Is msmac3D an annual maintenance/subscription?
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:26 am
Update Mar 2021: Please see our new Subscription/Lease Pricing post!
2021: We NOW have LEASE pricing! See msmac3D Subscription/Lease Pricing information
We've changed our pricing structure to Subscription/Lease pricing, see below for information on pricing for other crash reconstruction software program vendors.
Other vendors claim 'no annual fees' yet either rename the product each year or charge annual update fees...why not be honest and simply charge a lease rate?
That's what McHenry Software is doing. Question/Comments please let us know!
Q:(email) Is msmac3D an annual maintenance/subscription?
A: No. We are now a lease based software vendor.
This is mainly so we as a company are not only driven by new sales.
We will not come out with new products or new versions and try to make you upgrade. We believe in providing all our users with the latest and greatest technologies.
Some software companies claim “no annual maintenance” and then never update or enhance the product and either rename it or change the version number or drop the product support.
We want to be up front and honest about our belief that it is important that all scientific crash reconstruction and simulation software users immediately have access to any and all improvements, updates, enhancements, extensions and/or corrections.
We also do not want to waste your time or our time trying to support multiple older versions of our product.
That is why McHenry Software now has a LEASE program...use the LATEST VERSION ALWAYS when you need IT
Hope that answers your question and you understand why we believe it is important to have annual maintenance fees.
Thank you for your interest in McHenry Software.
Please let us know if you have any additional questions or would like further clarification
2021: We NOW have LEASE pricing! See msmac3D Subscription/Lease Pricing information
We've changed our pricing structure to Subscription/Lease pricing, see below for information on pricing for other crash reconstruction software program vendors.
Other vendors claim 'no annual fees' yet either rename the product each year or charge annual update fees...why not be honest and simply charge a lease rate?
That's what McHenry Software is doing. Question/Comments please let us know!
Q:(email) Is msmac3D an annual maintenance/subscription?
A: No. We are now a lease based software vendor.
This is mainly so we as a company are not only driven by new sales.
We will not come out with new products or new versions and try to make you upgrade. We believe in providing all our users with the latest and greatest technologies.
Some software companies claim “no annual maintenance” and then never update or enhance the product and either rename it or change the version number or drop the product support.
- Any of those ways essentially hiding the fact that their users need to pay annually to keep current (aka maintenance) or work with older unsupported programs.
We want to be up front and honest about our belief that it is important that all scientific crash reconstruction and simulation software users immediately have access to any and all improvements, updates, enhancements, extensions and/or corrections.
We also do not want to waste your time or our time trying to support multiple older versions of our product.
- The folks who say they DON'T CHARGE MAINTENANCE FEES no doubt will have as their first question when you call for TECH support:
- ‘what version are you using’
and then say - ‘oh that is in the upgrade, update or new version!’
- ‘what version are you using’
That is why McHenry Software now has a LEASE program...use the LATEST VERSION ALWAYS when you need IT
- For a comparison, see
- ALL Crash Reconstruction Software Vendors Charge Renewal FEES!
- Note information on other software vendors split off Dec 2022
- ALL Crash Reconstruction Software Vendors Charge Renewal FEES!
Hope that answers your question and you understand why we believe it is important to have annual maintenance fees.
Thank you for your interest in McHenry Software.
Please let us know if you have any additional questions or would like further clarification