0.9.23 & 1.0 Status, Plans & Licensing
Last update: 21st January 2025
Introduction #
Notch 0.9.23 remains our Gold status release while 1.0 is in Open Beta. 0.9.23 is still being actively used on projects around the globe so the sunsetting of 0.9.23 will be gradual.
Notch 1.0 is currently in Open Beta status. It uses a new licensing system with a new set of plans (Indie, VFX & RFX), which includes software based licenses. We’ve worked to provide compatibility (where technically possible) to ease the transition between 0.9.23 and 1.0.
Below we outline the key points of license access and release status.
0.9.23 & 1.0 at a glance #
| 0.9.23 | 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Gold | Open Beta |
| Access (see further details below) |
PLE / Base / Pro / RFX | Trial / Indie / VFX / RFX (Legacy Base & Pro until 30 Dec 2025) |
| Technical Support | All plans: Until Dec 2025 RFX: 2026+* |
Yes |
| Maintenance Releases | Until June 2025 | Yes |
* Only show critical technical support will be provided for 0.9.23 from 2026 onwards, for those holding RFX or Playback licenses.
License access to 0.9.23 & 1.0 software #
Below outlines the compatibility of licenses with 0.9.23 and 1.0 software.
Notch 1.0 and 0.9.23 require separate installers, which you can find in our downloads section.
To access 0.9.23 with an RFX license, you must use the latest 0.9.23 installer (0.9.23.254).
To use your RFX license to play back 0.9.23 Blocks (up to 4K), you must have exported the blocks with 0.9.23.254. To ensure exported blocks are compatible with any future playback licensing system changes, they must be exported from 0.9.23.254.
Legacy Plans / Licenses #
| License | 0.9.23 | 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| PLE | Yes | No - Use the new, much more capable 1.0 Trial |
| Base | Yes | Acts as VFX |
| Pro | Yes | Acts as RFX |
New Plans / Licenses #
| License | 0.9.23 | 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Indie | - | Yes |
| VFX | - | Yes |
| RFX | Yes Acts as Pro forever |
Yes |
Legacy Plans (Base/Pro) : Transition plan #
If you are on a legacy plan Base or Pro plan, you can continue without any changes to your plan or pricing until 31 Dec 2025. Your subscription still operates as a Flexible Subscription so you can continue to upgrade and downgrade between Base and Pro plans throughout this time.
After Dec 2025, you will need to move to one of our new plans. We will be in touch with you to help you with this transition closer to the time.
If you wish to move to a new plan earlier, you can do so by getting in touch with our sales team at support@notch.one.
Important: If you are within your 6 month minimum term, you will need to wait for the completion of this term before migrating to a new plan.
Purchasing Legacy Plans #
To further ease the transition, we are enabling the purchase of legacy subscription plans (Base & Pro) until 30 June 2025.
All Base & Pro plans come with a minimum term of 6 months and require a Codemeter Dongle (which you can optionally add at checkout).
Buy Base Subscription Buy Pro SubscriptionOptions for PLE License Owners #
Notch 1.0 has a much more capable trial version that you can use instead of the PLE license. This is where you should start your journey with Notch 1.0.
Beyond this, we will be contacting all historic PLE purchasers with an upgrade offer for the new Indie plan.
0.9.23 End of Life (EOL) Schedule #
These are the key dates for the sun-setting of 0.9.23:
- We’ll continue to sell new Base & Pro Flexible subscriptions until the end of June 2025, and they will continue under the same terms until the end of 2025.
- From July 2025, we’ll be selling an End of Life Perpetual Base 0.9.23 Access License that will give perpetual access to 0.9.23 Base. (NB: The license cannot be upgraded or changed.)
- This license will cost between £0 - £1,000 (as a sliding scale) depending on your individual account’s spend on subscriptions in the last 24 months.
- If you’ve held a Base/Pro subscription with us for a combined total of 12+ months in the last 24 months the cost of the license will be £0.
- The End of Life Perpetual Base 0.9.23 Access License cannot be upgraded or changed and does not access 1.0.
- A monthly RFX license can be purchased at any time to access 0.9.23 Pro features or export blocks.
- We’ll provide technical support for 0.9.23 on all plans until the end of 2025. By then, 1.0 will be Gold and we expect the vast majority of new projects to start on 1.0. However, from 2026 onwards, show-critical technical support for 0.9.23 will be available for RFX and Playback holders only.
- We don’t expect to release any more public builds of 0.9.23 after June 2025, but we’ll endeavour to support show-critical issues - including via builds where necessary - based on a reasonable efforts basis.