We are glad you have decided to purchase OggSync Pro! Your purchase allows us to keep up with the support and features that make OggSync the best Google Calendar sync solution for Windows Outlook and Mobile.Currently we support purchasing subscriptions from Paypal. We also have volume purchases available, for 5-30 there is a 33% discount available, for over 30, there is a 50% discount available.We also have educational pricing available. For more information contact oggsync@oggsync.com
Thanks for your support!
We get occasionally asked why we use PayPal and not Google Checkout, and also why do we use subscriptions. The main reason is that we want to focus on adding new features to OggSync, rather than supporting a back end registration system. PayPal happens to have a fully featured built out user subscription system, which allows us to focus on our products and not tracking credit cards, who gets download privileges, tracking renewals, who should get upgrades, etc. Our experience with PayPal has been very positive.
We are talking about adding support for Google Checkout (and other purchase methods) but to do that we would have to develop in house a lot of the things that PayPal does for us, so currently, there are too many more important things to spend our development budget on at the moment to focus on adding the support required to do that ourselves.
Comment by OggSync — May 14, 2007 @ 10:51 pmWhat is the difference between the freeware and the pro version?
Comment by Dustin Davis — May 29, 2007 @ 5:09 pmNone is guess??????
Giving the authors some money to develope i think
Comment by Rick — June 1, 2007 @ 5:21 amThere’s a significant difference between the outlook->google sync, in that it only does 3 days. There’s a post about this on the front page. I, however, mainly use it for my JasJam to Google sync, which I’ve been totally and fantastically happy with. I just subscribed, which gives me the ability to sync with multiple cals on my phone. Thanks, guys.
Comment by Rob Thomas — June 1, 2007 @ 11:35 pmI have used the freeware version of OggSync for a couple of weeks now and I am VERY pleased with it. Thank you so much for making this available. I had previously used Funambol and it worked but it was difficult and still had some issues. Your program works flawlessly.
I would like to get the PRO version of the Google sync software. I understand that the pro version allows for multiple calendars and automatic sync’ing? However, since I do NOT use the outlook functions, the minor advanced features (for Google) do not warrant a subscription of $30 per year.
Is there any way to get a NON-Outlook version that would provide the advanced Google features at a reduced cost? I *MUCH* prefer to just buy the software - rather than a subscription. Since most software of this level SELLS for less than $30, a YEARLY subscription of $30 is much too expensive for me.
Thanks for the consideration.
Comment by Ray Waldo — June 20, 2007 @ 11:24 am@Rob Thomas:
You can set up activesync to sync your entire calendar if you want, under synchronisation options.
Comment by Mattijs Snepvangers — July 3, 2007 @ 5:07 amI support Ray’s comment above.
Comment by Alex — August 5, 2007 @ 9:41 pmI’m not interested in Outlook synchronization, so a cheaper PDA-Google only sync would be a much better option for me.
Also I agree that subscription is an overkill, compared to pricing of competing software.
$30 a year is really too much.
Is any updated pricing coming up?
I agree, the price is way too steep for a small app like this, especially since other people are charging a onetime fee of 9.99 and $25
Comment by Bart — August 10, 2007 @ 10:35 amI agree, A one-time fee would be great, and maybe when you guys upgrade to new major releases you can charge an upgrade cost.
Imran
Comment by Imran Malek — August 28, 2007 @ 1:48 pmI hate Paypal
pls consider Visa/Diners etc
regards
Comment by ulrik — September 6, 2007 @ 12:37 pmHow about a cheaper, non-commercial use license for those of us who use our PDA for personal use, on a budget? No way i can justify a yearly fee this steep. But I’d be interested if it were cheaper.
Comment by rubin — March 28, 2008 @ 10:10 amI agree the fact it’s a subscription is a little strange but it the fact it’s simple and does exactly what I want… I am okay with that…
Comment by Ed — April 11, 2008 @ 10:06 amI cannot agree enough with the above comments. There is no reason for this small (but incredibly useful) application to be offered on a subscriptioin basis.
Comment by Adam — June 4, 2008 @ 12:20 amI would like to try out the Pro version to be sure it does multiple calendars the way I want it too. But at $29.95 for only a year use is really too pricey for this app. Consider altering your marketing structure to mimic other successful distributions. For example, $29.95 for purchase with minor version updates included, 50% off on upgrades to next major version (spb, Resco and other major players do this) Another good plan is $29.95 for purchase with an optional 20% renewable annual maintenance (for example Dameware).
Comment by Anthony S — June 16, 2008 @ 1:23 pmI never fails to amaze me how many people will whine about $29.95/year for a useful tool. This is less than $3 per month. Quit being tightwad jerks, skip one visit to Starbucks each month and let these developers earn a little profit for their hard work.
Comment by Steve — July 19, 2008 @ 7:27 pmGreat application - works like a dream. However the PRO price is c-r-a-z-y. A one off price of $30 would be ,but $30 per year means I’m gonna be looking for a cheaper alternative elsewhere. A real shame as this is the best Google-Outlook sync I’ve used so far….
Comment by Paul — August 5, 2008 @ 2:01 pmWell, it all depend on how much your time is worth to you and how much continue efforts you want to invest into a solution that works for you.
I have tried all different software and tinkered for hours to try to sync my wife’s home outlook, work outlook, my home outlook, work outlook and both our windows smartphone. Oggsync is the first solution that actualy works without a flaw. For $40 a year, install and forget and now I never have to hear any complains about missing items from calenders.
To me, it’s $40 a year well spent.
[OggSync: Thanks for the kind words, but it should have been $29.00/year (which includes both mobile and PC version). Let us know at support@oggsync.com if your costs were different.]
Comment by Ben — August 13, 2008 @ 1:29 pmWow, if this app does what it says it does. $29bucks is too low. I have been deploying Gapps for about 6 mo. and this is the missing link. I will throw in a few extra duckets on my order just to cover the whine tax.
Comment by Tim — November 8, 2008 @ 9:25 pmHoly cow, am I glad I went ahead and ordered the Pro version. I think just not having to figure out how to synch Outlook 2007 on Vista with my new HTC Touch Pro and Google (contacts AND calendar) are worth at least $30. Now if I wonder if I can synch my tasks…
Comment by eronious — December 14, 2008 @ 6:36 amSome of these price-oriented comments seem truly twisted. Unless the software stops working after a year or something, then 30$/year is beyond reasonable. And even then, that’s $2.50 per month, sports. If you’re complaining that much over that little, you shouldn’t even have a computer or internet access, let alone a WinMobile device.
Comment by Joe — January 8, 2009 @ 10:39 pm$30 is on the high end of pricing. in the neighborhood of apps with MUCH broader feature set. and then it’s a yrly upgrade. yeah, no. like others above, a limited version of the prog that did only google connectivity that was reasonably priced ($10 one time, i’d even consider $20) and i’d do that in a heartbeat.
in my own customer service experience, each ’squeaky wheel’ is representative of a significant number of people that didn’t bother to squeak and they just went away without a sound. with the number of potential users that have passed based on the price shown on this page, i wonder how many others have passed on this prog without saying a word.
this is the same thing you see from oversized corporations (dell, microsoft) as they try to gouge users just because they think they can.
Comment by darrin — January 16, 2009 @ 5:29 am