It's Not Just You: Software Has Gotten Far More Expensive

guest · Sep 8, 2019

It's Not Just You: Software Has Gotten Far More Expensive
The Software Inflation Rate From 2009 to 2019
September 4, 2019
https://capiche.com/p/software-inflation-rate

Except maybe not. Over the past decade, software pricing has crept upwards. Of the hundred business apps we surveyed, prices went up an average of 62%—and that’s including apps that cost the same or got cheaper. If you’re paying for an app that got more expensive, there’s a strong chance it’s 98% more expensive today than it was a decade ago.

It’s not just you: Software is more expensive today.

Even the apps that didn’t go up in price often technically are more expensive as the same plan today gives you less.
Changes feel even more drastic if apps first lowered prices, then raised them later, as 17 of the apps did. Today’s price may not be all that much different from where it started a decade ago—but it feels far more expensive if you had a discount in between.
The Case of the Ever Growing Software Bills
At the end of the day, the price at the bottom of the invoice is what we notice. And if that seems higher, you’re not alone. Software really has gotten far more expensive on average over the past decade.
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Either way, in an industry where we were long accustomed to getting more for less—an industry where that still holds for most physical products—software has gone up in price three times faster than inflation. That’s hard to ignore.
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roger_m · Sep 8, 2019

Software has not gotten more expensive for me. But I don't use any software with monthly subscriptions.

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