Waves have just announced that they are now offering subscription plans for two plugin bundles, their Silver bundle with 16 plugins for $9.99 per month and their Mercury Bundle with over 150 plugins for $149 per month, so now you have the choice to rent or buy Waves plugins.
More On Waves Silver Subscription
- The Waves Silver Bundle contains 16 plugins to cover your basic mixing and mastering needs.
- All plugin updates – FREE
- VIP technical support
- $9.99 per month
- $99 per year
More on Waves Mercury Subscription
- Over 150 plugins makes the Mercury Bundle Waves' biggest collection for mixing tools for either the studio or live.
- All plugin updates – FREE
- VIP technical support
- New plugins added – FREE
- $149 per month
- $1499 per year
More On Waves Subscriptions
You get the same plugins as in the bundles available for sale, you don't need a current Waves Upgrade plan. Subscriptions are automatically renewed so if you want to stop then you have to make a conscious decision to cancel your Waves subscription. Subscriptions run from the date you started so there are no part paid months or pro-rata rates to worry about.
Everything works via the Waves Central license management app and if you want to move your subscription to a different machine you use Waves Central just as you would with purchased licenses.
You can cancel at any point and your subscription will run to the end of the period you have paid for. There are no refunds for unused rental time.
What Do You Think?
So we have another plugin brand turning to rental subscription plans as an additional way of providing users access to their products. What do you think about the way Waves are doing subscriptions? What bundles would you like to see added to the subscription plans? Do share your thoughts in the comments below.