Autodesk has announced that starting next year they will be going with a new ‘simplified’ pricing model for upgrades and cross-grades.
Once 2007 becomes retired (as of March 16 2010), Autodesk will no longer offer a 3-tier price structure for upgrades / cross-grades to the current version at that time. Rather, all upgrades and cross-grades to the current version from previous versions will be 50% the cost of a new license, while cross-grades from a current version to another product will be about 20% the cost of a new product license. Legacy versions (versions older than 3 versions back) are not included in this and the Legacy program will continue at 30% discount of the price of a new product license when Subscription is purchased.
So let’s look at an example to illustrate this:
THIS YEAR
AutoCAD 2007 to AutoCAD 2010 $1795
AutoCAD 2008 to AutoCAD 2010 $1195
AutoCAD 2009 to AutoCAD 2010 $595
NEXT YEAR
AutoCAD 2008 to AutoCAD 2011 $1998
AutoCAD 2009 to AutoCAD 2011 $1998
AutoCAD 2010 to AutoCAD 2011 $1998
As you can see, this is a lot of different cost to you especially if you are only 1 or 2 versions behind.
So why is Autodesk doing this, well, it is to encourage users to put their licenses on Subscription. In the example above, Subscription costs $450 a year - multiple that over 3 years and you have paid $1350 versus the $1998 upgrade cost. That's a huge difference in cost to net you the exact same product in the end. Now, also remember all the extra benefits Subscription includes - extra software extensions, e-learning, web support access, license management, etc.
Autodesk has announced an aggressive promotion to help 'transition' you before next year's changes - details of which can be found at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=7176852&siteID=123112.
In summary, it goes like this:
Phase 1: May1 – July 17
30% off with Subscription
20% off without Subscription
Phase 2: July 18 – October 16
20% off with Subscription
15% off without Subscription
Phase 3: October 17 – January 15
10% off with Subscription
reg price without Subscription
This promotional pricing is applicable to upgrades and cross-grades from 2007, 2008, and/or 2009 going to a 2010 product.
NOTE: that the best period is between May 1 and July 17
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