[citation][nom]requiemsallure[/nom]for everything you can pay for, there is an open source application on the internet that you can get for free, the sad thing is that open source is often just as good or better than the application that you can pay for. if you are smart you won't pay for anything on the internet.[/citation]
Realistically though, free also means that the developers have no interest in continued support other than enthusiasm. Once that faded, you're on your own. Paying for software may not be "smart", but a more sustainable solution. Unless you're willing to convert and/or loose your data every so often. (No business can go for that uncertainty.)