195$ is a brazen, overpriced pricepoint for xenforo

[Mr Lucky]

A little late to the thread but I don't think it's overpriced at all. The fact that it comes with a year of updates but your not set back by some wack subscription model but have a version you can keep and never pay a cent again if you didn't want to

Exactly. There is no necessity to upgrade after a year and if you don’t need to do that think of the cost savings over an annual sub. When you consider this the xenForo price can be quite versatile.

You could buy a licence for $195 and renew very year at 60. Cost for 10 years = £73.50 a year. If you decide you don't need to update every year and instead update every other year, it's $43.50 Not what I call brazen

 

[mjda]

IMO, Xenforo is far too cheap. I'm surprised they haven't gone for a full subscription model for self hosted yet. Has to be worth at least 25 quid a month.

So, basically, you think they should almost double the cost of the full license, then make us pay that every year? Because, right now, I could buy a brand new license every year for much less than 25 quid/month. That'd be an insane price hike that would almost certainly cost a TON of customers.

Regular reminder that we have no active plans to change the self hosted license model.

 

[JamesBrown]

So, basically, you think they should almost double the cost of the full license, then make us pay that every year? Because, right now, I could buy a brand new license every year for much less than 25 quid/month. That'd be an insane price hike that would almost certainly cost a TON of customers.

£23.50 ?

 

[mjda]

£23.50 ?

Yeah, for me that'd be about $30/month, which comes out to $360/year. A new license costs me $175. Even if I payed full price of $195, still much cheaper than $30/month.

Kind of a moot point, anyways, considering Chris confirmed they're not considering any changes and, even if they were, this is almost certainly not what they'd settle on.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

That'd be an insane price hike that would almost certainly cost a TON of customers.

Yup. I would import my forum into Wordpress and do away with all costs beyond server.

 

[Arantor]

Yup. I would import my forum into Wordpress and do away with all costs beyond server.

Free forum software does exist and does a better job than most of the WP-based forums.

 

[Suzanne O]

So, basically, you think they should almost double the cost of the full license, then make us pay that every year? Because, right now, I could buy a brand new license every year for much less than 25 quid/month. That'd be an insane price hike that would almost certainly cost a TON of customers.

Stop panicking over it.

 

[Arantor]

Stop panicking over it.

You say that but it is a legitimate concern. Other platforms do have this sort of deal going on where letting the licence lapse can be grounds for losing it entirely.

Do we think XF is going there? Unlikely, but never say never.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

This thread is becoming more trolling by the day.

 

[mjda]

Stop panicking over it.

Who's panicking? Certainly not me! I couldn't care less what they do because it's not something I can control. If the time comes that they do decide a price increase is necessary, I'll evaluate my options, and do whatever I think is best for my site(s) at that time, just like I did for the last price increase. Right now, I'm not the slightest bit concerned about a price hike. I'm just giving my input on a suggestion that someone else made.

Unrelated to this, specifically, but could you do me a favor and just add me back to your ignore list, please? K, thanks.

 

[Arnox]

Or even staying in the forum lane, go find out how much a Khoros licence will set you back, then tell me XF is expensive by comparison.

 

[JamesBrown]

Regular reminder that we have no active plans to change the self hosted license model.

Hey Chris, sorry my japing lead to you having to make this announcement.

 

[Suzanne O]

Who's panicking? Certainly not me! I couldn't care less what they do because it's not something I can control. If the time comes that they do decide a price increase is necessary, I'll evaluate my options, and do whatever I think is best for my site(s) at that time, just like I did for the last price increase. Right now, I'm not the slightest bit concerned about a price hike. I'm just giving my input on a suggestion that someone else made.

Unrelated to this, specifically, but could you do me a favor and just add me back to your ignore list, please? K, thanks.

You are panicking.
You need to calm down.

 

[Suzanne O]

You say that but it is a legitimate concern. Other platforms do have this sort of deal going on where letting the licence lapse can be grounds for losing it entirely.

Do we think XF is going there? Unlikely, but never say never.

Calm your farm.
Whilst we wait on the xf staff to bring us the new editor you should be discussing this with your members.

 

[Suzanne O]

Free forum software does exist and does a better job than most of the WP-based forums.

Yeah it does but he doesn't wish to go there.

 

[Arantor]

Calm your farm.
Whilst we wait on the xf staff to bring us the new editor you should be discussing this with your members.

Why? How often I choose, or not, to renew the licence should not be the concern of my members as long as the site is functioning correctly and does everything we want it to do.

My licence lapsed earlier this week. I currently see no immediate need to renew it. I don’t need to renew it until 2.4 comes out.

 

[AjayJunkies]

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Khoros, Salesforce Communities, and others are at a whole other level of enterprise pricing.

My licence lapsed earlier this week. I currently see no immediate need to renew it. I don’t need to renew it until 2.4 comes out.

This is an interesting point in relation to the original post.

XF clients can skip renewals, which will bring down your renewal cost. Renew every other year, and your annual renewal cost comes down to $100. Renew every four years, and your annual renewal cost comes down to $50.

XF can be a very cost efficient forum software accessible to virtually everyone if you plan a little and want to skip renewals.

 

[Suzanne O]

Even i have to renew tomorrow. As a cloud subscriber it's done monthly.

 

[Opus X]

but in the end, you're still a troll. You certainly aren't here to contribute anything positive to the community.

maybe you should review post history before opening mouth and inserting foot?
for stuff i can help with i do.
but i have not been using xenforo for years and years.

 

[Opus X]

Now you're just being silly. Subscription for self-hosted would kill XF. I would shift near immediately if any forum platform did that.

i could see where it might be nice for those that can not save the money to pay a one time a year renewal.
but it would be a head ache to keep up with for xenforo i am sure.