In Slovenia a project like this starts from 2500 Eur and can go up to about 5000 Eur. Now, to understand better the ratio between earning and cost of an architectural office around the world I'm asking anyone to write the price your office is charging for the whole architectural documentation (idea + construction documents) for an average 3000 sqf single family house, nothing fancy? are NOT using Autocad because they simply can't afford it but would like to if it would be cheaper.
C: are using Autocad because they are forced to (due to client or someone's else requirement), think it's overpriced and would prefer a different (cheaper) software B: are using Autocad, think it's price is too high and would agree to have less upgrades and features for lower price. A: are using Autocad and think it's price is right Well, my intent in this post is to see how many people fit in one of the following groups: Personally I would find it acceptable to pay not more than 1000 USD for a full Autocad program, and maybe a 100-200 Usd for the subscription. I would much more like Autocad to be way cheaper and would easily agree for updates over 3 or even 5 years. Us, and probbaly 95% of other users would still be perfectly happy with the functionality of Autocad 2010.
I also think that software developement doesn't need to be as fast as it is now. I know many others who decided to go with pirated software for the same reason. A price we can't afford so we are forced to use "fake Autocad" - Brycscad, but its functionality is way behind the original and Autocad LT would not satisfy our needs for 3D modelling. We are a micro firm of 3 architects and in Europe a full Autocad costs 5250 Euros - that is 5668 USD. No matter what size of projects you need, you still use 95% of the software functionality. While a huge architectural or engineering firms can afford this because of well paid big projects, small firms are completely lost.
Personally I think their software is way way too expensive. Of course I'm aware that they are a private firm and the market decides the final price, but being a (non official) industry standard it is hard to avoid their software if you want to be taken seriously. I would like to open a debate about Autocad or all other Autodesk's pricing politics.
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