Xbench for QA - do you like it? | That's not exactly correct

Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Xbench for QA - do you like it?
Poster: Riccardo Schiaffino
Post title: That's not exactly correct

[quote]Gabriele Demuth wrote:

You can use it for free for a while, but then you are asked to pay. [/quote]

That's not exactly right: Version 3 (the commercial version) is free for a trial period, then you have to pay, or it stops working -- but version 2.9 is free forever.

You can use v. 2.9 for the QA of Studio files, but not, (for example), of memoQ files: that capability was added after the release of v. 3, so it is not available in the free version. There are some other limitations in the "free forever" version... the main one is that it won't be updated, so if (for example) SDL in the future makes a change to the sdxliff format that makes it no longer compatible with Xbench, you'll be out of luck.

I recommend paying for the commercial version, if you find the program useful: Xbench is an excellent program, good software doesn't come out of thin air, and developers should be rewarded for their efforts.