As a member of a purchasing or licensing department, you juggle many tasks, which may include purchasing, managing, reporting, or overseeing your organization's compliance around licensing. You are tasked with obtaining the most cost-effective technology for your organization, while satisfying the needs of end users and helping them be as productive as possible. Adobe® Open Options licensing programs offer attractive features that can help you balance the needs of your management and end users.
Adobe Open Options licensing program benefits for purchasing departments
Efficiently manage total cost of ownership (TCO)
Licensing and operations professionals today know that measuring TCO provides the most accurate picture of costs within an organization. Discounts on volume orders of software licenses are a significant money-saving component that Adobe's volume licensing programs offer. Our licensees are rewarded for volume purchases with discounted rates. In addition, the ability to efficiently track assets and licenses through a centralized online system (LWS) saves time and resources that help contribute to your bottom line and bring down your total TCO.
Make smarter decisions
Keeping track of individual shrink wrap purchases, usage, and the future needs of your user base can be very difficult, not to mention an unsound financial strategy. Consolidating your license management via the Adobe Licensing Web Site (LWS) saves administrative time and resources, plus gives you peace of mind that your organization is complying with its legal usage obligations.
Maximize your precious time
We all have more responsibilities than we can easily manage these days, so take advantage of Adobe experts to advise you on the optimal Adobe licensing mix, freeing you to focus on your own customers.
Achieve budget predictability
Adobe Open Options Upgrade Plan for TLP and CLP members allows you to purchase the right to all upgrades announced or released for covered products during the Upgrade Plan term. What this means is that your covered users have immediate access to the latest and most technologically advanced product version and, equally important, that you can proactively manage your upgrade spending, helping you achieve budget predictability.
Streamline your purchasing process with CLP
For additional licenses of preinstalled software with the same version number, you can allow IT to install software as needed throughout the month, keeping track of the licenses that have been installed and that need to be ordered. At the end of the month, you place one order for the entire month's additional CLP licenses, allowing you to save money and resources by placing only one PO each month.
Aggregate purchasing power with CLP Commercial for corporations or creative agencies
Worldwide commercial organizations can aggregate purchasing power while extending their discount levels, both globally and to their affiliates and subsidiaries. The CLP licensing program for commercial entities enables organizations to include divisions, subsidiaries, and peers, even if they are spread around the world. Affiliates can choose to be "self-enrolled" and set up their own affiliate-level agreement and receive their own serial numbers. Alternatively, affiliates can choose to be "member-listed" and buy using the same agreement and serial numbers as their Program Member. In either case, all affiliate purchases contribute points to the Program Member–level CLP membership, with the same discount level applying to all participants in the membership. For further details on membership and CLP Commercial program components, visit the program page terms and conditions or view the Adobe Open Options CLP 4.5 Volume Licensing Program Guide (PDF, 144k).
Note: CLP Government and CLP Education programs are offered regionally and contain their own program terms and conditions.
Not sure which volume licensing program is right for you? Visit the Compare Programs page for a list of benefits and a comparison of TLP and CLP program features.
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