What are the prices of Plan✕ subscriptions?

Download the 2022 Pricing document below:

Planx_pricing2022.3.pdf

What does the price pay for?

The annual subscription price is aimed to cover the cost of:

• Setup Getting your your councils Plan✕ instance set up, primarily navigating procurement.
• Hosted software service Providing the software service for the year.
• Planning service content Continuously maintaining and improving the service flows that you subscribe-to, and keeping them up to date.

At the moment, the initial development of the platform and new services, to navigating through the complexities of initial council onboarding is being funded and supported separately, but the goal is to reduce that funding, so some of the subscription cost councils pay will also be supporting ongoing development of the platform and the services.

How is pricing likely to change in future?

This pricing structure is very much a first version. It is likely to change in future as we learn more. Some of the ways it might change are:

• Make it fairer for small councils Instead of a flat rate we may move towards a pricing structure that is based on the number of applications you received in the previous year.
• Pay by service We may shift towards pricing by the specific flows you subscribe to. So, for example ‘Apply for householder planning permission’.
• One-time, modular onboarding costs This could include a modular menu of services to help you get ready for launch (such as helping you write your Article 4 directions into a flow), reduced prices for councils that require less help preparing their services, or increased prices for councils that don’t want to use standardised contracts, and therefore incur significantly higher setup costs.
• Reduce prices As more councils come on board, the cost per council may reduce.

We would love your input

We are very aware of the challenges you face in procuring Plan✕ as a service. In many cases it may not be replacing an existing software product that you currently pay for. Even though we are very confident of the value Plan✕ will yield for councils in terms of increased revenues and reduced costs these do not necessarily translate into IT budgets.

We are very much testing these prices with lead councils to find the price that seems reasonable, and the least painful way to pay it. Any suggestions or feedback you can give us about the obstacles you face procuring Plan✕ is really useful.