I just received an email that informed me that my CorelDraw Suite monthly subscription has almost TRIPLED!
I thought this must surely be in error and went to Coreldraw.com to see the latest pricing... has Corel gone bonkers? Are they actually TRYING to drive people towards Adobe products?
Both the once-off and subscription prices have escalated enormously. I don't think I'll be able to justify using Corel over Adobe to the boss anymore, especially after the v2019 fiasco where we literally found the software useless and a danger to productivity due to all the bugs...
Shouldn't Corel Corp be mending fences instead of burning bridges?
Well this just sucks of stupidity! Whose ego set these prices?
$69 au a monthAdobe EVERYTHING $76.99 au a month
And you can get parts of the suite for less, just $14 for Photoshop and Lightroom + 20Gb cloud storage.
Compared to other software... DaVinci Resolve is only $595 for the full license. And that program gets massive developer attention. And the free version is enough to crap on any Corel or Abobe video product.
It would be fair to say that CGS is worth $35 (at the most) if the pricing was to equal market expectation.
Corel would have to be THE market leader to get $69 and it so isn't. You wouldn't find "Corel Draw" listed as a important app on any job advert in Australia, where as they are all demanding competence in Adobe Suite. Corel can't price a product based on cash need when it is failing in market share and come up with profit.
Over charging and releasing software with issues doesn't grow a user base.
I thought that there was a $200 year option? US dollars anyway.
Yes, whose Ego set these prices! Look at the new owner of Corel (KKR & Co.), and you will see that it's just an investment Company, who ONLY looks to get the max benefit for the investment.And such Companies don't look at the deeper structure in a Company, but only what it actually has of potential to provide return of the investment.
Corel through it's long history, has always been a flickering Company, where it only maybe in the first 15 years, had a structured goal.
Corel has 35 years experince in the business, and look what the have moved to in development and growth. In reality very-very little.So I can fear, that by this new ownership of Corel, it's the beginning to the end.