What happens to images if you drop a Capture One subscription?
I currently own a perpetual license but am considering switching to the subscription plan. However, I am concerned that if I decide to end the subscription that I will no longer be able to edit the files that I have created. At that point, would the only solution be to purchase a new perpetual license?
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To my understanding:
- Subscription model: you may use the SW as long as you are paying. I.e., after the subscription ends, the SW cannot be used anymore at all
- Perpetual license: You are able to use the SW as long as you want (provided that there are no problems related to HW or OS upgrades). [When the manufacturer decides that the SW has reached the end of life, there won't be support anymore]
Thus, if you decide to go for the subscription model and after a while you do not want to continue the subscription, there are probably the following choices:
- Buy a perpetual license and use it as long as it is possible. After that you might need to pay for an upgrade, subscribe again or go with option 2
- Bite the bullet and (re-)edit your files with a different program [CO edits would be lost!]. This would apply to the files, where you want to make changes or where you do not have a final version (JPG, TIFF, ...) exported
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I'd send this request directly to Capture One. I haven't seen anything indicating that one can switch a license from subscription to perpetual, but Support may have a different answer.
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I agree with Abbott.
The cost of the perpetual license might/will depend if you have an earlier license, which is still eligible for a special upgrade price. If that includes the termination of a subscription is surely something to clarify with CO support
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"When a subscription isn't renewed the license is automatically deactivated and no longer can activate any version of Capture One."
very interesting.
I have a perpetual CO 21 license and an CO 22 subscription license. When trying to activate CO 21 i have to use the license key for the subscription license. The license key for the CO 21 license is deactivated!
That means if if cancel my subscription for any reason I will no longer be able to use CO21?
I should add that my license for CO 21 (for Sony) is no longer showing in the license management page!
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Information from CO:
who upgrades a perpetual license to a subscription license will only be able to use his perpetual license as long as he maintains his subscription license.
If he cancels his subscription license he has to buy a new license.
I should have read the corresponding information in the upgrade dialog ...0 -
Andrew, if you create a second account for subscription then you will not pay the upgrade price, instead the full price.
I’m not sure that your approach will work but maybe it will. Good luck anyway!0 -
Two accounts are most likely not needed. I do have two (perpetual) licenses in one account.
I just looked at the prices for upgrading.
There is an upgrade path from perpetual to subscription, first year is a bit cheaper than following years. (For CO21 to 22: 175,00 € instead of 219,00 €)
But I also noticed that if you make a new subscription now, you get a better price for the first year: 131,00 €
[European prices obviously, US might differ]
Given those price choices, I surely would not choose the upgrade...
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Berhnard, I seem to recall that Capture One is no longer supporting the limited Sony license and that owners of that license were automatically upgraded to the full Capture One Pro license. Perhaps that did not apply to you, because you had switched to the subscription license.
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I am still not entirely clear on whether a perpetual license--new or old--can be used to edit files that were created with a subscription license that is no longer active.
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Ralph, many software manufacturers discount their software toward the end of the cycle year. This is to induce new users to buy the program and, hopefully, like it enough to become regular customers. I believe that C1-22 was released in December 2021, so it is now past the midpoint of its presumed life cycle.
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Robert, in my understanding the ability to edit photos does not depend on wether you use a perpetual license or a subscription model rather than on the version of the catalogue.
new versions of CO usually upgrade the catalog hence those are no longer usable with older versions of CO.0 -
Re some of he discussion above... I have one account and separate perpetual and subscription licenses. These were purchased independently and function independently under different licenses. I did not "upgrade" from a perpetual license to a subscription, which has "special" pricing and may well have consequences for the perpetual license.
Bernhard Mutter raises the interesting question of what happens if one tries to use an earlier version of Capture One to open a catalogue created with a more recent version. I'd be interested in knowing whether anyone has tried this, and what they discovered.
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Bernhard Mutter raises the interesting question of what happens if one tries to use an earlier version of Capture One to open a catalogue created with a more recent version. I'd be interested in knowing whether anyone has tried this, and what they discovered.
That happens all the time. If somebody upgrades the C1 software with a new version and then opens a catalog, this catalog will be updated as well. If he encounters problems with the version and wants to go back he cannot open the updates catalog anymore.
So, keeping an older version perpetual license only makes sense if the catalog will not be updated by using a subscription C1 software.
Is the perpetual license a life-time license? Well, only for the life-time of the companies activation servers. I will however not switch to a subscription model as I will not have access to my image edits or metadata anymore once I cancell the subscription, and the less people go the subscription route, the higher the chances that perpetual will be offered in the future.
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