Trimble Raises Price for Sketchup Pro by $50
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Trimble raises subscription cost by $50 (USD).
Seems a bit steep but I guess there's nothing we can do.*The price of Pro and Studio subscriptions will increase on July 10, 2023, and your annual subscription charge will change on your renewal date.
Pro (annual subscription): $349 USD | £279 GBP | €319 EUR
Studio (annual subscription): $749 USD | £599 GBP | €689 EUR*
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I got that email too. The thing is I don't use the web browser, ipad app and all the other knobs and levers they offer.
I just use the OG app. I wish they had a standalone license or subscription without the junk.
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Remember when yearly maintenance was $120+/- and then they went Subscription and it jumped to $299?
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On the other hand this is the first time they've ever had a price increase for the subscription but prices for everything else have been going up all along. Less than a dollar a week. Passing on that increase to clients shouldn't be noticeable.
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@dave r said:
On the other hand this is the first time they've ever had a price increase for the subscription but prices for everything else have been going up all along. Less than a dollar a week. Passing on that increase to clients shouldn't be noticeable.
But for those of us who do not have "clients" they are pricing themselves way to high IMO. Since I am now just a hobbyist, I can no longer afford it so am kind of stuck with my 2020 version.
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With all these new functions and great improvements every year i think it's well worth it...
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@rich o brien said:
I got that email too. The thing is I don't use the web browser, ipad app and all the other knobs and levers they offer.
I just use the OG app. I wish they had a standalone license or subscription without the junk.
this.
looking at the list, to me (I'll stress this strongly, TO ME), trhe following is useless.Web
mobile viewer
ipad
layout
3d warehouse
connect
predesign
xr viewerall that to me is junk....
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@khai said:
... all that to me is junk....
As a hobbyist using SketchUp 2017 Make (according to your forum profile), the change in the subscription price has no impact on you anyway.
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@dave r said:
@khai said:
... all that to me is junk....
As a hobbyist using SketchUp 2017 Make (according to your forum profile), the change in the subscription price has no impact on you anyway.
Dave, Thats the Point
where's the incentive for me to pay a sub? hmm? I see a total lack of development in the application other than minor bug fixes. The current pro app is basically the same as the Make 2017 version, and that only differed from the Pro version in that a couple of plugins were omitted and different export options. Something the community fixed...
but, I'm coming to realise, that SU is not my future for modeling now. Don't get me wrong, I love it... but I have to move to something more exacting for 3DPrinting. (an actual CAD solution).
but for quick sketching, I love SU.
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@khai said:
I see a total lack of development in the application other than minor bug fixes. The current pro app is basically the same as the Make 2017 version ...
Evidently you have really kept up on the changes made since 2017. There's no way I'd give up the added features but them I'm using SketchUp commercially and put those added features to use. You've already indicated that for your hobby needs you don't need those features and that's just fine
@khai said:
but I have to move to something more exacting for 3DPrinting. (an actual CAD solution).
More exacting how? I have no issues printing precisely dimension parts from my SketchUp models. As an example see my thread in the 3D Printing forum regarding 3D printed screw threads.
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actually Dave I am uptodate on the delvelopment.. just beacuse you know next to nothing about me, does not mean you know what I know.
I have my opinion, you have yours. -
I know that you've just edited your profile to now indicate you are using a Pre-2013 Pro version.
We'll just agree to disagree.
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@dave r said:
@khai said:
... all that to me is junk....
As a hobbyist using SketchUp 2017 Make (according to your forum profile), the change in the subscription price has no impact on you anyway.
This is what I do. I have a dedicated computer for Sketchup Make 2017 because I've gotten so handy with it that I would hate to part with it.
I get it that software maintenance is expensive, and an aging product like Sketchup is likely to fall down the priorities list for a company like Trimble. I looked at their financials page (linked on their website) https://investor.trimble.com/static-files/d848716e-e452-4d46-9606-ac7163a309c7. I'm not an expert, but it looks like they are raking in ~1.5B per quarter after expenses. But yes, the price they are asking for an updated version of Sketchup is too much for my little pocketses.
If I was a bazillionnaire, I would buy Sketchup and open source it. I can only dream tho...
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