I checked mine and it went up around 17% so I have no idea why yours is 40%. Are they trying to sell you add-ons? or additional products that they think you might want - like cloud hosting? that is some large amount per month based on users. It is for exactly the same items?

not happy with any increase but I have no desire to research, learn and convert to another software. For me proseries does what I need and for the 1 or 2 times I need a work around it wouldn't justify a higher fee from another company.