Tuesday, June 28, 2016

So Long Evernote

Learned today that Evernote is changing their prices and what is offered at each tier.  I've been a premium (paid) user for many years and a fan of the service, but I think it is time to try something new.  I currently use it for business and personal use.

Under the new plan, there is a still a free option, but it is limited to 60 megs a month and even worse, can only be synced with two devices.  If continue using all your devices, you have to step up now to Evernote "Plus" which is about $4 a month or $35 a year.  This comes with 1 gig of upload space each month.  The "Premium" plan is now about $8 or $70 a year.  It comes with 10GB of space a year. I currently have Premium, but the cost is only $45 a year.  Wow, that's quite an increase!  Does that mean Evernote is introducing lots of new, nifty features - apparently not!

Frankly, they must be high at Evernote. This seems like a massive miscalculation by the company. Evernote is just not competitive now with other options, especially Microsoft Office (which I already subscribe to).  In all probability, I'll be switching to One Note.  If I keep Evernote at all, it will be a free account only.

Another option (that I have yet to explore) is Google Keep.  Extra storage space at Google is couple of bucks a month if needed and can be used for many purposes.

If you are in the same boat and want to switch to One Note, Microsoft is making it easy.  Here's a program to import your data easily.

So long Evernote!  Good luck trying to sell this to the public.