I am not on the Autodesk payroll.yet, haha. If you are or employ dummies, retaining resellers may be wise. In my opinion, if you have intelligent users, resellers are a waste of money. Mastercam and Solidworks force you to use resellers per my experience which is where most of the cost comes in. Fusion 360 can be bought directly from Autodesk right now for $668 or so for 3 years. Solidworks Standard will cost you $4k up front plus $1k per year. HSMWorks is included with your Fusion 360 subscription. All of those numbers are from experience, not research. CAM software that simplifies your machining workflow with CAD/CAM integration.
A comparatively functional seat of Mastercam will cost you $13k up front plus $1.5k per year and if you want help with a post, they may charge you $3.5k. It does most of what those two softwares do for a true fraction of the cost. On top of its functionality, it doesn't have locked posts like Mastercam, you aren't forced to work with a reseller like Mastercam and Solidworks.
I am just beginning to move into Fusion 360 from an in depth recent history of Solidworks and MasterCam usage and management and can advise that Fusion 360 is a very good product. If Autodesk Sales is telling you HSMWorks is being phased out, I'd take it as gospel.
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