Hi All, I have been notified that the software we use on the site here and on the Social Australia site has had a price increase:
I’m writing to you to let you know about a few changes to your Invision Community license.
Don’t worry, it’s not bad news, but there is a price increase, so let’s get that out of the way first and then get onto the good stuff.
We’re switching to annual renewals with a modest price increase. The new renewal cost changes are as follows (per year):
Forums: was $50, now $80 (increase of $2.50/month)
Blogs: was $20, now $30 (increase of $0.83/month)
Gallery: was $20, now $30 (increase of $0.83/month)
Downloads: was $20, now $30 (increase of $0.83/month)
Pages: was $30, now $45 (increase of $1.25/month)
Commerce: was $70, now $95 (increase of $2.08/month)
The above is in USD so what this means is the yearly license renewal for the sites has increased by 50%. Basically it means that it has jumped from $210 to $310 USD a year which means a jump in Australian Dollars from $292 to $431 for the same components.
Xenforo software has a yearly cost of $95 USD i.e. $132 AUD
So the software we are using now is $300 more than the software we use to use.
The question is...Is the current software worth the substantial extra cost every year...what do you think?