Read the review and let me know how would you feel?
I have been buying ToWeb from Lauyan for several years, but like some other products I have bought, the prices just seem to increase in line with nothing…, to a point where I do wonder if it is still worth buying?
I have been in business for 50+ years and know quite a lot about business, having bought enough tech kit to fill a small warehouse.
With the current full price of the studio edition at €399, I feel it is priced to the max, bordering on expensive when compared to other products in the marketplace, but the pricing is Lauyan’s choice, it is my choice whether to buy it or not…
But like everything in life, once you are in, you are in and you can only do your best at the point when you are forced to make these decisions. Being a small web developer, I have at each upgrade point, researched web editors/designer software and have to say there are many cheaper products, some less than €49 but with the add-ons it’s €100, plus there are many web editors/designer programs online and provided free with cPanel or Plesk, there are other scripts you can install on your hosting like Wordpress, Concrete, etc...
With the ToWeb upgrade now at an eye watering €299, which is only 25% off the new price?
I paid for my last upgrade in June 2026 to v14.
In September/October 2026, just 3 months after my v14 purchase they released v15.
I asked Lauyan for the upgrade, they said to qualify for the free upgrade you had to have purchased it in September 2026?
They are saying that version 14 is perpetual, so I can use it forever, but anyone who works on the web knows it is evolving every single day, with newer versions of important core scripts like JQUERY, new ways of writing code, etc, you need to keep the software and scripts updated.
My last web sites I created using the old ToWeb software versions, I kept receiving warnings of vulnerabilities due to the scripts ToWeb was adding into the pages, but with Lauyan promoting a new version, they did not maintain the old versions as I kept getting the vulnerability warnings, I emailed Lauyan support but the errors never went away, so, saying it’s perpetual is like saying you can upload Wordpress script and never have to worry about performing any updates, yeah right.
So, here's my conundrum, do I pay again 3 months later, what would you suggest?
Reply to Lauyan ToWeb's reply to my review which I also sent to them:
I have considered their response and moved it to 1 star, because how would you feel if you upgraded to the latest version of a software, only to be sent 3 months later a promotion for the new version and asked to pay €249, viable businesses are no longer viable businesses if the customers no longer see value or even feel valued.
Reply from Lauyan TOWeb
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience, Chris, and for your loyalty over the years.
A few clarifications for readers:
- Your TOWeb 14 licence is not frozen: we keep releasing free updates for TOWeb 14 (version 14.11 came out this week), and it remains fully supported. The vulnerability warnings you mention came from the old jQuery library: since TOWeb 14.09, sites use jQuery 3.7.1, the latest version of its branch. To remove these warnings, open your site with the latest TOWeb 14, then republish it: until a site is republished, the old script stays online.
- The free move to TOWeb 15 applies to TOWeb 14 licences bought from 1 September 2026, the period when a new version would normally have been announced. For earlier licences, the upgrade price during the early-access period is €249 for Studio, below our usual upgrade price.
- Nothing forces you to upgrade. You can keep working with TOWeb 14, and you can try TOWeb 15 with its free Standard edition (no time limit) before deciding.
TOWeb 15 is a complete rewrite rather than an ordinary update, which is why it is offered at a reduced price during early access. If a warning persists after republishing, send us the details at support@lauyan.com and we will look at it with you.
The TOWeb Team