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#Sketchup classic license software
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#Sketchup classic license license

#Sketchup classic license software

Classic licensing is appropriate for folks who want only the core SketchUp modeling tools, and who see value in paying for about four years of software cost up front.

#Sketchup classic license pro

The desktop application is the same for Pro and Classic, other than a couple of extras that come with Pro.Ĭolin is exactly right, but I would like to add some additional considerations for you as well. With a subscription, we have to earn your business every year, over and over again. With a perpetual license, we only have to convince you to spend your money once. Subscription licenses align your needs closely with our business operations. And I assure you, we’re planning on being around that long as well. I think we really must have built a tool you love if you are thinking that far ahead. I’m gratified that you are planning your SketchUp usage on a ten year horizon.

We can’t sell something once that we have to pay to maintain over and over again. Which means we have recurring operating expenses that have to be shared with our customers. Cloud services require servers and bandwidth, and those take continuous attention from us to maintain.

#Sketchup classic license code

Which means more and more of our offerings will be services, not discrete compiled code that lives in isolation on your computer. Projecting forward, I think it is a safe bet that the internet will become increasingly wrapped into everything we do. If you let that contractor go before you have hit the four year break-even point, you are leaving unused value on the table.

#Sketchup classic license license

If you buy an extra license for a contractor you hire to help out on a project that lasts less than five years, you will have paid more to support that contractor than you might with a shorter subscription term. Remember to consider depreciation vs amortization on your taxes.Īdditionally, if you have to scale your team’s usage up or down, subscriptions will save you money over perpetual licensing. Perpetually licensed software is a capital expense on your taxes, where a subscription is an operating expense. Just a few additional points for folks who might follow this thread in the future.ĭepending on where in the world you live, the cost associated with a subscription is accounted for differently than the cost of a perpetual license. I think this simple analysis is one quite a few people are doing, and I’m sure since you’re looking this closely at our offer, you have done a bit more analysis internally to your business as well. As you can see, our subscription pricing is cheaper for the first three years, then modestly more expensive after five years. I’m sure that will be helpful to others as well.

Thanks for your detailed analysis, Julian.

Personally, I have no use for the carrots being dangled for subscription, besides I do not support subscription software in any event. Not to mention, as mentioned, if whatever reason you choose not to renew your M&S or SUBS (say a global economy crash as is the case now), you will not contravene licencing terms with the perpetual licence as it will keep on going as long as the OS and hardware will support it (lots of people still using SU8Pro, which is 8-10 years old I think), with the subscription licence you run out of use and it stops working no matter what OS & hardware you’re on. Higher resolution aerial maps? Good one, except there is also extensions that will do that for you, yes they are paid but the one I use ( OOB TERRAIN ) currently costs $9 (perpetual licence) and works very well. Think carefully if the carrots being offered for the extra money is something you really will use and if it is worth it, this is something you have to decide for yourself.