Is there a need for multiple CAT tools? | If it's working for you, don't change anything

Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Is there a need for multiple CAT tools?
Poster: Dan Lucas
Post title: If it's working for you, don't change anything

[quote]DJHartmann wrote:
I'm coming to the end of my 3 year Wordfast license and am wondering, after my very positive experience with it, whether it's even worth considering other CATs?[/quote]
No, it isn't. Let it be, unless you have a client who insists that you use a specific and different CAT tool.

I use Trados and it works for me, despite certain dissatisfactions. Every hour I spend researching and testing other CAT tools is an hour I could be using to make more money. I already use Transit NXT and, although it works for the projects I need it for, I wish I could do everything in Studio 2017 instead. Having to remember two interfaces and two sets of keyboard shortcuts just makes me less efficient.

Incidentally, I don't find CAT tools at all expensive. I spend a couple of hundred euros a year on upgrades to Studio 2017 and I can earn that in a few hours of work, and a CAT tool makes my life far easier. From what you say, your CAT tool makes your life easier as well. Not a difficult decision.

Regards,
Dan