ArcGIS Pricing

“If your not on an Enterprise License Agreement, it can be expensive If you are migrating to, this can be difficult.”

“The price tag on ArcGIS is equivalent to the cost to train a professional on QGIS.”

“I regret my purchase by the expensive cost, the complex method to licencing and the weak technical support.”

“Great return on investment for the services it offers (although the price could be brought down a bit).”

“The first thing is the cost, it is a very expensive software for countries of the underdeveloped world, so the professionals of GIS who want to use it, sometimes observe a big range of limitations,... … The main problem that is the transition from a trial version for one that had been paid, it was very expensive for the organization and limit the number of users.”

“Cost of the license.”

“As a positive, allows us to prepare a lot of projects As a negative, pricing is very high Our customers like the consultant products, but doesn't like the final price.”

“It requires a powerful computer to execute tasks quickly, because It uses a lot of RAM The costs of this software are enormous for the initial purchase price and the subsequent yearly fees for the... … You have to invest time in staff training Improve response times, which is a benefit for the company You have to invent a lot of money in the license and renovations Essential tool for spatial...”

“I also tried to do this manually using PostgreSQL which also has a free implementation however it was too difficult to set that up and it eventually made more sense to just have one named user... … We have one named user license with ArcGIS as well as Open Streetmap Premium to enable us to geocode addresses for what is otherwise considered to be protected health information.”

“Not suitable for the small business or study as the license fee is relatively high.”

“It is an expensive program that requires an investment that small companies can not cover.”