Hi everybody!

I stopped using Vectorworks because Sketchup is cheaper, better in 3D modeling and it has a big uses database around the world.

Vectorworks costed me about 3000 euro + a yearly 720 euro subscription. I wanted to made BIM drawings where I could generate all drawings from 1 3D model. The subscription made no sense at all.
They promised me BIM but it didn't work well, all I get for the yearly upgrade was a new version with no better BIM modeling tool. I hated it. So that's why I cancelled.

Now, as an architect, I use Sketchup with a tool called SKALP, to make architectural drawings with hatches that looks exactly the same as in Vectorworks. One payment of 59 euro for SKALP and free upgrades. That's fair!
The price of Sketchup for a business is very low, and something like 99 euro for a new version is very low as well.

I heard about Plusspec some months ago. I emailed them several times to ask about a version for the Dutch market, I never got any response. The price is horrible, it's even more expensive than Vectorworks's yearly subscription.
What I expect for a subscription, and what I expect before buying, is great service and to know the upgrades will be fast and good! I don;t know what I'm buying because Plusspec don't answer any of my questions.

I bought CONDOC tools, which should be used to make construction documents in Sketchup and Layout. Yearly costs are 250 euro. But here it comes, and why I hate yearly subscriptions, I don't get any help from CONDOC, no support, their website is horrible with a forum that almost nobody uses. The only way to get my answers is to schedule a 90 dollar 90 minute phone call with the owner to get any support. This makes no sense at all.
And now I receive 3 emails a week via their newsletter where they ask me to buy CONDOC. Dammit, I already bought it, I just need tips and answers to my questions to make it work!!!

It's all about marketing!!!!!! If you have something great, which Plusspec can be, make it available to everyone! Sketchup is used around the world and has millions of users. Ofcourse not all business and people will buy, but to make it work and to make it profitable, you need a lot of people to use it. You can't expect me to pay almost 1000 dollars yearly to someone I don't trust. Make me trust you, and answer my questions for example.

Why didn't Plusspec asked us what we would be willing to pay? That is such an important question!!!
If everybody wanted to pay like 200 dollars once, and 59 dollars for a yearly subscription to get updates, you know what to do. Make that work for you or stop developing it.

I understand that it took lots of money and time to develop Plusspec, but to earn it back in a short time to ask us to pay 1000 dollars yearly is just strange. See all reactions above, almost nobody will pay 1000 dollars yearly, even Vectorworks or Revit are cheaper... With this expensive subscription only a few people will buy and you won't make any profit. Nobody is happy. And 1000 dollars a year I expect to be treated like a king, I have input to make Plusspec better, I get updates all the time, we have scheduled calls with developers to make it better, you call me to ask how I work to make Plusspec better, I get the best tutorials from you to make it work, I get access to a Plusspec community to learn from each other, Plusspec will work for the Dutch market (we build different in Holland than in Australia) etc etc etc.

Hope this helps!

Cheers!