Trial version looks amazing but can I just check my findings?

[stuck (Canon, PL7+FP7+VP3 on Win 10 + GTX 1050ti)]

@Timiambeing

Plus of course PhotoLab is nearly the most expensive standalone RAW editor at the moment (next to Capture One), £199 is pretty much the same as 20 months of a subscription to Lightroom and Photoshop combined? I am sure an upgrade would be required every two years at least (most likely every year if new version has great new features) so the buy it once theory doesn’t really hold up at this price.

DxO might discount the price over the Easter holiday period. They might discount PL5 when the next version of NIK Collection comes out, which I’d guess will be in the summer. Then PL6 will launch in the autumn and it’s a safe bet it will be at a discount. NB that launch discount will expire very close to Black Friday. For several years now, they’ve offered an even better discount on Black Friday. However, only DxO know by how much and when they will discount the price so only you can decide when to buy.

Upgrades and pricing come up regularly, e.g.:

Upgrades, and pricing

If I have PL3 and did not upgrade to PL4. Am I able to Upgrade to PL5 by paying an upgrade fee, or do I have to buy a new license. A person on another forum has stated that one can skip PL versions and still just pay upgrade fee. To me this does not make financial sense for DXO Aubrey

and:

Discounts for New version PL 5

Less than a month ago existing users were offered a 30% discount to upgrade to PL 5… Now it’s 50%. This is a really poor way (disrespectful, despicable) to treat your loyal (since 2005 in my case) customers. How about an automatic refund to these users??? Richard