What's New
Starting January 1, 2012,
E-Z Audit has moved to make our licensing even
easier, and with greater benefits for our
customers.
We have also
dropped pricing
by 50% or more in conjunction with the changes.
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All new licenses purchased on or after
January 1, 2012 are now annual-subscription
licenses.
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During the one year period you get
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All updates to the
licensed version
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Free upgrades to
any full, new versions released
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Tech support for
one full year
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Included in the license price are all the
same extras you have gotten before:
See
what's new in E-Z Audit 2012!
Q:
How is this a better license than before?
With a subscription-based
license we can offer an initial (first-time
purchase) price that is substantially lower
because we do not need to maintain multiple
development tracks to continually update older
versions. In fact, on January 1, 2012, the
prices were rolled back to our 2006 prices!
Going forward, you stay on a current, supported
version at all times, and can do so at a deeply
discounted price that is lower than the
traditional "upgrade pricing", and does not
require any additional "maintenance" or
"software assurance" types of add-ons.
Q:
What happens to my existing perpetual license?
No change whatsoever.
You can continue using the purchased version you
currently have of E-Z Audit for as long as you
wish. Of course, upgrading is recommended
once your version goes out of support but
that's entirely your choice to make.
Q:
I purchased
the 1-year upgrades and support option. What
happens to that?
It remains valid until its
scheduled expiration date. During that
time you continue to be eligible for free
upgrades to any full new version released,
continue to get all updates and technical
support and your upgraded license remains a
perpetual license. (Your 1-Year upgrade
and support option must have been valid on 10
October, 2011, the release date for E-Z Audit
2012.)
When it expires your
perpetual license is still in effect, but you
won't have free upgrades and technical support
is limited to problem-resolution only (no how-to
type of support).
If you want to continue
receiving the benefits of free upgrades and full
technical support, you can purchase a new,
subscription based license converting your
perpetual license to the new model.
Q:
I
have an earlier version of
E-Z Audit and want to upgrade. What do I do?
It's easier than ever. As all licenses are
now annual subscriptions, just go to our
order page and
purchase a license for the number of PCs you
require. Download the new version and
upgrade using the information in the user's
guide.
Since the new licensing is subscription based
and includes free upgrades and a full year of
technical support, there is no upgrade pricing.
Remember, the prices have been cut
substantially, and you no longer need an option
"software assurance" or other additions to stay
current.
Q:
I
have an existing perpetual
license and need to add more PCs. How will
that work?
If you are using E-Z Audit 2012 (Version 14) and
have a perpetual license for, say, 100 PCs, and
you have outgrown that and need to add 50 PCs,
you can do so, and the additional 50 PCs license
is also perpetual.
Contact E-Z Audit
sales to increase existing (pre-January
2012) licenses.
No license increases are possible for any
earlier version as they are now out of support.
Q:
How would a license size increase work during the 1
year term of a subscription?
If you need to add more PCs
to a license, you can add them at any time
during your subscription term and they will be
valid until the end of the original subscription
expiration. Pricing will be pro-rated
accordingly.
For example, you have a
license with 6 months to go and want to add 50
new PCs. The 50 PC addition would be
priced pro-rating the cost less 6 months, i.e.
1/2 price.
At the end of the
subscription you would just renew for the total
number of PCs you need at that time.
Have other questions?
Please let us know.
