Adobe Express

Adobe's browser and mobile design app for quick graphics, social posts, short videos, and flyers. The free plan is genuinely usable for students who make a handful of designs a month.

Best for: Quick graphics and social posts

What you get

• Free plan (ongoing, no card needed): 100,000+ templates, 1M+ stock assets, 4,000+ fonts, basic photo/design/video editing, 5GB storage, and ~25 generative AI credits/month
• Free-plan limits: watermark on some exports, 300MB upload cap, and premium templates/assets locked
• Premium is ~$9.99/mo or ~$99.99/yr (100GB storage, 250 AI credits/mo) — check their site as Adobe pricing shifts
• Student angle: free for K-12 schools when the institution deploys it; a promotional 6-month free Premium offer for students has also run (region/time-limited, not permanent)

How students use it

• Design a flyer or post from a template in minutes
• Remove backgrounds and resize images with AI
• Make a quick video, PDF, or presentation