Advanced Query Tool v9 Version Upgrade Policy

When you purchase an AQT license, you can use that version of AQT indefinitely without further license charge. Note that support of older versions will not be available indefinitely. However there is a charge if you wish to upgrade to a more recent version - eg. from version 8 to version 9.

Our policy for upgrading to AQT v9 from AQT v8 or an earlier version is set out below:

Pricing

the upgrade fee will be US$45 for each seat, whether AQT Standard or Extended license.
volume discounts are available - see pricing
there is no charge for point-release upgrades within a version (eg. from v8.1 to v8.2)
there will be a single upgrade fee irrespective of the version you are upgrading from. In other words, you can upgrade from either AQT v7 or AQT v8 to AQT v9 by purchasing a Version 9 Upgrade license.

Standard / Extended Edition

Benefits in v9 apply to both Standard and Extended Edition.

the same price applies for a Standard Edition license or an Extended Edition license. If you currently have a Standard Edition license, the upgrade to v9 will cost $45. If you have an Extended Edition license, the upgrade to v9 will cost $45.

You will need only one v9 upgrade per seat.

if you had upgraded your Standard Edition to Extended by purchasing an Edition Upgrade license, you will need only one v9 upgrade.

Site license-holders

Holders of historic Site licenses will need to specify the number of people using AQT and purchase sufficient version 9 upgrades to cover that number of people. Please contact us for further information or help.

Existing license-holders evaluating AQT v9

Warning: once you install AQT v9 on top of a previous version, you will have 30 days to purchase a Version 9 Upgrade license. After this period has expired, AQT v9 will revert to evaluation mode, though AQT v8 will continue to operate.

If you then deinstall AQT v9 you will have to reinstall AQT v8.

Very important: Make sure you have your AQT v8 install file and license key information available if you think you may have to revert to v8.

Support

We have not yet announced the end-date for support for AQT v8. It will be for at least 12 months following the release of AQT v9.

Grace period

If you purchase any AQT v8 license after 1st March 2010, you will also be able to run AQT v9 once it is released.

If you purchase an AQT v8 Standard or Extended license, you will be able to run AQT v9 for that Edition
If you have a Standard Edition license and purchase an Edition Upgrade after 1st March 2010, this will also entitle you to run AQT v9
If you purchase a Version 8 Upgrade license after 1st March 2010, you will also be able to run AQT v9

You do not need to take any action to enable the upgrade to v9 (we will not be sending out upgrade keys). AQT v9 will automatically recognise your v8 license key as valid for AQT v9.

Last updated on 16 February 2010