I've used AWR for a couple of years now and as mentioned here already, it just gets better and better. However it also gets more and more expensive.

Users planning on upgrading to the new Enterprise license should note that the annual keep-it-going charge virtually doubles as well (as does the re-instatement fee if you accidentally let an annual agreement lapse). Whilst the 5 year cost of the standard version is a modest $250, the five year price of Enterprise might be closer to $1,000!

Also, the publisher missed a significant trick in not have the Enterprise function link AWR [projects] to their (also pretty nifty) Link Analysis software [projects] - allowing the two to be managed together. For my money upgraders should hold out on the Enterprise license until "killer" functionality is added to justify the killer pricing.

Because the division of features between Standard, Pro end Enterprise looks more to do with canny marketing than how real-world users might benefit (ie some non-Enterprise 'Pro users are going to be paying a lot more to access useful additional features).

As an unrelated footnote, when we renewed our maintenance agreement a month early we lost a month off the existing agreement. Sure we got a speedy reply to our complaint (and re-instatement of the month; thanks Philip) but others who might not have noticed might not get the same result.

So whilst AWR is still the only game in town that game is getting more and more expensive more play and users will need to look closely at features and alternatives and check the all-in costs before making a decision.

Webranx Pro, anyone?