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25 Oct 2016, 04:13 PM | #1 |
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Enhanced v Standard Accounts?
So my "Enhanced" account has just come up for renewal? And the renewal screen is offering me the option to "upgrade" to a "Standard" account. Does this really offer me anything extra over my "Enhanced" account?
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25 Oct 2016, 07:58 PM | #2 |
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I thought it was the same thing.
Possibly just a little more storage. |
25 Oct 2016, 11:17 PM | #3 |
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If you upgrade your account to 'Standard' you can't go back to enhanced - at the price the enhanced account is a good deal....
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26 Oct 2016, 05:36 AM | #4 |
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Most of the options under Settings... Admin... Policy are unavailable to those of us with Enhanced.
Apart from that, and different storage quotas, I believe they're quite similar. |
26 Oct 2016, 02:03 PM | #5 |
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Many thanks for all the advice. Looks like it makes sense to stick with Enhanced.
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30 Oct 2016, 03:24 PM | #6 |
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David has come closest, but not quite said out loud what should be pointed out: Enhanced is one of the old, now no longer offered, plans, and you can keep using it under a "grandfather" type arrangement. It should be $40/yr, right? Standard is one of the new plan choices, with apparently similar features, for $10/yr more. So I concur that staying with Enhanced is a no-brainer
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31 Oct 2016, 07:14 AM | #7 |
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Comparison between Enhanced and Standard accounts
Looking at Help, here are the differences. It appears that all other features (such as sending and receiving limits) are identical between the new Standard and legacy Enhanced accounts:
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Plan: Standard Enhanced (legacy) Cost: US $50/year US $40/year Mail storage: 25 GB 15 GB File storage: 10 GB 5 GB
Bill Last edited by n5bb : 31 Oct 2016 at 07:24 AM. Reason: Corrected price per GB of storage comparison |
31 Oct 2016, 05:24 PM | #8 |
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There's also some other differences n5bb. The enhanced accounts can't use the things available in settings-policy.
Also, I bet new features will not be available for old accounts.. |
31 Oct 2016, 10:26 PM | #9 |
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Such as? I'm still on "Enhanced" so I'm guessing that I'm not seeing any of these new settings... I've got Company, Custom Login, and Disclaimer on mine, although it's worth noting that my account is actually an Enhanced under a "Family" plan, so that might be a different story too...
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31 Oct 2016, 11:25 PM | #10 | |
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1 Nov 2016, 12:46 AM | #11 |
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Legacy Enhanced accounts also get multi-year renewal discounts (i.e. 3 years for $100), which I don't think Standard accounts receive. That drives the price down to $33.33/year.
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1 Nov 2016, 03:54 AM | #12 |
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1 Nov 2016, 03:55 AM | #13 |
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Are the multi-year renewal discounts still available on the legacy plans? I'm still months out from having to renew, but right now if I want to renew early, the only option I see is for one year.
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1 Nov 2016, 04:05 AM | #14 |
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1 Nov 2016, 08:31 AM | #15 |
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