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Hobbyist/Maker Pricing Options

Hobbyist/Maker Pricing Options

I am looking for lower pricing options for non-professionals. The way software is going these days this is becoming very common and I would like to see it implemented in Inventor. I have tried many CAD alternatives and prefer Inventor above all of them, especially the cloud-based platforms. SolidWorks already offers a maker tier for $100/year which I think is a very reasonable price. I would like to see a similar pricing tier with Inventor even if it restricts some of the more advanced tools and environments as upgrades or add-ons.

6 Comments
swalton
Mentor

I suspect that Autodesk would steer you to the Personal Use license of Fusion 360.

 

https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal

 

It is cloud-based, so it may not meet your needs.

tstoutYZ3MS
Advocate

Word to the wise: I have tried Fusion 360, cloud based, for at home use. It is slow and clunky, to say the least. It also lacks some things that Inventor has. Fusion 360 is not the solution for this issue.

RajSchmidt
Advisor

I agree with you, @tstoutYZ3MS . But as you said, Fusion lacks some stuff Inventor has. So, if you want to have the functionalities, you pay for them. I’ afraid Autodesk will not introduce any “home” editions.

mikeh4
Collaborator

I would think if they're only charging $100 it's probably only so many uses a year or time period.

I would kind of equate that to a car.  When you drive to work every day you put on more miles and pay X dollars for the car.  So when you retire and don't drive it every day should you pay less for the same car just because you don't drive it everyday???

 

Did you look into flex tokens?  That's basically $8 per 24 hour period.  Essentially pay as you use it.  Just remember the tokens are only good for 1 year, then they expire.

 

Regards

Carlos.Dipierro
Advocate

estoy totalmente de acuerdo yo soy de argentina y hoy día la diferencia al transformar de dólares a pesos tengo que trabajar casi 4 meses para poder pagar la licencia yo trabajo solo y ya es casi imposible pagarla y en un solo pago me daría mucha pena no poder renovar mi licencia ojalá vean esta situación de muchos países emergente.

no digo 100 dólares pero400 o 500 dólares que en mi país son 4 salarios mínimos

885308
Community Visitor

Try this: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/solutions/users/hobbyists-and-makers/

 

Its free. Better to put money into your hobby than into the pockets of a few millionaires

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