Rad Studio 13?

[alogrep 1]

HI.

Is there an upgrade option/price from Rad Studio 12.3 to Rad Studio 13? 

Thanks

[Remy Lebeau 1674]

v13 has not been released yet, and no information about its pricing is available at this time.

Edited August 22 by Remy Lebeau

[Patrick PREMARTIN 169]

5 hours ago, alogrep said:

HI.

Is there an upgrade option/price from Rad Studio 12.3 to Rad Studio 13? 

Thanks

If you buy a RAD Studio license, you get a subscription to all major and "minor" updates during your subscription period. Contact the sales team or just check your license to see if your subscription is enabled.

[David Heffernan 2492]

If you let your subscription lapse then they charge you full price for a new license because they are unscrupulous and hate their customers 

[dummzeuch 1735]

3 hours ago, David Heffernan said:

If you let your subscription lapse then they charge you full price for a new license because they are unscrupulous and hate their customers 

That's not quite true. They will usually allow you to continue your subscription if it run out not too long ago. But of course starting with the date it run out.

Also, there are some special offers from time to time, where you can save part of the price for a new license. But for a while keeping the subscription active has been the cheapest way to update (if you can call that "cheap"). And every time you have to remove "platinum support" from the order.

 

The one thing that has annoyed me the most, is that you need an active subscription to even download an install bugfixes.

Edited August 23 by dummzeuch

[David Heffernan 2492]

8 hours ago, dummzeuch said:

The one thing that has annoyed me the most, is that you need an active subscription to even download an install bugfixes.

Given that they never fix bugs in anything other than the very latest release, it's not that big a loss! 

[Roger Cigol 139]

There is now a "whats coming in RAD Studio 13" webinar (10th Sept). Sign up here:

 

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8824728052527544667?source=rad-update-blog

[GabrielMoraru 55]

On 8/22/2025 at 2:42 AM, alogrep said:

Is there an upgrade option/price from Rad Studio 12.3 to Rad Studio 13? 

What I do: I make a copy of the "what's new in Delphi xyz" document, then I delete from it things that I am not interested in. If the list remains big enough OR if there is a feature that I really really need then I consider upgrading.

[Patrick PREMARTIN 169]

21 hours ago, GabrielMoraru said:

What I do: I make a copy of the "what's new in Delphi xyz" document, then I delete from it things that I am not interested in. If the list remains big enough OR if there is a feature that I really really need then I consider upgrading.

Doing that you don't obtain fixes for "old" features neither optimizations (and sometimes new bugs depending on what you use).

 

"What's New" is just the tip of the iceberg. Be sure to also read the list of closed tickets in each version (even if you only scan the list quickly without looking at the details).

 

The VCL is generally stable, but for FireMonkey, it is strongly recommended that you update to comply with the requirements imposed by Google/Android, Apple, and Microsoft. That's why the subscription (with a lower price) exists on top of the license.

[GabrielMoraru 55]

On 9/25/2025 at 5:38 PM, Patrick PREMARTIN said:

 Be sure to also read the list of closed tickets in each version 

With each new edition you have a higher and higher number of features. They are never* removed.

But for bugs, math always stays on zero: TheNumberOfBugsFixed - NewIntroducedBugs = 0.

🙂

 

Edited September 27 by GabrielMoraru

[Darian Miller 392]

7 hours ago, GabrielMoraru said:

With each new edition you have a higher and higher number of features. They are never* removed.

* They just removed major features in this latest version.