VaultWiki 4 Coming: Standard to Be Discontinued

This coming December, we plan to release a completely revamped version of VaultWiki, version 4 (previously discussed as 3.1). After considering the number of core structural and stylistic changes involved in the product, we thought a major version change was in order.

In version 4, there will NOT be a distinction between Standard or Premium versions - there will just be VaultWiki 4. Users with a Premium license will automatically have access at no additional charge, but users with a Standard license will have to upgrade before March 1, 2011.

As of March 1, 2011, users who did not upgrade will have to purchase a new VaultWiki license, because the Premium Upgrade option will no longer be available.

As of today, the Standard version will no longer be available for purchase. This should prevent new customers from purchasing it if they have missed this announcement.

As of today, the cost of a Premium Upgrade has been reduced over 30% to $19.99. This is the difference in current price between the Standard and Premium versions, and we believe the most fair way to enforce this change, rather than paying the full upgrade amount.

Reasons for making this change:

1. Developing with multiple product levels in mind causes a reduction in productivity for one level or the other, because time must be spent discussing whether new features become globally available or only in Premium. Discontinuing Standard allows us to streamline the development process.
2. Because both levels rely on the same core code, except with snippets being removed from the Standard release, Standard has historically been more bug-prone than Premium. Discontinuing Standard prevents QA from testing levels unequally, because there is only one level.
3. VaultWiki 4 will install as a completely new product. There will not be an upgrade process from version 3. Instead, after installing, current users would have to import their old data. Again, this goes back to point #1

Despite these changes, users who choose to continue using VaultWiki 3 Standard will still be able to download the product and renew their license in the case of any Patch Level releases. They can continue using the old product on their sites under the terms of the License Agreement.

For those who are not sure how to upgrade, you must log in to your account, and open the Members tab in our site's navigation bar. Find the license you need to upgrade in the list. Below the "Download" link, you will also see an "Upgrade" link.