pay for license for each tool separately

[MilanRiha]

Dear ESRI Team

Our company is using your ArcGIS Pro tool, and many users are using Near function which is not available in Standard ArcGIS Pro license, whereas other tools as QGIS or MapInfo have this in their basic license. We have many users that will migrate from MapInfo to another tool, and I wonder if there is a chance ESRI is planning to react to the fact that competitors have this in basic license and shift that basic tool under standard license in foreseeable future or not? 

From user perspective it is not really fair from ESRI, especially looking at the price to have it under advanced license. I understand Advance tools should be those with the latest tech features, or those that require lots of maintenance but spatial join, near, and other basic should be in basic or at max in standard license, don't you agree?

If there was at least a chance to buy the individual tools separately, that would make more sense, rather than have 75% of tools we do not use and 25% of what we need, if there is maybe another 1% of tools we need from advance license 

Thank you

Kind regards
Milan

[DanPatterson · Accepted solution]

agreed... which is why I provide some... not all... "basic gis tools" under the Free Tools banner

Keep some of these in mind as you go forward.

https://community.esri.com/people/danretired/blog/2020/05/19/polygonpolyline-tools-for-pro 

https://community.esri.com/people/danretired/blog/2020/05/15/point-tools-for-pro 

https://community.esri.com/people/danretired/blog/2020/05/18/free-tools-for-arcgis-pro-table-tools 

Free Tools for ArcGIS Pro: Point tools 

Free Tools for ArcGIS Pro: Polygon Polyline Tools 

https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-14928-free-tools-for-arcgis-pro-table-tools 

I add more as needed or requested

[JoshuaBixby]

But bundling saves you so much money, at least that is what my cable company and car dealer keep telling me.

[MilanRiha]

Thank you, I will take a look!