Hello! Here I am again with some questions that are delaying a project I plan to start.
As I mentioned before, I come from another platform, Xenforo. I have been exploring Invision Power Suite (IPS) and decided to test it extensively to see if it would fit my needs. To my surprise, it not only met, but exceeded my expectations.
Now, I find myself at a crossroads. I'm not sure if I should buy the classic IPS license now or wait for the next version, version 5. What do you advise me?
A. If I buy my license now (IPS 4)
1. I plan to hire a developer to create some custom applications, however, with the upcoming release of version 5 I am not sure if they will continue to work and if I will have to pay the developer again to update them.
2. In my project I plan to use question and answer forums a lot, however, I have read somewhere that they will disappear, I don't know how this would affect my project or how they would actually work.
B. If I wait to buy my license (IPS 5)
1. Could the price of $499 increase?
2. Is a self-hosted downloadable version 5 too far away? I have read that the alpha phase has not yet started and it is expected that the beta versions will be cloud-only.