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Adobe Creative Cloud is a subscription service from Adobe Systems that gives users access to a collection of software for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, and Cloud services. Creative Cloud is hosted on Amazon Web Services.

Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) works on a software as a service model, a monthly or annual subscription service delivered over the Internet, whereas Adobe Creative Suite (CS) was purchased via a perpetual software license. The CC is downloaded from the Internet, installed directly on a local PC and used as long as the subscription remains valid. Online updates and multiple languages are included in the CC subscription.

Adobe first announced the Creative Cloud in October 2011. Initially, they maintained the perpetual license model and released another version of Adobe Creative Suite (CS) the following year.

On May 6, 2013, Adobe announced that they would not release new versions of the Creative Suite and that future versions of its software would only be available through the Creative Cloud. The first new versions made only for the Creative Cloud were released on June 17, 2013.

Applications
The Adobe Creative Cloud retains many of the features of Adobe Creative Suite and introduces new features; foremost is the instant availability of upgrades, saving to the cloud, and easier sharing. In June, 2014, the company announced  14 new versions of  the CC essential desktop tools, four new mobile apps, and the availability of creative hardware  for enterprise, education and photography customers.

Brief descriptions of the applications available in Adobe Creative Cloud individually or as a complete package:
 * Adobe Acrobat is a software family dedicated to Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). Adobe Acrobat Standard, Adobe Acrobat Professional, and Adobe Acrobat Professional Extended all allow for the creation of PDF files. Adobe Reader is an application that allows the reading of PDF files.
 * Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems. It is often used in film and video post-production.
 * Adobe Audition is a digital audio editor that provides the modern interface and workflow of Adobe Soundbooth with the capabilities of Audition.
 * Adobe Bridge is an organizational program. Its primary purpose is to link the parts of the Creative Suite together using a format similar to the file browser found in previous versions of Adobe Photoshop.
 * Adobe Dreamweaver is a combination code / GUI web development application.
 * Adobe Edge is a suite of web development tools:
 * Adobe Edge Animate, an application that builds browser-based content using HTML5, Javascript, JQuery, and CSS3 instead of Flash.
 * Adobe Edge Reflow, a responsive web design tool.
 * Adobe Edge Code, a code-based HTML editor.
 * Adobe Edge Inspect, an application which allows developers to preview web designs on mobile platforms.
 * Adobe Flash is a software family dedicated to various Adobe multimedia technologies:
 * Adobe Flash Professional, a multimedia authoring program used to create web applications, games, movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices. It features support for vector and raster graphics, a scripting language called ActionScript and bi-directional streaming of audio and video.
 * Adobe Flash Builder, formerly Adobe Flex Builder, is an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform meant for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desktop applications for the Adobe Flash platform.
 * Adobe Flash Player, a free software application which allows the playing of standalone Adobe Flash (SWF) multimedia files.
 * Adobe Scout, a profiling tool for Flash SWF files.
 * Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor.
 * Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing application.
 * Adobe Muse is a web development program that emphasizes webpage building for designers without a focus of writing code.
 * Adobe Photoshop is a raster-graphics editor (with significant vector graphics functionality).
 * Adobe Premiere Pro is a real-time, timeline-based video editing software application. Its related applications are:
 * Adobe Prelude is a tool for importing (ingesting), reviewing, and logging tapeless media.
 * Adobe Speedgrade is a tool for performing color corrections and developing looks for Premiere projects.
 * Adobe Dynamic Link, which integrates After Effects with Premiere Pro.

The following services are also available:
 * Behance is an online social-media based portfolio service for creative professionals.
 * Adobe Story Plus is a screenwriting and film/TV pre-production online application which integrates with the Premiere Pro family.
 * Fonts from the Typekit family are available for licensing to members.
 * Web hosting and cloud-based file hosting storage space and service.

The video disc authoring program Adobe Encore and the web-focused image editor Adobe Fireworks were both discontinued by Adobe, but are still available as downloads via Creative Cloud.

Reception
The change from perpetual licenses to a subscription model was met with significant criticism around December 2013. Although Adobe's cloud-based model caused disagreement and uncertainty, incited annoyance and conflict. in the beginning, a new survey by CNET and Jefferies revealed that most of its 1.4 million subscribers  plan to renew.