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Adobe Premiere Pro

Name: Adobe Premiere Pro
Price: 22.99 USD

Subscription video editor for Windows and Mac with multicam, captions from speech and shared team projects.

34/100

#11 of 12 video editors
Facts checked 8 Oct 2026

In short

Premiere is sold only as a membership; there is no one-time licence¹.
The plan starts at US$22.99 a month, annual plan billed monthly, for the first year and for new subscribers only¹.
A seven-day free trial of the desktop editor is offered; there is no free desktop version¹.
Speech to Text captions are included in the subscription, with currently no set limit for individual subscribers' own projects⁸.
Team Projects for shared timelines comes with all Creative Cloud subscriptions⁷.

Premiere Pro suits editors who accept a subscription in return for multicam editing, Speech to Text and shared Team Projects^4,7,8. The first-year price is US$22.99 a month for new subscribers, and the page does not state the price after that¹. The catch: there is no one-time licence or free desktop version, and the US government's billing case against Adobe settled in 2026^13,14.

Best for: Editors who want a subscription editor that works with team projects and Adobe's other apps.

Where the points come from

Systems6 of 10

Price and licence0 of 30

Output0 of 16

Editing tools28 of 44

Systems 6 of 10 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Other systems	macOS, iOS, AndroidFree trial works on macOS and Windows; a separate free mobile app for iOS and Android^9,10.	6 / 10

Price and licence 0 of 30 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Free version	NoThe desktop editor has no free plan, only a seven-day free trial¹.	0 / 8
One-time licence	NoPremiere is available only as a membership¹.	0 / 6
Cheapest paid plan	Not publishedUS$22.99 a month is first-year, new-subscribers-only; the regular price is not stated¹.	0 / 12
Open-source apps	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's Premiere pages^1,3.	0 / 4

Output 0 of 16 points

Rule	What is published	Points
4K export	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pages^1,3.	0 / 4
8K export	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pages^1,3.	0 / 3
10-bit and HDR	Not publishedHDR appears only on the Color Mode page, which is a beta¹². 10-bit not found^1,5.	0 / 4
GPU-accelerated export	Not publishedPages mention GPU-accelerated effects and scopes, not hardware encoding or decoding^5,6.	0 / 5

Editing tools 28 of 44 points

Rule	What is published	Points
Multi-camera editing	YesGroup and play multiple camera clips, synced by audio waveform, timecode or markers⁴.	6 / 6
Colour grading with scopes	YesHardware-accelerated Lumetri scopes: Vectorscope, Histogram, Parade and Waveform⁵.	6 / 6
Automatic captions	YesSpeech to Text is included in the Premiere subscription, with currently no set limit for individuals⁸.	5 / 5
Motion tracking	YesTracking tools let you track objects for targeted adjustments⁶.	4 / 4
Multitrack audio and noise reduction	Not publishedA Reduce Noise effect is listed¹¹; the number of audio tracks is not found on the vendor's pages¹¹.	0 / 4
Proxy editing	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pages^1,3,4.	0 / 4
Third-party plug-ins	Not publishedFeatures page mentions over 400 third-party apps and integrations, not plug-in support³.	0 / 4
Shared projects	YesTeam Projects is available with all Creative Cloud subscriptions, for shared timelines⁷.	3 / 3
Green-screen keying	YesCompositing tools can replace green screens⁶.	4 / 4
Video stabilisation	Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pages^3,6.	0 / 4

The rule behind each line: how we score video editors.

Plans and prices

As the vendor lists them, before tax. Prices are in US dollars unless the plan shows euros; the points use US dollars, with euros converted at the ECB rate.

Plan	Price as listed	Per month	Notes
Premiere (annual, billed monthly)1 person	US$22.99/month, first year only¹	$22.99	New subscribers only; later price not stated
Creative Cloud Pro (annual, billed monthly)1 person	US$34.99/month for 3 months, then US$69.99¹	$69.99	Includes Premiere and 20+ other apps
Premiere free trial1 person	Free for 7 days¹	$0	Converts to a paid membership unless cancelled

Adobe shows US$22.99 a month for Premiere as a first-year, new-subscriber price and does not state the price after year one¹. Prices in other countries differ².

Strengths

Speech to Text is included in the subscription, with currently no set limit for individual use⁸.
Multicam clips can be synced by audio waveform, timecode or markers⁴.
Lumetri scopes include Vectorscope, Histogram, Parade and Waveform⁵.
Team Projects lets editors share timelines⁷.
A free mobile editing app exists for iOS and Android¹⁰.

Limits

Premiere is available only as a membership, with no perpetual licence¹.
The US$22.99 price is for the first year and for new subscribers only; the later price is not shown¹.
The desktop editor has no free version, only a seven-day trial that converts to a paid plan¹.
Adobe settled a US government case over its early termination fee and cancellation process in March 2026^13,14.

Concerns on record

In June 2024 the US Department of Justice filed a complaint against Adobe and two executives over how the early termination fee and cancellation were presented. In March 2026 Adobe agreed to pay $75 million and provide $75 million in free services, and denied wrongdoing^13,14.