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can you tell me how independent devs can access PHPStorm at lower rates? I would love to stop using VSCode. 200USD might be ok for you, but over 800 reais for an IDE is not something I can pay.

Notebooks in Brazil are almost three times as expensive as abroad, internet costs are through the roof here as well as living costs...

I thought this through, I just have a harder reality than you I guess

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You can get a free license if you are part of an open-source project: https://www.jetbrains.com/opensource/

And if you are an individual, the license is just 89 USD.

If you are an individual contractor, then maybe you quality for a startup discount? This also gives you 50%: https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/buy/#personal?billing=yea...

I completely missed the `For individuals` tab...

I can also suggest you to approach JetBrains people if you see them in at a conference. They sponsor many PHP conferences, and open source maintainers (don't have to Linus) can request or open-source license.

They also have an Early Access Program that you try out beta releases, and they are free of cost.

>can you tell me how independent devs can access PHPStorm at lower rates?

Individual license starts at $89, and fall to $71 in the first renewal, then to $53 onwards. So I think it is not that expensive. YMMV.

you also get a perpetual license if you pay for a year upfront or 12 consecutive months of your subscription, so you can stop paying and keep using the version you paid for forever

JetBrains has a handful of ways that can significantly reduce or eliminate license fees for their products https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/buy/#discounts

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