The productivity gains from just three features—Cloud Documents, GPU performance, and Firefly AI—will pay for the subscription within days for any professional.
If you’ve been in the design world for over a decade, you remember the boxed CDs of Adobe Creative Suite (CS). If you’re newer, you’ve only known the subscription-based Creative Cloud (CC). But for studios, freelancers, and old-school power users, the choice between sticking with CS (usually CS6, the final version) or moving to CC isn't always black and white. illustrator cc vs cs
| Feature | CS6 | CC | |--------|-----|----| | Cloud storage | No | 100GB included | | Version history | No | Yes (go back to any save point) | | Commenting from browser | No | Yes (Share for Review) | | iPad companion app | No | Yes (full Illustrator on iPad) | | Adobe Fonts (ex-Typekit) | No (you must buy or pirate fonts) | Yes (20,000+ fonts free with sub) | | Stock assets integration | No | Yes (millions of templates, images, vectors) | But for studios, freelancers, and old-school power users,
