Also to note that their free version is still _very_ usable, I survived on that itself for many months spending hours in the tool.
Having used TablePlus for a couple months with both Postgres and SQLite, I only have positive things to say.
I'll be a paying customer but I need a little flexibility. I use more than one computer and some other devices - I don't need an SQL tool on all of them but definitely on more than one.
I probably feel too strongly about this. Last week I setup a nytimes cooking subscription and then immediately canceled it when I realize I had to leave it on auto pay or else it wouldn’t work.
No other paid software I use does that. Sketchup, Sublime, Jetbrains, and Office for instance.
Believing that most engineers only have one computer IMO seems out of touch with reality.
And also includes their database tool, DataGrip.
Which is awesome by itself. I use it regularly and only have minor issues with some of it's behavior, but the experience is worlds-ahead than what I've encountered previously at that price point.
I really have no clue how anyone thought that was an unnecessary feature.
Right now I cannot modify that in Datagrip, but worse, I cannot even see it without a raw query.
If I happen to need TP next time I'm using that machine, the cost of adding another seat to the license is offset by some fraction of an hours billable work, and lasts for a year.
What's always missing from these type of discussions is the consideration that just maybe, offering it as per-seat rather than per-person is why the price is what it is.
Would you prefer it it was per-person but cost $99 for a licence, with a year of updates?
Sure, that gives you the warm fuzzy feeling, and benefits anyone with > 2 machines, but it doubles the price for those who only need one seat under the current scheme.
I'm lucky enough to be paid pretty well for my skills and experience, and I (or technically my company) can maintain some software and release it as open source. But I'm also very aware that high quality fully native developer tools are quite few and far between, and the number that are also cross platform is miniscule. There is significant competition from things built using "cross platform runtimes" (Electron, Java). So when one comes along that is as good as this, they could charge twice what they do and I'd pay happily - but not everyone can justify/afford that much on developer tools.
Also, TablePlus seems to be selling well (at least from what I see around me), so I am not personally of the opinion that they should change their model!
I have been using it daily for pg, mysql, occasionally for redis and sqllite, it works great and gets continuous improvements. I wish this company all the best, great product, great support.
Setapp lets you use apps on as many devices as you want. But like streaming services these days, you can only have apps through Setapp actively running based on the seats you have. Though if you have say 2-3 seats for Setapp. And launch Setapp and some apps on a 4th comp. whichever comp has to get off Setapp to give space, you can usually keep apps open. Just can’t re-open them until a seat space is available again. M
No thanks. I don't rent software.
Whatever both buyer and seller agree on. I think in general buyers can agree that, by the nature of software and the existence of the internet, if people share their bought software like they would any other object, then the seller risks not being able to make any profit at all. Since sharing software is copying software, there's no equivalent of "returning" what was borrowed. It's a compromise most buyers can understand.
However, charging per machine of the same user seems to cross the line, no? Sellers are pushing, and I think it's valid here for buyers to push back.
EDIT: Could we have the courtesy of including explanatory replies with downvotes? Simply downvoting seems like the equivalent of replying, "No. Shut up."