My first reaction to this is gritting my teeth. But I went and looked and did the math. And I noticed that current users with a perpetual license (the &quot;old&quot; licensing model) can upgrade to the new pricing for the old renewal cost. EG:<p><pre><code>    PHPStorm renewal $49 (personal)
    PHPStorm SaaS $49&#x2F;year (from existing license, doesn&#x27;t change)
    PHPStorm SaaS $79&#x2F;year (promo)
    PHPStorm SaaS $99&#x2F;year (after Jan 31st 2016)
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&gt; <i></i> Yearly plan special offer for customers who have purchased a perpetual license. Offer to be redeemed no later than Jan 1, 2017.<p>For the terms of that upgrade: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sales.jetbrains.com&#x2F;hc&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;articles&#x2F;204249752-What-constitutes-an-Existing-Customer-Discount-" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sales.jetbrains.com&#x2F;hc&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;articles&#x2F;204249752-What...</a><p>&gt; 1. The offer is available to customers with or without upgrade subscriptions <i>regardless of the subscription status</i>, provided a customer switches their existing licenses to the new model <i>before January 1, 2017</i><p>&gt; 2. The offer only applies to switching existing licenses to the new model. <i>Purchases for additional users will fall under the standard pricing</i><p>&gt;  3. <i>Once the offer is used, the special price is available indefinitely until payments are canceled or paused.</i><p>Emphasis mine.<p>Looks like an irritating change, perhaps, but for existing customers you <i></i>can<i></i> lock your price in at its current renewal rate for the smaller products. The downside is that you <i></i>will<i></i> be renewing yearly, because if you pause the payment your rate might change.