Land F/X Is Moving to Subscription Licensing

As of January 1, 2023, Land F/X will move to a subscription model for both pricing and licensing. The cost of a new license will drop to match the updated cost of renewing that license. That means when you purchase a new license, you can count on paying that same price for your yearly renewal.

Under this new pricing uniformity – $575 per year (about $48 per month) for Planting F/X and $875 per year (about $73 per month) for Irrigation F/X, billed annually – budgeting for software will be vastly simplified. In addition, the substantially lower price of a new purchase will make it much easier to add new licenses. For instance, let’s say you plan to have an intern for the summer: Providing a license for that intern will cost just a few hundred dollars. You’ll have the license for the rest of the year, and you can choose whether or not to renew it when the time comes.

Here at Land F/X, we do our best to keep our clients’ costs as consistent as possible. However, the inherent expenses of maintaining a growing and ever-improving software company require us to revise our pricing from time to time.

Since our last pricing increase in 2018, for instance, we’ve:

Hired a horticulturist to expand and maintain our plant data

Added content providers to upgrade and standardize our blocks, hatches, and details

Increased our technical support staffing to minimize your wait time and help you get back to work even more quickly when you run into issues

Hired an additional programmer to assist with Revit and other projects

Increasing our renewal costs by what amounts to a couple hundred dollars per year per license will allow us to continue offering the top-notch software and support you’ve come to know over the years. And just as before, you can always choose to switch to Local Data before your license expires to keep it functioning if you opt not to renew.

We know it’s never fun to hear about a pricing increase, but we hope the lower cost of a new license, combined with the benefits that come with our expanded staffing, will more than make up for this necessary adjustment. Also note that if your license is set to expire in 2023, you’ll still pay the current price if you choose to renew before the end of 2022.

In case you have concerns about our new subscription model, my line is open as always.

Jeremiah Farmer

CEO, Land F/X