Will you buy an SDK priced at over $1000 per year?

xulihang · Jul 11, 2022

I work for a software company that develops SDKs like Aspose.Barcode.

Most of the SDKs are priced at over $1000 per year.

I wonder if B4X users will choose to buy such SDKs.

Personally, I will not if my app can only make $6000 per year, and buying the SDK won't enhance my app very much.

The price seems okay for a company. But I think B4X users are mostly independent developers.

JohnC · Jul 11, 2022

I might pay $1000 for a single-year "subscription" if:

1) I get to download and use as many of their SDK's as I want
2) The SDK's are royalty free to use (even after the year is over)
2) After the year ends, I can still use the version of the SDK's I downloaded during the year in as many of my apps as I want.

EnriqueGonzalez · Jul 11, 2022

xulihang said:
I work for a software company that develops SDKs like Aspose.Barcode.

i like the ASPOSE products they are very easy to work with and very reliable, i have used them because the company where i worked had some licenses (pretty sure these were pirated) the price is so steep that for me is like they do not even exists

I am not saying that they are not worth it, i think they are but is like trying to invite the queen of the prompt to dance.

xulihang said:
I wonder if B4X users will choose to buy such SDKs.

i do wonder too! its a good question, most of us were used to pay AnywhereSoftware anyway

xulihang said:
mostly independent developers.

you are correct

aeric · Jul 11, 2022

I always think why people willing to spend thousands for hardware but not on software.

Magma · Jul 11, 2022

It depends... If SDK is doing the job and income is always higher than outcome.

There are some SDK I would love to see them work at B4X.

For example I would like to see a Tapi and a voip sdk with many compression.

Sandman · Jul 11, 2022

It depends on the business case, the question doesn't contain enough information for me.

However, if it was rephrased as "Can you imagine a situation where it would be reasonable to buy a SDK priced at over $1000 per year?" then I would answer yes.

ilan · Jul 11, 2022

the cost price is not a question, the real question is how much income it will gain.

rabbitBUSH · Jul 14, 2022

xulihang said:
Most of the SDKs are priced at over $1000 per year.

ilan said:
the cost price is not a question,

My guess is that many of the members and B4X users are from countries where the G.Almighty Dollar exchange rate is simply prohibitive (current rate here would mean 17,000 +- in local currency - PER SDK).

Sandman said:
It depends on the business case

On the basis on which most / many / all of us work - there simply couldn't be a business case - if there was - you're not in this league you're in a corporate.

Will you buy an SDK priced at over $1000 per year?