) program members earn significant savings on Adobe software by purchasing more than one software license at a time. Whether you consolidate your organization’s software purchases into one comprehensive transaction or spread your purchases out over a two-year membership period, Adobe has a volume licensing program to meet your needs. No matter which program you choose, the more you order, the greater your potential savings.
Adobe Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP)
Adobe CLP FAQs
Adobe Transactional Licensing Program (TLP)
Adobe TLP FAQs
Adobe Upgrade Plan
Adobe Upgrade FAQs
Adobe Student & Teacher Licensing Program for higher education
Adobe Creative Suite 5 K–12 School Site License
Adobe Enterprise Licensing Agreement (ELA) for Higher Education
Adobe Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP)
Adobe’s CLP 5 offers several advantages:
- Significant discounts for purchasing in volume, enabling organizations to secure their discount position for the two-year membership by placing an initial minimum order size
- Incremental orders throughout the two-year membership that add to the point total, which could qualify your organization for a better discount level, effective the month following the order
- Increased efficiency of license deployment with free-of-charge Electronic Software Delivery (ESD), provided on Adobe’s Licensing Web Site (LWS) immediately after order completion
- Budget predictability through two-year CLP membership and Upgrade Plan
- Reduced ordering and license administration, simplifying total software management efforts and streamlining internal business processes
- A web-based license management tool to efficiently manage Adobe licenses throughout the organization
- Upgrade Plan, which ensures technology consistency across your user base and deployment of the most current technology and is coterminus with your CLP membership for streamlined management
- Cross-platform serial numbers (Mac OS and Windows®) on most products, so it’s easy to switch platforms as your business or system needs change
- Greater ability to manage legal compliance
Adobe CLP FAQs
What do I receive when I enroll in CLP 5 as a new member?
After Adobe processes your online membership enrollment, your organization is assigned a CLP membership number. You will receive an e-mail message containing your CLP membership number and the link to the LWS. Your login ID will be your e-mail address. You will have 30 days after enrolling online to place an initial order through your Adobe License Center.
How do I renew my CLP membership?
Renewing your CLP membership is easy; simply renew online and select the Returning CLP Membership option.
Does Adobe have a web-based license management tool for CLP members?
Yes. When you become a CLP member, you gain access to the web-based LWS, through which you can track your order history, run reports, edit your account, and locate your serial numbers. In addition, IT staff and other designated members of your organization can be assigned their own unique login to Adobe’s LWS to easily download and then deploy Adobe software to multiple users in various departments across your organization.
Adobe Transactional Licensing Program (TLP)
Adobe’s TLP 5 offers several advantages:
- Lower software costs through a single volume license transaction
- Reduced ordering and license administration, simplifying total software management efforts and streamlining internal business processes
- A web-based license management tool
- Upgrade Plan, which ensures technology consistency across the user base and deployment of the most current technology
- Free-of-charge Electronic Software Delivery (ESD)
- The ability to better manage legal compliance
Adobe TLP FAQs
What are the benefits of TLP for small businesses and creative services consultants?
Adobe’s TLP brings the benefits of enterprise-class licensing to smaller volume orders typically placed by consultants, independent designers, creative services agencies, and marketing groups. TLP also provides the benefits of volume licensing to larger organizations whose orders don’t meet CLP order thresholds.
What do I receive when I participate in the TLP?
When you place a TLP order, you will receive an e-mail message containing confirmation of your order. You will also receive a link to Adobe’s LWS. Your login ID will be your e-mail address. When you log in for the first time, you can create a new password through the Forgot Your Password link.
Does Adobe have a web-based license management tool for TLP participants?
Yes. When you acquire a license through TLP, you gain access to Adobe’s LWS, where you can track your order history, run reports, edit your account, and locate your serial numbers.
Adobe Upgrade Plan
- Upgrade Plan is Adobe’s upgrade insurance program. CLP members and TLP participants who purchase Upgrade Plan are entitled to all upgrades for covered products during the Upgrade Plan term, so employees always have the most current versions of Adobe software.
- Adobe automatically sends notifications of available upgrades to Upgrade Plan participants to simplify upgrade planning.
