

Given that SolidWorks wanted $4500 just to bring my 2017 seat up to maintenance (after I lapsed), I went with NX. Judging from my quotes from early this year, I basically paid $2k more for my NX CAD/CAM seat than what those guys wanted for standalone, comparable CAM. NX becomes a much better deal when you price out SolidWorks + a high-end CAM package like MasterCAM or Esprit. I am sure it always will be, and it is absolutely worth the price premium of a few $k (IMHO, and I was a SolidWorks user for 14 years). No cam nothing too fancy.The NX CAD side is more expensive than SolidWorks if you buy it as a standalone seat. The two places that quoted me were both above 10k. Can you please tell me where you are able to pay so little. I read a few times here that people are able to get a seat of nx for not much more than solidworks costs or at least under 10k.
