Why We Decided to Make Amanuens Free

We’re announcing today that Amanuens will be completely free at least until December 31st, 2011. I’m sure the rationale behind this decision requires a bit of explanation.

We see that there are quite a few web-based platforms for people involved in software localization, which is great (competition is always great). Each platform has its strengths and its weaknesses, including Amanuens, however all platforms are increasingly focusing on one major theme: collaboration.

Improving collaboration is one of the main goals Amanuens has, so that theme is fully welcome here. But to really get collaboration to a new level, we first have to fully understand it. And what is the best way to understand it? Involve many users.

Our current business model is holding us back. It’s preventing us to drive Amanuens to the next level. We want to focus on building the best software localization platform on the market, and we really need many people involved in the journey, and best way to do that is giving free access to our platform.

We’ll stop charging existing customers starting this night. Remaining account balance will be preserved and can be used to purchase professional translations.