A word about Subscription

A word about Subscription – Although it is optional, essentially, if you are interested in keeping the cost of ownership to a minimum, it is advisable to consider the Subscription program, as opposed to the traditional upgrade methodology. Buying upgrades the traditional method either yearly or every few years will cost on average 25% more in some cases. Subscription is an annual fee which includes every new release automatically shipped to you at no additional cost directly from Autodesk. Compared to the annual upgrade costs, Subscription can save you anywhere from 15 to 45% (again in some cases), equating to a much lower cost of ownership. Subscription provides other perks for the entire year like unlimited technical web support from Autodesk, membership-only privileges and community resources such as webcasts, e-Learning, weblogs, prior version usage, home-use, additional software extensions, and access to beta programs just to name a few.

Please note that some products such as all Revit and AutoCAD MEP are Subscription-based products meaning that if you are not on active Subscription, there is no upgrade price offering to get current. Don't worry though, you can still get current at a "discounted" price over new license pricing as long as you are within 3 years of the current version. All you need to do is pay the missed years of Subscription. In other words, you either pay for Subscription now or pay later. But like always with Autodesk, the later is always more expensive - there is an additional 'late' fee attached to the later.

In summary, the Subscription program simplifies your license management, improves your budgeting, reduces your software upgrade costs, reduces your users’ learning curve, maintains or increases your users’ productivity, and always ensures you are using the latest technology.