I dropped dead at that cost !
It hasn't even be Beta tested !
It needs so much doctoring from Studio.
Too many Royalties to pay for what Engineers don't use
Tanks ... Jean.

Same here.

SMath is great, I absolutely love the program. Unfortunately, SMath has some limitations compared to Mathcad, i.e. no autosave, tabbed interface, no embedded excel spreadsheets, and more. That is okay, as there are workarounds for some of those limitations, and the program was free (big incentive). However, with the license fees being almost as high as those of Mathcad, it would be difficult to justify choosing SMath. Furthermore, small companies or even small teams in large companies might find it difficult to afford multiple annual licences (regardless of the country of origin).

There is nothing wrong with charging organisations license fees, but with the fees being as high as they are, it will be almost impossible to convince my organisation to purchase any licenses.

Artur

Hi Andrey,
I just read about your decision on prices and functionality for SMath and I would like to ask you for a free Advanced license for personal use.

Best regards,

Thiago Pereira.

Hello. I think we can agree on it.
Please just e-mail me and copy this request into the email body. We'll be glad to help you and provide a free license till the date convenient to you!

Best regards.

Hello


As I already mentioned we will be glad to provide a discount to you - just e-mail me and copy your message from the forum.
You are absolutely right - this price is for teams who uses SMath Studio in their daily work with commercial purposes. For individuals who uses software alone and just want to remove watermarks Advanced version for $48 is a good enough choice I believe (please, let me know if not).

I want to be clear: we don't want to shock everyone who believed in us, we are ready to provide you convenient conditions and even free licenses... please just talk to us. The thing is that some people wants to pay because they just can support development, others can not, but we want to work with any client and that is why we are ready to be flexible here.

Best regards.

Ty, m8. Cheers ^^

While it is very understandable that a fee be charged for this great program, the pricing, in terms of amounts and scheme, is very unfortunate. This is particularly true given the availability of Mathcad, Maple Flow, Calcpad, etc.
I was relatively satisfied using Mathcad Prime at home and at work, but was frustrated by being unable to use the single professional license while working either from home or from the office. I decided to switch to SMath, both at home and at work, despite the lack of polish and updates.
My company's license for Altair Simulation products also allows me to use Maple Flow (at no additional cost), but I wanted to support SMath and help it gain popularity. So I instructed my company not to renew the Mathcad license.
If the choice is now between paying nearly the same cost for either SMath or Mathcad Prime, then unfortunately the choice to return to Mathcad (or in my case, switch to Maple Flow) is clear.
Additionally, I absolutely hate the subscription model. I realize that it is the most profitable model for the company but it makes no sense to me unless the company is providing me with computing resources and continuous fixes/upgrades. I much prefer to purchase and own a version of the program. If the company continues to develop and enhance the capability of the software with features that are valuable to me, then I will consider paying to upgrade to the newest version. This is the model that the NVR software BlueIris uses. I am sure other companies use this license model too.
I hope you will consider restructuring the current licensing scheme.

Thank you.

Greetings,

I would just like to remind those people who do not like the watermark and who want to use the program for 'free' (or at least as an unrestricted personal use): You can always install one of the previous Stable versions (e.g., v0.99.7822 was the last version that had the simple EULA with no restrictions on personal/commercial use).

You will have to remember to uncheck the option: "Check for Updates" as you are locking yourself into an older version; but each version does have is own EULA (not the current EULA). You will be running an outdated version with those bugs/issues that have since been resolved/improved in the v1.00+ versions, but you will not have the waterstamp.


May this be of Good Help;
⚜ Kenny Lemens, P.E. ᵂᴵ

Edited by user 27 September 2023 17:56:38(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

That is really unethical! Shame on you for even proposing this. I suggest you re-read Wisconsin's state PE code of ethics, and carefully. Are you even current on your CEU's- perhaps you want to take and pay attention to a proper, in-person, live ETHICS course this biennium.

Bottom line, if you are using this as a tool for your work, you gotta pay. Its not different than the tithe you pay for your license or other analysis tools.

sinneD

Edited by user 07 November 2023 12:44:52(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Dude, chill.
I know Andrey monetized SMath because of financial difficulities of him.
Yet in the past he also said "Smath will always be free".
I presume that's why a lot of people contributed to the project.
I am not saying "he can't do this". Smath is his child, he can do whatever he wants.
But I understand people who wishes Smath to stay as free-to-use.