Is this news accurate?

[Chris Gilland]

Is it true, what someone told me, that ProTools as far as the monthly subscription cost is going up in price where instead of it being $29.00 per month, it's gonna be going up to $45.00 per month?

Chris.

[Rory McDonald]

I've got no idea, but it honestly wouldn't surprise me given the way avid are and have been going.
My opinion would be grab a perpetual where ever you can, then keep it until you have a reason to upgrade. New accessibility updates, new features, OS version is losing support etc.
Rory.
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> Is it true, what someone told me, that ProTools as far as the monthly subscription cost is going up in price where instead of it being $29.00 per month, it's gonna be going up to $45.00 per month?
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[ianlr...@gmail.com]

Hi

It seems the price has gone up from $29 to $34 a month from the 1stMay. See following article:

https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/new-pro-tools-pricing-confirmed#:~:text=Pro%20Tools%20Studio%20month%2Dto,1%202024%2C%20a%2017%25%20increase

Best

Ian

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[Ronald J. Glaser]

Chris, it is 3499 not $45. That avid is increasing the price of for the Portals subscription, and my question would be like this. Would it be more worth to get a perpetual license for pro tools then having to pay for pro tools every month? What are the advantages advantages of that versus say the monthly subscription.
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[Rory McDonald]

A perpetual would mean continued access to it for years, assuming you had it on a physical ILocc and didn't have any computer issues IE: didn't upgrade your OS unless you needed to.
A subscription means you're always on the latest version, but if you have issues with your card, or something goes wrong and you miss a payment, you're screwed and can't open pro tools or any of your sessions.
I'm not a fan of the subscription model for most things but especially not for a daw. Thats my own opinion though. I'm sure others here think the opposite.
Theres also the rise in price for a subscription, which avid can and have done at any moment with little or no warning. With a perpetual you'd pay once and then have access to it until you wanted or needed to upgrade, whenever that is. Its a bigger downpayment, but its more use out of it at a time.
Rory


> On May 7, 2024, at 4:04 AM, Ronald J. Glaser <ronaldj...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Chris, it is 3499 not $45. That avid is increasing the price of for the Portals subscription, and my question would be like this. Would it be more worth to get a perpetual license for pro tools then having to pay for pro tools every month? What are the advantages advantages of that versus say the monthly subscription.

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