Aviary Rips Off Private Beta Tag; Offers Discount on Actual Business Model

Last night we asked if Adobe has lost its mind with regards to their pricing model for Creative Studio 4. Today NYC-based Aviary has announced that they have released their set of apps to the public and removed the private beta sticker.

Mashable notes, “new features include Peacock, a special effects creator, and Toucan, a color manager that lets you create and find swatches that you can store online and use in the editor. One of the biggest new additions to the newly launched Aviary service is a vector editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, which will only be available to subscribers.”

Aviary has also released their pricing model which ranges from a limited version for free through a full version for $150/yr. If you use this special link, you can grab a $55 discount on a yearly membership.

We’ve written about Aviary before including Aviary co-founder Michael Galpert’s guest post on “What do you pay for?” where he looks at free vs. paid services.