Good software, deeply flawed ethics.
There's no denying that Project.co offers a clean, intuitive, and genuinely useful project management tool. The interface is well thought out, and it's clear that the team put real effort into building something polished and practical. That's why I supported them through AppSumo lifetime deals.
But now, with the launch of V3, I feel completely let down. Project.co has essentially pulled the rug out from under its early adopters. After leveraging LTD funding to build out the product's next phase, they're locking those very supporters out — unless we start paying again. The justification? A new pricing model that makes it "unsustainable" to support us. That would be more understandable if we hadn't already paid to help get them where they are now.
This is not just disappointing — it's unethical. When you accept lifetime payments, you're making a long-term promise. That promise should mean something. Instead, this feels like a bait-and-switch: use LTD funding for development, then ask those same users to foot a second bill when it's convenient for the business.
I genuinely hope others think twice before trusting a company that seems willing to abandon its earliest believers in pursuit of a new monetization strategy. The software may be solid, but the foundation of trust it was built on is starting to crack.

Matt_Project.co
May 30, 2025Thank you for your kind words about Project.co jenb1972
With the release of V3 we really haven't pulled the rug out from LTD purchasers. We have committed to keeping V2 running alongside V3 into the future so LTD purchasers and also current free and paid users of V2 can keep using it into the future. V3 is a different tool that has a different way of working so it's not going to be right for everyone. Thats why we are keeping V2 running into the future.
So AppSumo customers will continue to get full access with all the same benefits to the V2 system now and into the future. And, if AppSumo customers wish to use V3 then we've created a fixed low price package that gives you all the same limits you have in V2 in V3. This package is only available to AppSumo LTD purchasers.
I do appreciate that AppSumo customers want everything we create forever but thats not always possible so what we've tried to do here is make sure that you don't lose access, you continue getting the same service and then if you want to use V3 it comes at a very low cost. This is something we need to do to make running the business feasible. But we are committed to supporting people who use V2 now and into the future. So there is no loss.