- CLP members have the option to include previously acquired licenses of current software in Upgrade Plan during the first three months of their CLP membership (as long as no new version has been announced), so you can enjoy organization-wide technology consistency.
- Upgrade Plan simplifies your software ordering and administration processes by eliminating the need to buy upgrades each time a new product version becomes available.
- Upgrade Plan contributes to the points accumulated in your TLP order or your CLP membership, potentially increasing the overall discounts your organization earns.
Adobe Upgrade FAQs
What do I receive when I participate in Upgrade Plan?
When you order Upgrade Plan, you receive notifications when new product versions become available, giving you the peace of mind of knowing when you need to upgrade. You can choose to receive notification via e-mail or through messages within your LWS account, as well as choosing to upgrade via CD/DVD media or through Adobe’s LWS via ESD when you first elect the coverage.
How is Upgrade Plan pricing determined?
Upgrade Plan pricing is determined as a percentage of volume licensing software license cost.
Adobe Student & Teacher Licensing Program for higher education
To be eligible, a higher education institution must:
- Be a qualified institution of higher education in the United States
- Have an active CLP 4.5 or CLP 5 membership with Adobe and sign a Schedule D Student and Teacher Licensing Enrollment Form
What software is available through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program?
The following products are available to higher education institutions under the program:
- Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro Extended for Windows
- Acrobat 9 Pro for Windows or Mac OS
- Adobe Creative Suite® 5 Design Premium for Windows or Mac OS
- CS5 Design Standard for Windows or Mac OS
- CS5 Web Premium for Windows or Mac OS
- CS5 Production Premium for Windows or Mac OS
- CS5 Master Collection for Windows or Mac OS
- Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5 for Windows or Mac OS
- Adobe Flash® Professional CS5 for Windows or Mac OS
- Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended for Windows or Mac OS
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® 2 (multiplatform)
Is there a minimum order or reorder quantity?
No, there is no minimum order quantity for products purchased under the Student and Teacher Licensing Program. All orders can be at any quantity for titles offered under the program.
What do I receive when I participate in the Student and Teacher Licensing Program?
Higher education institutions receive one license and one CD per unit of product ordered.
Can faculty members acquire software licenses through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program?
Yes. Faculty and staff can now buy through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program.
Can students order Upgrade Plan for their licenses?
No. Student licenses are treated like retail licenses, which do not offer Upgrade Plan. Students may purchase commercial upgrades for their licenses when new versions of products are released.
Whom do we contact to sign a Schedule D Student and Teacher Licensing Enrollment Form and begin ordering?
Contact ScholarBuys Sales
Do we earn points toward our CLP discount level when software is ordered through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program?
Yes. Every purchase you make through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program adds points to your CLP membership, which may improve the discount level for your institution. For example, an order of 25 units of Creative Suite at 400 points per unit would give you 10,000 points. A substantial licensing order such as this could help your institution improve its discount level.
How do we distribute the software licenses to our students, faculty, and staff?
ScholarBuys will handle this for you through a custom VarsityBuys.com Vstore
Can software purchased through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program be upgraded?
Yes. Students are eligible to purchase the commercial upgrade for the product upon graduation. If they are still students, they must purchase a separate copy of the new product through the Adobe Student and Teacher Licensing Program.
Are there any restrictions on student, faculty, and staff purchases of software through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program?
Yes. Students, faculty and staff may only purchase one copy of a particular product within a 12-month period. They may purchase products for their personal use only and may not resell or distribute the product.
Are students, faculty, or staff who receive the software entitled to support from Adobe?
Yes. They are provided with access to two types of support:
- Installation support, by contacting Adobe Customer Service toll free at 800-833-6687
- Coupon redemption support, by emailing an inquiry to
What responsibility do students, faculty, and staff have after they receive their software?
Students, faculty, and staff who obtain an Adobe education product under the Student and Teacher Licensing Program from your institution are responsible for registering the product through the Adobe website. The website address and unique product coupon code are provided on the CD media. Registration provides students, faculty, and staff with a unique serial number, which activates a license to use the product. The license is personal to the individual, not the institution.
What happens if a student, faculty member, or staff member loses his or her serial number?
