Is it worth buying newer Version license?

[dadya06]

Hi community, I'm working right now with LV Proffesional Version 2019 SP1. Considering update to Win11, I'm thinking to update the software to Version 2024 or maybe 2025.
I've looked at the price table, it is quite expensive right now.

Has anyone much experiences with older&newer Version? Is it much much better than the older version? Is it worth to update the software for €10600?

[altenbach]

Are you looking at the new purchase prices? In the past there was update pricing for an existing license but I am not sure if they still do that.

[Kyle97330]

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@altenbach wrote:

Are you looking at the new purchase prices? In the past there was update pricing for an existing license but I am not sure if they still do that.

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I was going to mention the same thing.

I don't handle updating at my organization, but when I talked to the guy who did handle it back in 2021 (pre-subscription era) he said that upgrading an existing license instead of buying a new one would be anywhere from 10% to 50% off.  However, he had to go through a sales rep;  there was no way to do it on the NI site as a standard user.

So, contact your sales rep to ask, or ask whoever does your purchasing to do so.

[Bob_Schor]

Another thing to consider is that NI's "Compatibility" tables suggests that LabVIEW 2019 is not compatible with Windows 11.  [Take this with a grain of salt -- I remember NI saying LabVIEW 7 was not compatible with Windows 7, but I think I managed to install it ... or was it Windows XP?].

I'm pretty sure I've tried to "port" one of my programs that used vanilla DAQmx to talk to a USB-6001 and found that I couldn't install a built Executable to a Windows 11 machine, but when I rebuilt the same Project (on my work PC) with LabVIEW 2024, the Executable ran fine.

Bob Schor

[Daniel_H1]

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upgrading an existing license instead of buying a new one would be anywhere from 10% to 50% off.  However, he had to go through a sales rep;  there was no way to do it on the NI site as a standard user.

So, contact your sales rep to ask, or ask whoever does your purchasing to do so.

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Renewing your expired software service is absolutely the most cost-effective way to upgrade LabVIEW versions, and will always be cheaper than buying a whole new perpetual license. After you renew software service, your existing license is updated to work with the newer versions as well.
But you actually can initiate this process from ni.com:

• Log in on ni.com
• Go to My Products: https://www.ni.com/myni/products/en/
• Find your existing license and select the option to Renew Expired Service (screenshot below).
• Submit that form to request a quote.

If you don't see your license in My Products, then you'll need to register your serial number to your account.

Hope that helps!