Reduce pricing for Pro / Believers plan
T
Tavleen Singh
The believer plan costs $12/mo, which will be the cost of Pro plan.
Why not acknowledge the believers by giving them say $6/mo pricing and grandfathering them into the pro plan for the same price when it launches.
There should be an early adopter financial benefit and this will inspire a lot more people to join the believer plan.
Log In
Steffen Bleher
Hi there,
While we do not have news on reducing the price for Capacities Pro or Believer, we want to share some insights on why the price of Capacities is the way it is.
We found that there were a lot of misconceptions about our pricing, so we compiled everything into an article.
We hope it makes sense to you.
Steffen Bleher
Hi there,
While we do not have news on reducing the price for Capacities Pro or Believer, we want to share some insights on why the price of Capacities is the way it is.
We found that there were a lot of misconceptions about our pricing, so we compiled everything into an article.
We hope it makes sense to you.
T
Tobias C
Steffen Bleher thanks for the input. I read the article you had compiled, but do not follow the reasoning fully.
a) Have you looked into how many might convert with a lower price point instead of not converting at all? E.g. 10 premium subscribers would balanced out by 30 discount subscribers for 1/3 of the price.
b) You write "We’re building Capacities to fundamentally improve knowledge work for people like you, those who want to focus on thinking, learning, and creating rather than toggling features." but I've tried many PKMs and the likes and it's hard to come across one that just does everything right in my opinion. This makes it harder to demand a high price point as I'm not getting the "perfect" software. I admire your mission and devotions, and while you get a lot of functionality right I still UI around Collections and Dashboards are quite weird I'd prefer a direction based around using filters (queries) as found in Notion/Logseq and the likes. To me there's great value in a native macOS app, but I know that's probably never going to be on your agenda. So even though you move very fast in development (a big plus) it's harder as a user to invest in this price point when I know the vision to be different from what I envision.
c) As I read it you're satisfied with the current price point, paying it is a commitment to the mission, but still the price point is regional based, so for some it's more expensive to be a part of the mission while others are part of it at a reduced price.
M
Ming-Shiaun Yu
I agree with what others have mentioned; some people may not use the AI features, while others have already subscribed to AI services on their own. The current Pro plan may not be cost-effective for them.
Perhaps you could consider adding another subscription option, maybe called "Plus" or something similar. The Plus plan wouldn’t include an official AI usage quota. Users who need AI capabilities would have two choices:
- To subscribe to Pro and use the official AI quota provided.
- For users on the Plus plan to use their own subscribed AI services by inputting their API key.
I think this differentiation could attract more users, as the Plus plan would be more affordable.
M
Micael Da Prato
I think a lower-cost Pro plan without AI would be really popular. Many of us already pay $30 CAD/month for AI tools, so adding another subscription with AI can feel excessive. I do get that inside the PKM it has another set of use cases, but still, it's stopping people from having the other superb features of the Pro plan.
A Pro plan with all the features but no AI, priced around $10/month, would likely attract a lot more users.
Only my two cents, but I already know more than 10 people that are actually waiting on this to pull the trigger.
Thank you as usual and continue developing this sublime tool!
Beth
Merged in a post:
New plan at cheaper price
S
Sadeq Zainuddin
Hi, I wish that you have a plan at cheaper price, around 2-3$ monthly for only AI suggested tags for weblinks to organize content.
Capacities
marked this post as
open
Not actively worked on, moved to open for now.
A
Aa Aaa
A year later and still no change on no student pricing
Luca Joos
Merged in a post:
Purchasing power parity pricing
J
Jim Atienza
I am very much interested in a Pro subscription, but the cost is prohibitive. Parity pricing based on the purchasing power in the country where the user lives and works would probably put such a subscription within my reach. I'm guessing this is also true of a lot of other folks. Capacities would extend its reach by a lot.
Luca Joos
Merged in a post:
Lower tier Capacities Pro without AI
D
Daryl Valencia
I'm new to Capacities, coming from Logseq, and was hoping there would be a more affordable tier under Capacities Pro without the AI feature. I don't believe the current structure is ideal, especially since some users may already have subscriptions for better AI services elsewhere. A more flexible pricing model could help reduce overall costs
Steffen Bleher
Merged in a post:
Consider a lower "pro" price
R
Rick Conklin
I strongly believe if you lowered the "Pro" pricing to USD $4.99 / month you would more than make up the difference in many many more subscribers
T
Tobias C
I want to believe, but honestly think it's a premium asking price to pay for a product that's still very much in development. At $12 it's $144 a year, a price point you used to buy premium software like Windows, an office suite, or a Photo suite etc. And much of the value added along this journey atm. is from all the users/believers providing feedback and bug reports. At $6 I'd be onboard because I want to believe. Where Bear app is demanding too little for a premium product (although sort of fair given the super slow development), Capacities still seems quite rough for such a steep ask. Feels more like a business price and not one intended for a mortal private user.
Load More
→