Re the “Pro” future - here are my prognostications, worth about as much as that 5-syllable word might imply …
I read the language that Steve Chapman reposted here, to mean the “Pro” subscription will gradually (over a couple-year cycle) release new features, likely in a barely-post-beta form. Thus the “pro” users are essentially “gamma testers”.
Then, as I read it, a “package” of these features (as we are all used to seeing) ie L11, L12 etc, will be released every couple of years - and the “new” features will likely be more bulletproof since the pro users will have guinea-pigged them out.
The benefits to Logos the company are obvious - they get “paid twice” for new feature release - gradually by “Pro” subscribers and then again during the package release times. And of course the Pro subscribers also get AI cloud features.
I’d further guess that the “basic tier” for Pro will be the AI stuff since that’s its core justification. The next (or alternate) level would be the full cloud emulation of the PC version (at least as close as the current online version comes). Those two levels might be independently selectable. To that, they could add some subsets of the various tradition / metal levels (maybe all of them?).
My wild guess is that the max subscription price would likely be at least $250/mo, and maybe as high as $400-500/mo, for the “Ultimate” package (if they offer that) - or for multiple-tradition Portfolio levels.
Of course I have absolutely no inside knowledge - I’m just thinking how I might structure it from a coding and marketing standpoint if I were them, leveraging their existing (pretty amazing) sales tools to best advantage.
That approach, from my perspective, would be wonderful for all concerned. Those who want AI can get it but others don’t pay hidden costs for it. Those who want the shiny new stuff quickly can get it and test it. Those who prefer buying packages on a slower cycle get more mature products. And Logos makes more money by selling things twice. Win win win.
- 250 and up a month. Another toy for the rich seeker friendly church builders to play with.