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Q&A What is the average cost of software for DITA authoring?

I'm looking to buy some software for technical document authoring with DITA. The tech writing group will have at least 5-10 users, writing 100-pages long documents for several products in various l...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by TuringTest‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:55:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar TuringTest‭ · 2019-12-08T03:55:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm looking to buy some software for technical document authoring with DITA. The tech writing group will have at least 5-10 users, writing 100-pages long documents for several products in various languages, sharing a moderate amount of content between documents, and requiring professional styling.

What is the average pricing of state-of-the-art software for this technology? What cost per user can I expect, and is it better to go for on-site single-payment license or a SaaS solution? We're trying to assess whether moving to this kind of solution is makes sense from a budget point for a department this size, and pragmatic information of the actual costs involved is woefully difficult to get without prior experience.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-12-18T14:49:00Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 3