3ds Max Indie for $250 per year!

But sorry, not available in your region…limited to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK or the US

https://area.autodesk.com/3ds-max-indie/

Well that is a very attractive proposal. Took them long enough :stuck_out_tongue:

Wonder if the likes of AutoCAD and Revit will ever follow…

i cant see it cos im in the “wrong” country.. what are the rules for being eligible?

Same here!
According to the rants on FB, it’s apparently revenue of less than $100K per year is the main one. Another is apparently 1 per studio…
…but I cant see for sure since I’m also seeing “not in your region”

Thats a totally common limit. Same for unity, substance and I think also for unreal(?)

now if chaosgroup could do the same…ahem :slight_smile:

So there are only Indie studios in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK or the US.

Europeans will keep paying for the “dev” more, as always. Id like to see some reasoning behind the choice of countries.

well that would basically fit me nicely.. if i hadnt just moved from UK to Italy.. DOH!

Its also a Limited time offer! Autodesk just kills me! Why a limited time offer? Makes no sense!

they must be low on cash

It must be an experiment. When it works well other countries will surely be added.

" Users should also be aware that the license will auto-renew at full price, but this can be avoided by disabling automatic renewal and resubscribing to the Indie license once it expires"

*double post

They’re talking about the full indi price for sure. Just like with all other software subscriptions.

No they are not. It’s just a really bad deal:

1. It’s a pilot. No future guarantees.
2. Availability limited to time and region.
3. Limited to 1 indie license per company.
4. Limited to $100K per year revenue companies.
5. Auto renewal to full (non indie) price.

Besides the bad deal, it seems ADSK is getting desperate (Blender?).

Autodesk should be more transparent and this offer has too many limitations. They are definitely feeling the heat from Houdini and Blender as 3ds max dwindles just like Mudbox did.

its not a really bad deal for freelancers, its a hell of a lot better. They also are telling you to turn off the auto subscription, so i guess we’ll wait a year and see if the pricing is still available.

It seems too much “autodesky” also for Autodesk… are you sure? is it real?
If yes, it seems that is actually a discount of a license…nothing more…but they’re using the “indie” word to distract