After thinking about the upgrade for a bit (and reading some other threads), here’s the outcome:
I was not sure if I should post this, as there already were some related discussions on the forum, but I decided to post it anyway, so developers may better understand indivudial (subjective) concerns:
I’m really inclined to switch to DT3, to either support the development and because I like new/refreshed tools
(although I really dislike the 2 Macs limitation, but could live with it, because it was convenient when experimenting with different setups, virtual machines, etc… in the past without considering any license-restrictions).
But along with this limitation, comes some more costs:
The - formerly included - webservice now has a huge price-tag (more than the full DT Pro version - ON TOP!).
Additionally I can’t use my old DT2 license any more.
Together with the seat-limitation this makes the upgrade somewhat unattractive for me.
If the server-seats were on top of the regular DT pro, that could be a deal, but although the price is significantly higher for the server-version, it also immediately ‘steals’ a seat. (E.g: If I buy the server-version to run on a headless MacMini - just for the sake of keeping the webservice - it still counts againts the included ‘2 seat’ license; So I can’t use it as a ‘server’ version, but as a regular DT pro allowing me to share data over the webservice.)
That means, if I want to update my current installation and run the webservice on a spare Mac (Mini) for convenience:
DT Pro Server: 499$ / 399$ (upgrade price)
additional seat: 99$
Devonthink to go: 15$
DTTG in-app purchase to pro: 8$
521$
plus taxes (over here in Germany): 87,26 €
560 € ~ 620$
This is the price only for the update for me (1 person), to run DT3 like I ran DT2.
So, for me as individual (no big company behind) - that’s quite a bit (too much as it seems).