To my knowlege this sale is at best a few days long then the product in question goes to the higher numbers, hence it is not going to be shareware I shouldn't think.  Secondly, there has been posted that Daz tried to get Evoia to reconsider their pre-order stance to not avail.  If I can find that I will repost it for you.

 

Hopefully C4D will work for you, I myself have never tried it.  I wouldn't dream fo changing your mind, just offering my 2 cents.