Yes!
Checklist at the bottom

Comparison

Tabs!
Also multiple docks and additional settings
It's very inexpensive

you bet .. worth the FEW $$$$$ !!! IMO

I am too new to say yet wether it is worth it or not, but I am leaning towards yes. However, I would like to say that the free version is not a trial. IMO, they are totally different. I think this is a bad practice of stardock. Using the free version and reading the comparison page, it seems like OD plus can be a real taskbar replacement. I am dissapointed to discover that the reality is that it really can't unless you are willing to sacrifice basic functionality. Let me give you a couple of examples:

1) I cannot autohide specific icons based on the settings in my taskbar properties (or any settings anywhere). For me who has a ton of systemtray icons (including the many that objectdesktop added), this means that I have to dedicate an entire length of my screen to my systemtray icons if I want them always accessable as they are on my taskbar. Even at 16px size. Also, I haver to hunt through the 50 or so icons I have to find the ones I use often. With taskbar's autohide the 10 or so I need constant access to are always visible and easy to find. So this kind of defeats the purpose of removing my taskbar, no?

2) I can't right click active process in objectdock's taskmanager to perform operations on them or even to close them. This is a problem as I like to run alot of open windows. Also the taskmanager feature in OD plus is hit and miss. To get the neat feature of a screen shot you have to minimize by clicking the icon in OD. The normal minimize buttons will not always activate this feature (in fact it happens only once in a great while). If you have alot of windows open (like over 20) OD crashes sometimes. I had it up for 2 days and it crashed multiple times. Not a single crash since I have removed the taskmanager dock.

In short, I have to say that I think its a bit of a rip that 1) this wasn't included in my objectdesk purchase and 2) that stardock doesn't give you a trial. Without these taskbar replacing features working right, OD plus is basically a fancy (and useable) version of the tabbed launcher that comes with obejectdesk. Why charge someone who bought the whole desktop more for it? I think this is not good. Also, its not good that they advertise these taskbar replacing features but don't let you see if they work (well you get to use the task manager feature in the free version) before you buy it. Yet they also do not have a 30-day satisfaction gaurantee. There is a 25% charge if you buy it, hate it, and want your money back. The idea of buying something you don't get to see ahead of time, and being stuck with it, seems to be anti-consumer.

That being said, what makes me lean towards saying it is worth it, even with these serious flaws in plus features, is what the great community puts into it. People like webgizmo who have made amazing backgrounds which really make my desktop beautiful. If OD worked as a true taskbar replacemnt, I would say that would justify it not being included in objectdesktop. As it is, its iffy since the thing I love most about it is the community artwork. I hope Stardock gives back to the people who actually make their products work. If part of the price I pay (and am stuck with) goes back to the artists then I am completely satisfied.

Edit: I just can't stop tweaking my desktop! I found (or I should say I got around to looking into) a program today called avedesk. Its free and they apparently offer a free tabbed dock plugin/widget for it. Of course, they don't have the beautiful community art that OD has so there's the (pretty serious IMO) downside.

Yes. Well worth it. #8 says it all. For me, also, the ability to specify where in fact I want my docks to be, on the edge or away from it and how far. The ability to have scripted docklets/icons that "shut down", "restart", "run...(anything that's coded into them)".

Finally, I could hide EVERY icon in Windows, and have a totally clean desktop for working. I now get the full screen.

The developer of a good software deserves the money.

Yes.