This is a very fair question! Especially when there isn't another plugin manager on the market that's priced like Plugin Station is. That said, there also isn't another plugin manager on the market that has all of the features that Plugin Station has.

In fact, while all other plugin managers out there are either a much cheaper one-time purchase or 100% free, what you'll find after trying them is that Plugin Station offers the most comprehensive feature set out of all of them. They also aren't as thoroughly maintained or consistently updated as Plugin Station is, nor do any of them offer technical support from someone with professional plugin technical support experience, if they offer technical support at all.

That's not to say that all other plugin managers are bad! At the end of the day, if you find one that does what you want and it's a lot cheaper, then go for it! But I'd strongly encourage you to at least try Plugin Station free for 7 days before deciding it's not for you :)

Also, if perpetual licenses are too pricey for you, then please keep in mind that subscriptions start all the way down at $4.99 USD per month. I know many of you don't love subscriptions, and I don't either. But the fact of the matter is that Plugin Station's database requires constant, daily maintenance in order for it to be reliable and useful. Plugins are added almost every day, and I'm always updating it with the latest plugin versions so that users can get accurately notified when they have plugins that are out of date. When you combine all of that with adding new features and the fact that Plugin Station is run by one person, cheap perpetual licenses are simply not an option.

Yes! Plugin Station perpetual licenses are now available. To view pricing options, please use the Pricing tab. Both subscriptions and perpetual licenses can only be purchased in the Plugin Station app at this time.

While I had some help with some aspects of the app (the icon, the logo, adding plugins to the database, etc.), I wrote all of the code for Plugin Station on my own, and I only know how to write code for macOS and other Apple platforms. All of this took me over a year.

I'd love to hire someone to write a Windows version someday. In fact, if the app turns out to be popular enough that I can afford to hire one or more developers, I will. However, at this stage, it's not feasible.

lf you'd like to get notified when and if a Windows version becomes available, sign up to receive Plugin Station new feature updates via email here: https://mailchi.mp/julianmichaeltechnologies/sign-up-form

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If you'd like to request a refund for a purchase or renewal, you may do so within 7 days of the transaction by writing to support@julianmichaeltechnologies.com. So that I can help you as efficiently as possible, please include your invoice or receipt number in your email.

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