Price List — Pls-cadd
Mark laughed, surprised. "Something like that."
Valerie explained: no giant upfront cost. Their "Lite" version did 85% of what the full suite did—enough for 90% of transmission and distribution projects. The price list wasn't a gate; it was a menu. $295/mo. $2,950/year. No hidden maintenance fee.
He typed: pls-cadd price list
Then he saw it—a forum post buried on page three. A lone utility engineer in Wyoming had written:
Mark’s heart thumped. $19,200. He didn't have that. He had $4,000 from his savings and a lot of hope. pls-cadd price list
Mark hung up and downloaded the trial. At 2 a.m., with the hum of the fluorescent light still in his ears, he finished the model. It worked.
He didn't need the official PLS-CADD price list anymore. He had a new number: $295. And that number felt like the beginning of his firm's second act. Mark laughed, surprised
"Just got the 2024 quote. Base license: $8,500. With the full suite (PLS-POLE, TOWER): $19,200. Maintenance renewal: 18% of current license cost annually. Don't thank me. Thank the FOIA request I filed with a public utility."
The results were the usual labyrinth: authorized resellers, "request a quote" forms, and one dusty PDF from a Canadian distributor dated 2019. No clean table. No simple number. Just the corporate dance. The price list wasn't a gate; it was a menu
He clicked back to the search. This time, he noticed a new result—a small, blue-collar startup ad: "PLS-CADD Lite: Monthly Rental, $295. Includes Pole & Line."