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Archicad Subscription Renewal Pending - Worth It???

archislave
Enthusiast
My reseller has indicated that September 30 is the end of mysubscription. In fact, I am being told that this is THE time for EVERYONE to renew. Even if I renew in January my supscription will revert to October 1. This does not make sense.

They are having a 'special' discount of $150 or so and a discount on a very beginners training book. There are really no strong incentives for the supscription program except for the discount.

I think Graphisoft has moved to subscription to help even out their financial revenue and the time table and value seem arbitrary. The subscription / ugrade price of $795 is way over priced. I could see $495 which is what it cost last year.

What do you guys think?
Archislave



archicad 26.0 US, M2 Macbook Air
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I have learned the hard way to not upgrade for the first year of any new release. Subscription thus is futile. I also believe that the software’s advance will slow and much effort will be spent on multidisciplinary integration, code rewriting etc.

After what happened with 8 and then the lack of 3rd party availability on 9 it is a huge waste of time and $$ jumping in on new releases.
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Rakela wrote:
What if Archicad 11 comes out in January (let's suppose)?
"We are anticipating the next major Archicad upgrade to be released this summer. "
That makes sense then, January IS summer.
Gerald Hoffman
Advocate
I also agree with Albert. The whole subscription model for AC was based on a 12 month upgrade cycle or so I was told. That part still has to be proved out. Until Graphisoft can produce consistent (read 2 or 3) consecutive yearly upgrades I think it is premature to ask for money on a yearly basis.

Cheers
Gerald Hoffman
“The simplification of anything is always sensational” GKC
Archicad 4.55 - 28-Latest USA
2024 M4 Max MacBook Pro-macOS 15.5 (128GB (16 Core CPU + 40 Core GPU)