LightBurn adds an optional automatic yearly update plan at $34 a year
LightBurn license holders can now opt in to buy a year of updates automatically every 12 months for $34, instead of renewing by hand for $40. It's optional, and licenses stay perpetual.
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LightBurn announced on November 10 that license holders can now opt in to Automatic Yearly Updates, which buys another year of updates for your key every 12 months without you having to remember to renew. If you don’t want it, nothing changes for you.
As before, a LightBurn license is perpetual and includes a year of free updates from when you first activate it. After that you can buy more update time, or keep using the last version your license covers. LightBurn’s announcement repeats that “LightBurn and MillMage will never be subscription software.”
How the new option works, according to LightBurn:
- Price: $34 USD a year. A single year of updates bought by hand is $40 USD.
- Why it costs less: LightBurn says the lower price is not a discount. Buying a single year before your update period runs out gives you 14 months, while buying after it runs out gives 12. The automatic plan adds 12 months each year, so LightBurn lowered the price to make up for the two months you’d otherwise get by renewing early.
- Billing date: When you sign up, your license’s update expiration date is lined up with the payment date. Each year on that date you’re charged and 12 months are added to your key.
- Canceling and pausing: You can cancel at any time from your account page with no fee, or pause and resume later without penalty. If you cancel before at least one automatic payment has gone through, you can’t sign up again without special approval from LightBurn.
Details are in LightBurn’s announcement. LightBurn asks anyone with questions to email its support team.