alankeny
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I've been evaluating Sync an alternative to Dropbox, Google Drive, and other cloud storage services. As part of a public sector organization, we are not supposed to use public cloud services without going through an extensive contract evaluation process. It's a lot easier for us to implement our own private services that are under our own control.The first post in this thread seems to be written without any regard for the customer's perspective. A subscription model means customers must pay regardless of wether the software improves or not. My organization has plenty of experience with software vendors that get bought out, decide to take their software in an entirely different direction, or suddenly and dramatically increase their support fees. With subscription pricing we would have to continue to pay, even if we gave up running later versions of the software long ago. If we suddenly couldn't afford to pay, we would simply be stuck.My organization is much more comfortable paying an initial license fee and then paying an annual support fee that includes updates. As long as we pay for support, we can continue to upgrade. When we stop paying for support, the software still works, but we can't upgrade past our last supported version. If we have to change products, this model allows us to use funds for a new product, while we transition off of the old one.From my perspective as long as Sync relies on subscription pricing, it is not a viable alternative to the public cloud.
On Sync 2.0's Pricing Model
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