BIMcloud Discontinued

[Aaron Bourgoin]

We got confirmation that the upgrade to BIMcloud Basic has been discontinued.

Graphisoft: this is a hugely boneheaded move on your part. And the first one that I've ever felt the need to rant about in a public forum.

What are you thinking?

We don't want to have our projected hosted on your servers, but are getting advise from your Tech Support team that we might benefit from the features in BIMcloud.

Furthermore, you BIM Manager Course Team describe it as a product.

FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.

[Marcus Scott]

I don't think BIMcloud Basic has been discontinued instead it was compiled into one BIMcloud Installer file. When the installer file is run during the setup you can choose the BIMcloud Basic version and it'll work the same as the previous versions. 

See https://helpcenter.Graphisoft.com/Graphisoft-archives/83073/  for guidance in which at step "select product plan" you can choose BIMcloud Basic here.

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Basic is not discontinued, but the option to have a more fully featured server product managed an  in-house server - BIMcloud has. 

[Marcus Scott]

There are three tiers of BIMcloud:

BIMcloud Basic which you can install in house and is managed by the user. 

BIMcloud (we refer to it as premium in the UK) which again can be installed in house and managed by the user or hosted on cloud services. 

BIMcloud SaaS (Subscription as a Service) which is a paid subscription to Graphisoft in which the server is hosted by Graphisoft. 

Is this not the same in the USA?

[Lee Hankins]

I panicked when I saw this. I am pretty sure we have BIMcloud Basic, looked at the SaaS version but cannot justify the expenditure at present. What's the difference with BIMcloud and BIMcloud Basic? We installed it years ago when it was BIM Server and kind of lost track of how it has evolved.

[Marcus Scott]

You can see a feature comparison of all three via https://Graphisoft.com/solutions/BIMcloud 

BIM server was rebranded to BIMcloud Basic then the two new products BIMcloud/BIMcloud SaaS were released. 

[Lee Hankins]

Thanks for that. BIMcloud is the pay for subscription isn't it?

[Karl Ottenstein]

@Marcus ScottSaaS stands for "Software as a Service" (meaning a hosted product) ... NOT "Subscription as a Service".  Instructors in the BIM Manager Course also incorrectly call it Subscription as a Service.  Of course, typically SaaS is done via subscription, which may be where the confusion steps in.  But, worth not muddying the waters 🙂

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Friday's Cross-Canada Internet outage is one sure reason why the BIMcloud product should be sold and supported here in North America. No market for it? Sorry, but that is a pretty lame rationale you've offered.

[Huaralsheep]

Greetings, so if BIMcloud Basic for Archicad 26 has not been discontinued, where can I find the installer? On the International website I only see the BIMcloud-2022.1-26.0.222.3000-1.2-INTEL version, is this version compatible with AC26?