Is there a possibility for Dorico to be made available under the “rent to own” model?
This would help a lot in addition to bringing more dissatisfied Sibelius users to Dorico…
Is there a possibility for Dorico to be made available under the “rent to own” model?
This would help a lot in addition to bringing more dissatisfied Sibelius users to Dorico…
But that’s not what I asked lol.
I don’t need the trial version, I already know the program’s potential.
I want to buy the pro version but it’s expensive, that’s why I asked if there would be any rent to own option in the future, as this purchase model helps a lot.
I think they have a 40% discount right now.
Still not cheap of course.
Jesper
Yes, I took advantage of this 40% discount to buy the Dorico Elements but what I really want is the Dorico Pro.
Unfortunately we have nowhere to run…
While at Avid everything is subscription-based, here at Steinberg everything is exaggeratedly expensive…
500 euros for those who live in Europe is easy to pay but for those who live in other countries where the currency is not valued, it is very complicated.
I would have thought the competitive cross grade offer with the current 40% discount is a very cheap way to get Dorico isn’t it? (notwithstanding Dorico v6 being released at some point this year.)
I often use my credit card as a “rent to own” system.
Yes, I understand your point of view but not everyone has the necessary limit on their card to make the purchase…
I understand, thank you
I forget if Steinberg takes PayPal, but if so, PP allows you to pay in 4 installments, 2 weeks apart, with no interest.
I recall how pleased I was to get NotePerformer on a rent-to-own basis. I think it was the only time I’ve ever done something like that, and I thought it was great. No risk: I could stop paying whenever I wanted to, and my license would lapse. But once I had paid enough monthly installments to match the regular price, the license became permanent / perpetual. I might not have gotten it without this arrangement. IIRC, one was even allowed to pause the payments and re-start them later with no penalties. Brilliant. I’d say a good approach - from my perspective, of course.
Not so, per NotePerformer website.
Oops. You’re right. I either mis-remembered, or it’s been changed. In any case, it worked for me.
These are two different models, so it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison. You end up spending more on a subscription over time. However it’s not entirely true that Avid is 100% subscription, since after many customers complained they resumed sales of perpetual licenses.
So in comparing the equivalent software perpetual licenses, Avid’s Sibelius Ultimate is $599, and Dorico Pro is $579 at regular price. So Dorico is actually cheaper, and Steinberg development is a lot more active and hands-on than Avid. As for costs, I don’t think the price is “exaggerated” for a professional piece of software, which takes a lot of money and teams to develop. I remember when professional software licenses used to cost twice that…
All that said, I do also like the rent-to-own model and sympathize with your points. I feel like it’s the best of both worlds between subscriptions and perpetual, and something Steinberg could look into. There are some resale partners that do use a rent-to-own model for Steinberg, such as Splice.com, but their offering is limited to just Cubase and Backbone, which makes sense considering their market is largely music producers who use DAWs. Of course the deal is not so fantastic considering you have to subscribe to their service as well in order to get the rent-to-own pricing, so it ends up being about twice as much per month anyway.
Thinking of “rent to own” related to software, it almost is similar to a subscription model, because a new update is released so you want to continue renting because you decide you want the new version with all it offers.
Type of credit card then…
True!
Noteperformer is a great example…
The idea of a “perpetual” purchase assumes a never-changing computing environment, which just doesn’t happen these days. Progress drives change, and every app needs to be maintained like a car to keep it working. While Apple has the mythical ‘moving target’ OS, Windows and Linux are not immune from deprecations and changes to APIs and code libraries.
When you “buy” software, what you’re paying for is the work done up to that point, and some time-limited support of updates and help. Most companies will only support their latest version, which itself will only run on a limited range of hardware and OSes.
You may be able to keep using software on a given machine, and a certain OS version, but nothing is “forever” – as Finale users are finding out.
Every software purchase is a lease, at best.