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Standard and single app plans can use premium AI features
Creative Cloud Standard and single app plans can now spend their credits on premium AI features; credits unchanged
What changed
- Creative Cloud Standard
- Was Before: Standard features only (paywall for premium), 25 credits
- After: Standard and premium features, 25 credits
- Single App (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and others)
- Was Before: Standard features only, 500 or 25 credits
- After: Standard and premium features, 500 or 25 credits
What this means for you
Premium AI features such as video generation and partner models no longer need Creative Cloud Pro or a Firefly plan, but these plans still come with few credits (25 a month for Standard and newer single app subscribers).
What you can do
How we know
An archived copy of Adobe's credits FAQ from May 18, 2026 says Standard and single app plans hit a paywall for premium features.
The version updated Jun 20, 2026 lists Standard and single apps with standard and premium access.
Monthly credits stay the same: 25 for Standard, 500 or 25 for single apps.
Sources
- Adobe Help: Generative credits FAQ (before, capture May 18 2026, last updated May 15 2026) · archived copy
- Adobe Help: Generative credits FAQ (after, capture Jun 25 2026, last updated Jun 20 2026) · archived copy
Full research notes
Adobe's generative credits FAQ (last updated May 15, 2026; archived May 18, 2026) answered 'Do all plans include access to standard and premium generative features?' with 'No, most Creative Cloud plans do not include access to premium generative features', and said 'subscribers to the Photoshop Single App, Photography 20GB, and Creative Cloud Standard plans will not be able to access premium features and will experience a paywall in the app when trying to use them (such as a partner model)'. Its table listed Creative Cloud Standard and single apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign, After Effects, Audition, Animate, Dreamweaver, XD) with 'Standard' feature access. The version updated June 20, 2026 ('Updated information about standard and premium features in multiple Creative Cloud plans') says 'Yes, most Creative Cloud plans include access to premium generative features' and lists Creative Cloud Standard and those single apps with 'Standard and Premium' access. Monthly credits did not change: Standard 25; single apps 500 for subscribers before June 17, 2025 and 25 on or after. Acrobat Pro stays standard only. The FAQ gives no effective date, so the date is the first version showing the change.
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