AERAD never got their act together on electronic data...
I too used to use their paper ones; they were nicer than Jepps, I thought. But even then I went to the paper Jepps which, due to thinner paper, did the whole UK in
one binder whereas the only way I could get the UK Aerad into one binder was by chucking out LGW, LHR, and all sids and stars (my IMCR days
).
I think the European Jepps is about €1400/year, but you have to be careful because that only gets you N Europe west of the
Iron Curtain. It doesn't cover Czech etc. To get all of what normal people call Europe you have to buy more than one package and IIRC it comes to over €2k.
It has to be said that most private pilots that use Jepps get their plates from a friendly airline or bizjet pilot. €2k is just too much. But if you want it on your MFD (
example) then you can't do that. This is where the latest eye candy gets awfully expensive, if you want your cockpit to look like the adverts