Ariel Schnee
Active member
I noticed a XenForo license is now $ 160.
It used to be $ 140.
What's with the price increase?
It used to be $ 140.
What's with the price increase?
What's With The Price Increase?
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Martok
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The price increase was announced back in December.
xenforo.com
This is the first price increase for XenForo since its release in 2010. That's pretty good really considering most things have had several price increases in that time. XenForo is still good value compared to other forum software too.
Big December Summer Blowout!
Right, we’re fed up with all this Black Tuesday Cyber Saturday nonsense, so here, have a lovely chunk of discount on XenForo products until 2019. XenForo $125 XenForo 1 year extension $35 XF Media Gallery $55 XF Resource Manager $55 XF Enhanced Search $45 Note that the extension price listed...
xenforo.com
This is the first price increase for XenForo since its release in 2010. That's pretty good really considering most things have had several price increases in that time. XenForo is still good value compared to other forum software too.
Ozzy47
Well-known member
Inflation. Well worth it and not bad considering it is the first one in eight years.
wedgar
Well-known member
And considering the improved functionality and features of the software over eight years.
Ariel Schnee
Active member
Still seems a bit much to pay for XenForo 1.
Especially since there are plenty of places to get XenForo 1 for free. Not that I would. Those things are spywared/malwared/trojaned to the hilt.
Just that with support ending for XenForo 1 soon, seems a bit much to pay.
And don't tell me to get XenForo 2. I would rather walk in lava than use the ugly thing that is XenForo 2. Seriously, as far as the GUI is concerned XenForo 2 is a downgrade.
imno007
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Cosmetics.You can use other styles, edit the various elements you don't like. But personally I never thought that there was all that much of a difference between the stock XF1 look and the stock XF2 look: you'd likely still instantly recognize each as an XF forum. Not that I'm trying to change your mind, like what you want to like and all that, just saying it might matter a lot more to you than most of your forum members. And not that I'm trying to rob XF of the business, but really, if I were looking at either investing in a dead software that will never receive updates, with an equally dead addon development community, or investing in a completely different forum software....well, I know which I'd choose.
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HortonX25
Member
$140 * 1.0164 * 1.0314 * 1.0208 * 1.0147 * 1.0161 * 1.0012 * 1.0127 * 1.0214 * 1.0254 = $164
You're saving $4 using US CPI Inflation Rate.
I guess you could monitor exploits for XF 1 and patch them yourself, but that isn't recommended.
You're saving $4 using US CPI Inflation Rate.
Using out of date software means that security flaws won't be updated in the long run.
I guess you could monitor exploits for XF 1 and patch them yourself, but that isn't recommended.
Mr Lucky
Well-known member
So really completely irrelevant to any argument that a legit licence is overpriced. Which of course it isn’t.
Liam W
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And if you go by the UK inflation rate (as XenForo Ltd. is a UK company and its directors & shareholders live in the UK), they're even better off, with the price being $176 if increased with inflation.
My phone bill is going up by 2.7% next month, in line with inflation. Personally, I feel a $20 increase in 8 years has been earned multiple times over.
Snog
Well-known member
I have to agree with this and it's the primary reason I didn't take advantage of the sale when it was going on. I don't mind paying more when it's deserved.
Matt C.
Well-known member
That's like saying an older phone (or anything) should cost less because I could go out and steal one.
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Ariel Schnee
Active member
Spacebattles and Questionable Questing are still using XF 1.
I'm poor, crippled, and have no job. Save up how? I don't have any money. All I get is birthday and Christmas money sometimes. And lately I'm not even getting that.
Martok
Well-known member
Many of us would like things that we cannot afford - a flashy car, a big house etc - stealing them (which is what anyone who gets nulled versions of XenForo is doing) really isn't the answer, so saving for these or adjusting our wants to our needs is what needs to be done.
If XenForo is too expensive for you and is something you are likely to not be able to afford in the near future but you really need to start a forum, then take a look at some of the (legal) free solutions out there - phpBB, MyBB, SMF etc. You could get started on one of these and if your forum takes off then in the future if you still wanted you can convert it to XenForo, possibly with funding raised through donations on your site.
If XenForo is too expensive for you and is something you are likely to not be able to afford in the near future but you really need to start a forum, then take a look at some of the (legal) free solutions out there - phpBB, MyBB, SMF etc. You could get started on one of these and if your forum takes off then in the future if you still wanted you can convert it to XenForo, possibly with funding raised through donations on your site.
wedgar
Well-known member
Nobody is forcing you to go to XF2...
webbouk
Well-known member
I think the crux of it is xenForo is commercial software and that is something that some people forget or fail to understand. 'Commercial' comes with a price, it's sold for profit by a business and people who work for that business expect to get paid the same as anyone else doing a job.
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