mudgel
usodious
...$149 to upgrade for one year and $20 a month each and every month after that is not cheap. it cost me $149 to upgrade to X3 14 months ago. So, if the current plan had been in place then it would have cost me $280 since then to stay current. That is a significant price increase...
This makes it sound like you pay an upgrade for $149 and pay $20/ month which is untrue. It's one or the other...
But the OP is right in that after this year, the price of upgrades is going up from what it has been.
Some examples of upgrade prices for Producer editions, based on a little internet research:
Sonar 8 to 8.5 (2009) $99 (this may be only a ".5" upgrade, but I think it was about a year after 8 had come out...)
Sonar 8.5 to X1 (2010) $99
Sonar X1 to X2 (2012) $119
Sonar X2 to X3 (2013) $149
Sonar X3 to Platinum (2015) $149 (or $180 if you go monthly)
Sonar Platinum membership renewal (2016 and on) $199 (or $240 if you go monthly)
I'm not trying to troll, but I can't say I'm thrilled with the higher upgrade costs.