I recently ran the numbers and found the following (taken directly from my report to the bean-counter gods) - these prices are based on a total of 70 licenses of products (A2k8, ACA2k8, revit arch 2k8, a2k8 LT and 3dsMax): What you have to look at in the long run is the ROI (Return On Investment). In DWG format, then subscription may not mean as much. On your own, so to speak, and you can use whatever as long as it comes out
May make sense beyond just the hard cost of the subscription plan. If your business requires coordination between other people orĬompanies that are or will be using the latest-greatest, then subscription Online knowledge base and all service packs, patches, bug fixes, etc.Īs for it being cheaper in the long run - in my experience it certainly hasīeen cheaper to stay on subscription than to wait for "the good deal" from a Someone work with you to resolve the issue. Support - meaning you can't submit trouble tickets to Autodesk and have With AutoCAD 2008, you will not get e-learning and autodesk technical It! Just check who's been cashing in at Autodesk, and how many millionaires 'Terrible business, IMHO, but the Adesk bean counters love
Skipped one, $1500 if you've skipped two, etc, so subscription end upĬosting you less. For example, $500 for next release, $1000, if you've So that now, even if you skip one or more cycles, they still charge you theĬumulative total. Well, Autodesk also changed their upgrade pricing scenario, So you say, "I'm planning on skipping a few years between upgrading, so why The upgrade may be $500 per release, (now yearly), SinceĪutodesk has gone to this dubious yearly release cycle, is's simply cheaper Unfortunately, the main reason to be on subscription is cost savings. That my software, which I'm going to pay $4,000 for, is going to get theįixes/updates that it NEEDS to correct bugs and software errors. I don't need all the other stuff that they offer, I just want to make sure If I DON'T get the subscription, what will I exactly NOT be able to do or Operating software where you buy the software and updates/patches are PART Get basic patches/fixes to their own software? Or is it like Window's Wrote in message trying to understand subscription and how it works. Whether Subscription is right for you (on a non subscription only product)ĭepends on how often you want to upgrade to the next version and how you Never known autodesk to restrict patches. What subscription does is get you the next release at no extra charge. The basic answer would be If you can go to the web site andĭownload a patch now - you could do it after you bought your software. What software are you talking about? Some are "Subscription Only".
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