Students, faculty, and staff can send an inquiry via email toThey should include their name, address, school name, coupon code (found inside the product box), and the name of the Adobe product in question. A response will be sent via email within one to two business days.
What are the discount levels?
There is only one discount level under the Student and Teacher Licensing Program, regardless of the number of products purchased or your institution’s CLP discount level. However, your institution does earn points toward its CLP discount level for all software ordered through the Student and Teacher Licensing Program.
Adobe Creative Suite 5 K–12 School Site License
Adobe is offering all of its new Creative Suite 5 editions — including Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Production Premium, and Master Collection — through the K–12 School Site License program. The K–12 School Site License allows a school to install a Creative Suite edition on up to 500 school-owned or school-leased computers regardless of school enrollment size. School Site Licenses also come with DVDs that contain a ready-to-use curriculum, Digital Careers Teaching Resources, video tutorials, and other materials that help educators implement career and technical education programs for design, web, video, interactive, and mobile projects.
Who is eligible to purchase a K–12 School Site License?
K–12 School Site Licenses are available to qualifying accredited K–12 public and nonpublic schools only, located at a single address.
Can my district purchase a K–12 School Site License and distribute licenses to multiple schools?
No, a district must purchase a K–12 School Site License for each school that will be using the software. K–12 School Site Licenses cannot be broken up and distributed among multiple schools or school locations. For example, if a district wants to purchase Adobe Creative Suite 5 K–12 School Site Licenses for five schools within the district, that district must purchase five separate site licenses. The district or schools also have the option to purchase individual volume licenses through TLP or CLP from an Adobe Authorized Education Reseller.
Can I share licenses with my district office?
District offices cannot install software from a K–12 School Site License but must purchase volume licenses through TLP or CLP, as they do not qualify as an accredited K–12 public or nonpublic school.
Can I duplicate and distribute the curriculum DVD?
A school is welcome to duplicate and distribute the curriculum resources from the Adobe Digital Careers Teaching Resources DVD among educators within that school.
Can I duplicate and distribute the training DVD?
Duplication and distribution of the training DVD is not allowed. If you would like to use Adobe’s video tutorials on your website or in other materials, find out more about Adobe’s permissions and trademark guidelines.
What is included with each K–12 School Site License?
Deliverables include software licenses for the respective Creative Suite 5 edition. When purchasing a K–12 School Site License, you will also need to purchase one media kit with your license. The media kit includes a K–12 Site End-User License Agreement (EULA), the Adobe Digital Careers Teaching Resources DVD, and video tutorials.
Can a higher education institution (college or university) purchase a School Site License?
No, K–12 School Site Licenses are available only to K–12 schools and districts purchasing on behalf of schools.
Do K–12 School Site Licenses qualify for points under AVL?
Yes, K–12 School Site Licenses qualify for points under the AVL program.
Can Adobe Creative Suite 5 editions be broken up so that individual components can be installed on multiple computers?
No, a K–12 School Site License for a suite edition can be installed only on a total of 250 or 500 machines, depending on the license purchased. For example, it would not be permissible to install one Creative Suite component on 500 machines and another component on 500 different computers. It is permissible to install a subset of components on any of the machines covered by the license.
Do K–12 School Site Licenses allow teacher home use?
Yes, each K–12 School Site License comes with an additional 50 teacher home-use rights licenses. Software used at home by teachers must be used exclusively for teaching purposes related to the teachers’ employment with the school (such as lesson planning, classroom preparation, and so on).
Can I purchase an Upgrade Plan for K–12 School Site Licenses?
Yes, Adobe offers an Upgrade Plan for all Adobe Creative Suite 5 K–12 School Site Licenses. Contact your Adobe Authorized Education Reseller for additional information.
Do I have to purchase separate K–12 School Site Licenses for Mac OS and Windows applications?
Where applicable, K–12 School Site Licenses allow use of software on Mac OS and Windows platforms. Customers can install software on both platforms at their school provided the total cumulative installations do not exceed 500.
Where can I find additional information about the K–12 School Site License?
For more information about K–12 School Site Licenses, contact ScholarBuys today!