Komplete 15 Collectors Edition - Worth it?

The prices are high and kept that way to make bundling a no brainer. Once you've recouped the production costs, there is no need to sell libraries at insane prices, because the margins are high - at that point - and you can keep them on the market for a decade+ without having to invest heavily in maintenance.

This is why many other sample library developers push their products down via perpetual promotional pricing (East West, 8DIO, IKM, etc.) or have [far more] frequent sales on them (Musio, Spitfire, etc.).

So, saying "But Choir: Omnia is $399 on its own…" doesn't really hit as hard as you think it does. There are viable alternatives that are routinely being sold at far lower price points.

Personally, I think I am done upgrading Komplete (on Komplete 13 UCE) and I think I'm going to sit on Kontakt 7 for as long as possible instead of upgrading quickly - as I did off of Kontakt 6.

I don't need more Library and Expansion bloat…

Im thinking about upgrading to CE15 from Ult 13. Most interested in the expasions than the additional orchestral libraries. So I am wondering what expansions they are adding to that version...or if its still just all the old expansions.

I wish they would make a CE expansion upgrade or "update".

Thanks! Much appreciated!

Moving from K14 Collectors to K15 ULT is not an upgrade. It is in fact a downgrade.

And as such - you are buying a new license for 15. And will pay for that

Your best value at any moment - for any version of Komplete - is to always maintain your current level. You are already at the "Collectors Edition" level (K14 CE) - so you need only consider the K15 CE Update (not Upgrade). Pay 499 once and you are back at the highest level and you are done.

You could also wait until the Summer of Sound next June and update for half the price.

Of course - if you want to spend less - you can - like say using your K14CE license to drop way down to K15 Standard - but all that does is guarantee you will need to pay again later if you want to upgrade that license in the future.

Makes little sense.

VP

I have similar situation.

EXAMPLE:
I owned KOMPLETE 11 Ultimate. I purchased extra plugin to add to the collection. Later I decided to upgrade to KOMPLETE13 Ultimate and after that I ended up with two licenses for the same plugin. I asked for some kind of dicount or refund etc, but they refused it. I tried to sell it at 20% off, but no success.

Year later I paid for an upgrade to KOMPLETE 14 Collectors Ed. (I guess around $500). 6-10 month later month later they released KOMPLETE 15 Collectors Ed. and ask me to pay again $500 ? This is rather unfair.

I understand they have to pay bills and be rewarded to their work but why would I have to keep extra license (for extra plugin), which costed me around $150 ? That is very unfair. For that reason I WOULD NEVER PURCHASE ANY STAND ALONE PLUGINS FROM NATIVE INSTRUMENTS AGAIN.

About a month ago I checked the pricing for KOMPLETE 15 upgrades and my KOMPLETE 14 Collectors Ed. upgrade to v15 was around $500.

TODAY we have "Cyber Monday".

I was hoping to get some extra discount, but the price is exactly the same. I would probably buy the upgrade, but since they keep the same pricing for existing users and do not offer any "Black Friday" discounts I will simply pass (and they loose an opportunity to make a sale).

WHAT THE ZUK is going on ? NI pricing policy really, really sucks. I am really getting fed up with this company.

BTW. My main reason to purchase KOMPLETE14 was added Zoom feature to Kontakt-7.
I was so limited on reading the screen from this super obsolete program called "Ancient Kontakt", that I decided to pay, so I can use it and read its super unreadable ugly screen.

You have to wait for Summer Sale. Certain companies do give discounts on upgrade/update, if one has individual licences purchased… Other companies do not. NI belongs to the latter. But on the other side, selling licence is easy and is not charged for.