AutoCAD Pricing

[srinze]

I am trying to find out what a new seat of autocad has cost by year, and how much the subscription/upgrades have been by year.

Anyone know a site where this informationcan be found or have this information and would like to share.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:15:51 +0000, srinze <> wrote:

>I am trying to find out what a new seat of autocad has cost by year, and how much the subscription/upgrades have been by year.

The price of a new seat is "fixed" in that it does not really matter
when you buy it. On subscription/upgrades, if you do not do it
annually, then you have to get a quote from your dealer who has to
submit it to Autodesk. A figure is calculated and sent back to the
dealer who contacts you. This figure has a very limited life (a few
weeks only). If you do not accept that quote in time, the figure
changes.

So, contact your dealer to get clarification of the new seat price and
how long you have to accept a subscription/upgrade price quote.

[Anonymous]

Go to Adesk website and search for there local reseller, or check there
online store. If you are looking for "historical information" then your
reseller would probably be your best option, unless someone here has kept
track of the info.

ACote

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I am trying to find out what a new seat of autocad has cost by year, and how
much the subscription/upgrades have been by year.

Anyone know a site where this informationcan be found or have this
information and would like to share.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

The cost of an annual subscription is usually a few dollars less than an
annual non-subscription update purchase. It is really not enough difference
to establish a policy of buying or not buying subscriptions.

One problem that can arise without a subscription is that a firm decides
this year not to upgrade to the new software. Next year they figure they
can upgrade and save the money this year. That is not going to work.
Autodesk will charge them a significant fee for the skipped year at the time
your firm decides to make an upgrade.

Overall, it is better to just purchase the subscriptions as an annual known
operating expense. At the end, when the firm does some kind of final audit
of its accounts, say when it closes or is sold, the difference between
subscribing and not subscribing is not going to be of any significance.

Subscriptions provide the buyer with additional support features not usually
available to the non-subscriber.

When you finish your study and make a presentation to your firm, the chances
are that you have spent on your wages a sufficient part of one seat of one
year's subscription.

In summary, my opinion is that you buy subscriptions every year.

Jack Talsky

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I am trying to find out what a new seat of autocad has cost by year, and how
much the subscription/upgrades have been by year.

Anyone know a site where this informationcan be found or have this
information and would like to share.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Actually, it is approximately 20-25% less to be on subscription than to
upgrade for most of the vertical Autodesk products. There is still a
savings for bass AutoCAD

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"TALSKY" wrote in message
news:5545432@discussion.autodesk.com...
The cost of an annual subscription is usually a few dollars less than an
annual non-subscription update purchase. It is really not enough difference
to establish a policy of buying or not buying subscriptions.

One problem that can arise without a subscription is that a firm decides
this year not to upgrade to the new software. Next year they figure they
can upgrade and save the money this year. That is not going to work.
Autodesk will charge them a significant fee for the skipped year at the time
your firm decides to make an upgrade.

Overall, it is better to just purchase the subscriptions as an annual known
operating expense. At the end, when the firm does some kind of final audit
of its accounts, say when it closes or is sold, the difference between
subscribing and not subscribing is not going to be of any significance.

Subscriptions provide the buyer with additional support features not usually
available to the non-subscriber.

When you finish your study and make a presentation to your firm, the chances
are that you have spent on your wages a sufficient part of one seat of one
year's subscription.

In summary, my opinion is that you buy subscriptions every year.

Jack Talsky

wrote in message news:5543509@discussion.autodesk.com...
I am trying to find out what a new seat of autocad has cost by year, and how
much the subscription/upgrades have been by year.

Anyone know a site where this informationcan be found or have this
information and would like to share.

Thanks

[Kal-LT]

As mentioned earlier the best solution is to be under subscription.
If you have a significant amount of licenses to buy; ask your Autodesk dealer /reseller to give you the 3 years deal (you may have an additional 10% off). The subscription give an advantage financially (esp. the 3 years subsc.) over a year to year upgrade and like 400% off after 4 years ( after loosing the upgrade priviledges).
Hope that helps,