Maintenance Contract
Must you have a maintenance contract to UPDATE and UPGRADE?
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I found this Bricsys web page that answers my question. Without the contract you can update but you need the contract to upgrade.
https://www.bricsys.com/en-eu/maintenance?srsltid=AfmBOorvtIyGrh-Xq973BtVaelv6-e5wEOeRf6oNSi9AmpT-42QmE7d4
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That Maintenance web page is hard to understand. But yes, it does seem to say that if you have a perpetual license that's no more than 3 years old then you can purchase an upgrade to the newest version, even if you don't have a maintenance contract. And it says that a year of maintenance will be included with the purchase. So it won't be cheap.
It also seems to say that if you DO have a maintenance contract, then you don't need to buy an upgrade. Apparently the maintenance contract gives you not only the minor upgrades, such as 25.2.09, but also the major upgrades, i.e. 25, 26, 27 etc. It says "including all major and minor updates during the contract period." That makes the maintenance contract seem very similar to a subscription.
And apparently a maintenance contract is cheaper than buying just the upgrade -- 60% cheaper than buying an upgrade each year, and cheaper "even if you upgrade to the latest version every 3 years." And if you don't upgrade at least every 3 years, then you'll have to buy a new license.
The prices of new licenses are already high enough to make contracts and subscriptions the only sensible choices. So from now on, the only reason to buy an upgrade for a perpetual license is if it's the last upgrade you'll ever buy.
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