

I’ve been experimenting with Atom lately and it is pretty nice. I am using PHPStorm since it’s version 3 and I am not going to renew it this time, for sure.
#PHPSTORM LICENCE PRICE LICENSE#
If you’re an existing license holder then you may find it slightly profitable to stick for the first two years because they said that there will be a 40% discount and 2nd year will be on them. Well, either way you’re pretty much fucked up. Even though V9 was released during your subscription, you will not be allowed to keep using it. You read it right, you will have to continue with V8 – not V9. If you start with, for example V8, and in the middle of a yearly subscription V9 is released, but you don’t want to continue after the end of your subscription – you will be given a perpetual license of V8. Moreover there will be pain if you don’t want to continue. If you go for monthly subscription, it will be like 141% extra of the current price. Now, if you want to do some simple math, the upcoming yearly cost will be a whooping 100% increased price. Or you can buy a new license for $199/yr or $19.90/mo. From this November 2nd, you will be able to renew it for $119.

Right now all users can renew their license at $49 which is a 50% discount rate of the original rate. JetBrains has sent me an email today, mentioning about the upcoming change in their licensing model.
