ALL Crash Reconstruction Software Vendors Charge RENEWAL FEES!

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ALL Crash Reconstruction Software Vendors Charge RENEWAL FEES!

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This was spun off from Is msmac3D an annual maintenance/subscription?:

HVE? PC-crash? Virtual Crash?
ALL Crash Reconstruction Vendors Charge Annual RENEWAL FEES!
They are just hidden in New versions, New Products, etc, etc.
  • Since 2021 McHenry Software has LEASE pricing! See msmac3D LEASE Pricing information
    • 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!
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!
    which will then cost you $1000 to $3000 or more to get it fixed/updated/enhanced.
That is why we created the
  • McHenry Software LEASE program...
    • ALWAYS the LATEST VERSION
      and
    • ONLY WHEN YOU NEED IT
To REPEAT...think about it, if you are using an older version of ANY program in litigation against someone with a newer version, who will prevail?
  • soooo...
    • What will you HAVE to do?
      UPDATE of course!
      So why not simply call it an annual renewal fee?

  • msmac3D and msmac2D will be the main two products we sell and market. No new and improved products to make you buy something new.

    Below are a couple of pricing/version change examples from some other vendors
    Dec 2022 pc-crash pricing.jpg
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    Virtual Crash Pricing.jpg
    Virtual Crash Pricing.jpg (35.66 KiB) Viewed 5600 times