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People who use the software professionally to make money. There is a market segment between enthusiast and enterprise where people pay real money for software

by zxcmx 9y ago

People who use the software professionally to make money. There is a market segment between enthusiast and enterprise where people pay real money for software which supports their freelancing and consulting. Hex-rays and (and formerly photoshop) fit in this category. Similar things might be wireless site survey software, antenna/ EM modelling, CAD, all kinds of engineering software really. "Pro versions" of security software, landscaping software, you name it.

giancarlostoro 9y ago
This right here. This is why I bought all the JetBrains IDE's as a personal license, aside from my student graduation discount, all these IDE's allow me to be seriously productive at work. I do not regret buying JetBrains at all, had it been a thousand dollars I would of probably have thought twice, but the value it returns to me is worth it honestly. I'm definitely more productive with the JetBrains toolset.
- diamondo25 9y ago
  Exactly the same for me. Although I do not use all tools at the same time, I still feel the money was worth it. I have thought to do the same with Visual Studio, but VS Community Edition + ReSharper is basically VS Ultimate. For HexRays... Its a really high price, and its software I don't make full use of, so i just keep working on the older, leaked versions instead.
  - giancarlostoro 9y ago
    I don't use every tool, but I still find it worth it. I mostly use PyCharm, WebStorm, DataGrip (if you do any SQL work give it a try!) and of course ReSharper. I don't see Rider as "ready" yet, seems to not support opening up some of my .NET Core solutions still. Hoping it becomes stable and usable like regular VS.
hkmurakami 9y ago
Matlab/Mathematica and its ecosystem of plugins as well.
SyneRyder 9y ago
Another category is audio software plugins (aka VSTs / AudioUnits), which are sometimes sold in bundles of $1000 or more. The plugins often cost more than the software that runs the plugins. Take a look at the Waves bundles: https://www.waves.com/bundles#sort:path~type~order=.hidden-price~number~desc https://www.waves.com/bundles#sort:path~type~order=.hidden-p... Or some of the iZotope products: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-post-production-suite.html https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-post-... Certainly many of their customers are recording studios, but a lot are individuals. If you're a voice-over artist or producer, you probably don't mind spending this much if you're making money with it and it saves you time. If you're a professional, you're probably spending $1000+ just on a microphone anyway.
earenndil 9y ago
That makes sense. But why that? It seems like it would make a lot more sense to market to hobbyists, of which there are a lot more of (as jetbrains and newly adobe have done), or to large companies which will pay a significant sum to give all their employees access to the software.

by zxcmx 9y ago

giancarlostoro 9y ago

This right here. This is why I bought all the JetBrains IDE's as a personal license, aside from my student graduation discount, all these IDE's allow me to be seriously productive at work. I do not regret buying JetBrains at all, had it been a thousand dollars I would of probably have thought twice, but the value it returns to me is worth it honestly. I'm definitely more productive with the JetBrains toolset.

diamondo25 9y ago
Exactly the same for me. Although I do not use all tools at the same time, I still feel the money was worth it. I have thought to do the same with Visual Studio, but VS Community Edition + ReSharper is basically VS Ultimate. For HexRays... Its a really high price, and its software I don't make full use of, so i just keep working on the older, leaked versions instead.
- giancarlostoro 9y ago
  I don't use every tool, but I still find it worth it. I mostly use PyCharm, WebStorm, DataGrip (if you do any SQL work give it a try!) and of course ReSharper. I don't see Rider as "ready" yet, seems to not support opening up some of my .NET Core solutions still. Hoping it becomes stable and usable like regular VS.

hkmurakami 9y ago

Matlab/Mathematica and its ecosystem of plugins as well.

SyneRyder 9y ago

Another category is audio software plugins (aka VSTs / AudioUnits), which are sometimes sold in bundles of $1000 or more. The plugins often cost more than the software that runs the plugins. Take a look at the Waves bundles: https://www.waves.com/bundles#sort:path~type~order=.hidden-price~number~desc https://www.waves.com/bundles#sort:path~type~order=.hidden-p... Or some of the iZotope products: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-post-production-suite.html https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-post-... Certainly many of their customers are recording studios, but a lot are individuals. If you're a voice-over artist or producer, you probably don't mind spending this much if you're making money with it and it saves you time. If you're a professional, you're probably spending $1000+ just on a microphone anyway.

earenndil 9y ago

That makes sense. But why that? It seems like it would make a lot more sense to market to hobbyists, of which there are a lot more of (as jetbrains and newly adobe have done), or to large companies which will pay a significant sum to give all their employees access to the software.