How much cost Qt for Indie developers ?

jboadas · wrote on 15 Sept 2011, 17:55

Im trying to access http://qt.digia.com but I cant, does anyone knows how much cost Qt License and if Digia offers Indie Licenses of Qt

Best Regards

giesbert · wrote on 15 Sept 2011, 18:01

What should an Indie license be? a License is a license, right?

The website in general works for me, and there is a "contact form:":http://qt.digia.com/en/contact-us/

jboadas · wrote on 15 Sept 2011, 18:16

Well Indie is a meme for "Independent development" and some companies have especial low cost licenses for Indie and I cant open that page

lgeyer · wrote on 15 Sept 2011, 18:33

You don't miss anything - there aren't any prices.

You will have to contact Digia, either using their contact form, or

bq.
Customers in the Americas:
Digia USA Inc., Attn: Qt Commercial, 2350 Mission College Blvd., Suite #1020, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A., Fax: + 1 408 433 9360, Phone: +1 408 433 9320
Customers elsewhere Worldwide:
Digia Plc, Attn: Qt Commercial, Nydalsveien 33, Postboks 4814 Nydalen, 0484 Oslo, Norway, Fax: +47 22 23 70 40, Phone: +47 2295 1303

There is even an official, "Tuukka Turunen":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/member/13189, present here at the QDN.

andre · wrote on 16 Sept 2011, 07:29

When the licences were still sold by Nokia, I believe that they cost something like EUR 1400 per developer for a single platform licence. You could also buy a 2 or 3 platform licence at a few hundred per additional platform. No idea if Digia is using a very different price model, but I doubt it.

If you need more exact data, you have to ask Digia, of course.

Note that you may also considder using the LGPL version of the toolkit. That would be a much cheaper option for an "indie", I think. The limitations are not such that it is impossible to develop commercial software that way.

Alicemirror · wrote on 17 Sept 2011, 06:01

Just a note: I think that this post maybe moved somewhere else, i.e. The lounge subforum...

andre · wrote on 17 Sept 2011, 07:41

[quote author="Alicemirror" date="1316239270"]Just a note: I think that this post maybe moved somewhere else, i.e. The lounge subforum...[/quote]
I think it is fine where it is.

Alicemirror · wrote on 17 Sept 2011, 07:54

Ooops... I was sure it was under Mobile and Embedded. Sure, it is a tipycal Independent Developer's argument :)

Sorry

williamsj · wrote on 15 Nov 2011, 17:31

Prices I got from Digia are the same as Nokia was quoting:

Qt Desktop Single OS – 2.995,-
Qt Desktop Multi OS – 4.195,-
Qt Embedded Single - 4.795,-
Qt Embedded Multi – 5.595,-
Qt All OS – 6.395,-

All prices are in Euro and per developer.

qxoz · wrote on 23 Nov 2011, 11:07

[quote author="williamsj" date="1321378286"]Prices I got from Digia are the same as Nokia was quoting:

Qt Desktop Single OS – 2.995,-
Qt Desktop Multi OS – 4.195,-
Qt Embedded Single - 4.795,-
Qt Embedded Multi – 5.595,-
Qt All OS – 6.395,-

All prices are in Euro and per developer.[/quote]

Sorry for dumb question, but i cant find complete answer for this.
What can I get for this price?
And what difference between opensource version and version from Digia?

goetz · wrote on 24 Nov 2011, 22:40

With a commercial license you are not bound to the restrictions of the GPL or LGPL licenses. For example you can linke your closed source application statically or you can modify Qt source code without the need to publish that changes.

qxoz · wrote on 25 Nov 2011, 05:40

I see.
And probably some support from Digia.

andre · wrote on 25 Nov 2011, 06:34

[quote author="qxoz" date="1322199637"]I see.
And probably some support from Digia.[/quote]
Yes, that is included too. However, you can also buy Qt support from other firms, no matter if you use LGPL Qt or commercial Qt.

qxoz · wrote on 25 Nov 2011, 06:53

That is great.
Thanks!

Seba84 · wrote on 18 Dec 2011, 21:07

I find this prices outraging. They sell something you already have access to at gold prices...
Incredible! Better to develop in open-source, which in addition gives a contribution to society.

Cheers!

goetz · wrote on 18 Dec 2011, 22:41

If it's too expensive for your - nobody forces you to buy a license. Go with the LGPL version and be happy. There's nothing to flame about this. If you run a business making money out of the software you build on top of Qt, it's likely that the license fees are negligible compared to the other costs. And there's more you get for the money than only the license, e.g. dedicated support, bug fixes, etc.

Let's be happy that there are that much options and everyone can choose what fits ones needs.

Seba84 · wrote on 30 Jan 2012, 18:19

[quote author="Volker" date="1324248061"] Let's be happy that there are that much options and everyone can choose what fits ones needs.[/quote]

You are right. :-)

Seba84

Ryein · wrote on 15 Aug 2012, 22:59

I'm happy about that, but I just don't know why it's so hard to figure out the prices. I got a credit card ready, but haven't heard back for about a week on the prices.

Dimbreath · wrote on 5 Jan 2013, 06:32

[quote author="Ryein" date="1345071590"]I'm happy about that, but I just don't know why it's so hard to figure out the prices. I got a credit card ready, but haven't heard back for about a week on the prices.[/quote]

I feel bad for the credit card, they're really big prices. In their site they tell you the benefits of a commercial license.
(I'd love to be able to statically build without having to purchase... But well)

lgeyer · wrote on 5 Jan 2013, 09:02

[quote author="Blastcore" date="1357367540"](I'd love to be able to statically build without having to purchase... But well)[/quote]You are, just release your application under the terms of the GPL or LGPL.