Hey, put that pitchfork down! I saw you.
We're happy to announce a new way to access Alibre products - monthly and yearly subscriptions. Let me get right to the big questions:
What happens to my permanent license, my maintenance payments, etc?
Nothing. We are not getting rid of permanent licenses, and permanent licenses will continue to have optional maintenance. No one with a permanent license will have a single change to their software or the way they interact with us.
Why is Alibre doing this?
It's become obvious that many people, probably many of you, really enjoy the ability to plan your expenses and, most importantly, to always keep your software running if you decide you need to forgo maintenance for any period of time. We agree - that is not going away.
On the flip side, many customers are attracted to the predictability and ease-of-entry that comes with subscriptions. So, we're just going to have both - and you can decide which one you prefer based on what makes sense for you.
Are Subscriptions available everywhere?
No - subscriptions are currently available only for places in the world to which Alibre sells direct. Primarily the US and Canada. We have no timeline on rolling it out more broadly, as this will require deep discussions with our international partners.
How is this different from other CAD vendor subscriptions?
A few important reasons.
1) We do not keep your data - it works exactly like Alibre products work today, just with monthly or yearly renewals.
2) In the same way that permanent licenses have a grace period for talking with the license server, so do Subscription accounts. What does this mean practically? As long as you have Internet once every few weeks, you can use your software. That means you can get on a plane and use it, go on vacation, go in the middle of the Sahara - you get it. Flexibility is built in, so you don't have to worry about whether you have internet "right now" for your projects. Most subscriptions make you log in every time you use it, so you're out of luck with no internet. Not ours.
Hopefully this helps to dramatically expand the Alibre community as we welcome in tons of new folks. Let us know what you think
We're happy to announce a new way to access Alibre products - monthly and yearly subscriptions. Let me get right to the big questions:
What happens to my permanent license, my maintenance payments, etc?
Nothing. We are not getting rid of permanent licenses, and permanent licenses will continue to have optional maintenance. No one with a permanent license will have a single change to their software or the way they interact with us.
Why is Alibre doing this?
It's become obvious that many people, probably many of you, really enjoy the ability to plan your expenses and, most importantly, to always keep your software running if you decide you need to forgo maintenance for any period of time. We agree - that is not going away.
On the flip side, many customers are attracted to the predictability and ease-of-entry that comes with subscriptions. So, we're just going to have both - and you can decide which one you prefer based on what makes sense for you.
Are Subscriptions available everywhere?
No - subscriptions are currently available only for places in the world to which Alibre sells direct. Primarily the US and Canada. We have no timeline on rolling it out more broadly, as this will require deep discussions with our international partners.
How is this different from other CAD vendor subscriptions?
A few important reasons.
1) We do not keep your data - it works exactly like Alibre products work today, just with monthly or yearly renewals.
2) In the same way that permanent licenses have a grace period for talking with the license server, so do Subscription accounts. What does this mean practically? As long as you have Internet once every few weeks, you can use your software. That means you can get on a plane and use it, go on vacation, go in the middle of the Sahara - you get it. Flexibility is built in, so you don't have to worry about whether you have internet "right now" for your projects. Most subscriptions make you log in every time you use it, so you're out of luck with no internet. Not ours.
Hopefully this helps to dramatically expand the Alibre community as we welcome in tons of new folks. Let us know what you think
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