My first reaction to this is gritting my teeth. But I went and looked and did the math. And I noticed that current users with a perpetual license (the "old" lic

My first reaction to this is gritting my teeth. But I went and looked and did the math. And I noticed that current users with a perpetual license (the "old" licensing model) can upgrade to the new pricing for the old renewal cost. EG: PHPStorm renewal $49 (personal) PHPStorm SaaS $49/year (from existing license, doesn't change) PHPStorm SaaS $79/year (promo) PHPStorm SaaS $99/year (after Jan 31st 2016) > Yearly plan special offer for customers who have purchased a perpetual license. Offer to be redeemed no later than Jan 1, 2017. For the terms of that upgrade: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/204249752-What-constitutes-an-Existing-Customer-Discount- https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/204249752-What... > 1. The offer is available to customers with or without upgrade subscriptions regardless of the subscription status, provided a customer switches their existing licenses to the new model before January 1, 2017 > 2. The offer only applies to switching existing licenses to the new model. Purchases for additional users will fall under the standard pricing > 3. Once the offer is used, the special price is available indefinitely until payments are canceled or paused. Emphasis mine. Looks like an irritating change, perhaps, but for existing customers you can lock your price in at its current renewal rate for the smaller products. The downside is that you will be renewing yearly, because if you pause the payment your rate might change.