Adobe reports record revenue (again) + list of Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop alternative

• 6 years ago
• Categories: Adobe
• Tags: Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop alternatives, Adobe reports record revenue, financial results

This is my sixth "Adobe reports record revenue (again)" post and while I am very happy that Adobe is doing well, I think they should bring back the standalone licensing option for their photo editing software if they really care about their customers (they won't and they don't) - not everyone wants to be locked to a monthly payment plan forever.

Here is a list of Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop alternatives:

• Luminar
• Affinity photo (now 30% off)
• Photlemur
• ON1 Photo RAW
• Capture One
• Alien Skin
• DxO PhotoLab
• DxO Optics
• Corel PaintShop Pro (Windows only)
• GIMP
• Pixelmator (Mac only)
• Photo Mechanic
• LightZone
• Raw Photo Processor
• Photo Ninja
• Nikon Capture NX-D (now with “Color Control Point” feature)
• Iridient Digital
• Nik Collection
• Corel Aftershot Pro
• DarkTable (now also available for Windows)
• Raw Therapee
• Silkypix
• ACDSee Photo Studio (Windows only)
• AKVIS AliveColors
• Photivo
• Hdrsoft Photomatix Pro 6.0

And here are the latest Adobe financial highlights:

• Adobe achieved record quarterly revenue of $2.29 billion in its third quarter of fiscal year 2018, which represents 24 percent year-over-year revenue growth.
• Diluted earnings per share was $1.34 on a GAAP-basis, and $1.73 on a non-GAAP basis.
• Digital Media segment revenue was $1.61 billion, with Creative revenue growing to $1.36 billion and Document Cloud achieving record revenue of $249 million, which represents 21 percent year-over-year growth.
• Digital Media Annualized Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) grew to $6.40 billion exiting the quarter, a quarter-over-quarter increase of $339 million. Creative ARR grew to $5.66 billion, and Document Cloud ARR grew to $744 million.
• Digital Experience segment revenue was $614 million, which represents 21 percent year-over-year growth. Digital Experience subscription revenue grew 25 percent year-over-year in the quarter.
• Operating income grew 32 percent and net income grew 59 percent year-over-year on a GAAP-basis; operating income grew 32 percent and net income grew 57 percent year-over-year on a non-GAAP basis.
• Cash flow from operations was $955 million, and deferred revenue grew 23 percent year-over-year to approximately $2.71 billion.
• Adobe repurchased approximately 2.9 million shares during the quarter, returning $714 million of cash to stockholders.