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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 29, 2012 at 09:58 PM
So I just upgraded to version 7, and was a bit surprised to learn there will be a subscription of $159 a year in the future (it cost me $99 this time) to stay licensed with the Pro version WITH the WebBrain synchronization. That feels like a lot of money to spend annually, but I’ll probably do it because TheBrain is that useful for me. Also, my desktop license will not expire if I decide not to renue, so that’s comforting.
I’d like the fee to be lower, but I also want the company to stay in business and continue to improve their product, so I’m willing to pay the price. Good software that’s well documented and has a long history of development is not always easy to find. Still, I wonder if TheBrain’s new pricing policy will cost them customers—as it seems to have with Alexander.
Anyway, the new version has some nice new features. The link system has gotten a lot more powerful. The calendar has been enhanced. And—this part I like the best—the syncing feature is much faster.
Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 29, 2012 at 09:58 PM
So I just upgraded to version 7, and was a bit surprised to learn there will be a subscription of $159 a year in the future (it cost me $99 this time) to stay licensed with the Pro version WITH the WebBrain synchronization. That feels like a lot of money to spend annually, but I’ll probably do it because TheBrain is that useful for me. Also, my desktop license will not expire if I decide not to renue, so that’s comforting.
I’d like the fee to be lower, but I also want the company to stay in business and continue to improve their product, so I’m willing to pay the price. Good software that’s well documented and has a long history of development is not always easy to find. Still, I wonder if TheBrain’s new pricing policy will cost them customers—as it seems to have with Alexander.
Anyway, the new version has some nice new features. The link system has gotten a lot more powerful. The calendar has been enhanced. And—this part I like the best—the syncing feature is much faster.
Steve Z.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 29, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Well. The price of the Pro license has gone done from 249$ to 219$.
Franz
Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Mar 1, 2012 at 08:36 AM
@Stephen,
You are taking my words, I exactly have the same feelings. $159 per year is a lot but compared to what TheBrain delivers and the benefits I have it is fine for me. It is the sum of the price of the previous yearly WebBrain subcription fee and the upgrade price around $ 80. It’s like a subscription for a daily newspaper as I am using TheBrain every day.
The pricing of the Pro edition only of $ 219 “Does not include cloud services and upgrades between versions.”
They have skipped the Core edition. Maybe most users are either using the free edition or are buying the pro version instead.
Dominik
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>So I just upgraded to version 7, and was a bit surprised to learn there will be a
>subscription of $159 a year in the future (it cost me $99 this time) to stay licensed
>with the Pro version WITH the WebBrain synchronization. That feels like a lot of money
>to spend annually, but I’ll probably do it because TheBrain is that useful for me.
>Also, my desktop license will not expire if I decide not to renue, so that’s
>comforting.
>
>I’d like the fee to be lower, but I also want the company to stay in
>business and continue to improve their product, so I’m willing to pay the price. Good
>software that’s well documented and has a long history of development is not always
>easy to find. Still, I wonder if TheBrain’s new pricing policy will cost them
>customers—as it seems to have with Alexander.
>
>Anyway, the new version has some
>nice new features. The link system has gotten a lot more powerful. The calendar has
>been enhanced. And—this part I like the best—the syncing feature is much
>faster.
>
>Steve Z.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 1, 2012 at 05:49 PM
:-) Steve, you are featured in TheBrain’s “in the news page”: http://www.thebrain.com/about/news/
Steve and Dominik, I have a question: if one doesn’t need web access to their ‘brains’, or to modify ‘thoughts’ from two PCs at the same time, is the web sync feature really necessary? Harlan Hugh has discussed this issue in the past here http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/1686/5 but I cannot fathom how file sync would not be enough in the above case (though I understand it might not be the fastest solution).
Again, my own needs nowadays are strongly centered around collaboration so I would need the web service in any case, but I’m looking here at the single user perspective.