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A More Detailed Comparison of What Is And Is Not Available in Free Tier?


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For instance, is Workspaces behind the pay wall for Sonar?

Are there limitation in the ProChannel?

Is tasks within the export function now  behind the paywall for Sonar?

I'm hoping to help some new folks using Cakewalk figure out the real differences (trying to invite them to TRY free tier for themselves lol like herding cats...)

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57 minutes ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

This makes no mention of Workspaces, Pro Channel, Exporting

That chart needs to be updated. Workspaces has a Crown symbol next to it in the last version of the Free Tier, and so has the Run Tasks button in the Export dialog.

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Additionally, Offline Help is not mentioned in the chart, but is currently blocked in the Free Tier. However, BandLab marketing seems to have changed their minds about that one. 

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23 hours ago, msmcleod said:

You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it.

Can we get a clear explanation if those areas being behind the paywall was planned, or are a know issue that we need to report?

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On 7/8/2025 at 12:34 PM, msmcleod said:

You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it.

Is this not the appropriate forum to get an answer to the question? Is there another forum we should go find or something?

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6 hours ago, Anthony Smith said:

Is this not the appropriate forum to get an answer to the question? Is there another forum we should go find or something?

This is basically a peer-to-peer forum. One can never expect developers and/or support staff attending to every question raised. In fact, sometimes they do, by their own free will, but that's the exception and not the rule.

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On 7/8/2025 at 8:34 PM, msmcleod said:

You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it.

So who produced the chart Mark? Do we have to ask all of the development team, one by one?

I know of about 4 or 5 of you but surely there are more.

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1 minute ago, Canopus said:

This is basically a peer-to-peer forum. One can never expect developers and/or support staff attending to every question raised. In fact, sometimes they do, by their own free will, but that's the exception and not the rule.

Fair enough, but if we can't gain their attention here, where do we go?

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2 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

Fair enough, but if we can't gain their attention here, where do we go?

I have no idea. If it's not a support issue, then maybe there's no place to go.

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In the end these questions are answered by a volunteer user who will take the time to research and create a comprehensive chart. 
That has always been the strong point of this user forum. 
Staff provided what they can but don’t really have time. 
My personal view is if you feel strongly that the chart is of importance to the community then you should be the volunteer. 

In the end it is a very simple process to try out the free tier version and if you run into a missing feature you can then make the decision to either buy a membership or move on and see if there’s better value in switching over to another Daw. 

Everyone has totally different needs and only that person can decide what path to take. 

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With all due respect, the items you get if you subscribe  aren’t all that big of a deal. A few are nice additions but don’t stand out as must-haves. Are those supposed make a person want to upgrade?

It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing? 

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1 hour ago, Terry Kelley said:

It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing? 

Well, some people just can't stand that 13 second wait during application startup, so there's that :D

We are told that exciting things are in the pipeline that will be Full/Subscription only. I recommend you use the Free Tier until such time as the new features are announced, and make your decision about upgrading then. 

If there is one thing that is very clear over the last few years, is that there is no one strategy that BandLab can take that will make EVERYONE happy 😄

 

 

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1 hour ago, Terry Kelley said:

With all due respect, the items you get if you subscribe  aren’t all that big of a deal. A few are nice additions but don’t stand out as must-haves. Are those supposed make a person want to upgrade?

It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing? 

The missing items might or might not incentivise certain users into upgrading, but equally, they're not sufficiently important to ***** prospective users who refuse to pay the sub.

It's a fine line and puts Cakewalk into a very delicate position

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Themes are not part of the new Sonar due to changes in the UI. My Theme i developed years ago did not get imported from CbB. And the preferences/colors doesn't work at all. i turned in a bug report on this one. I hope later there is a Theme editor

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On 7/11/2025 at 6:42 PM, Bristol_Jonesey said:

The missing items might or might not incentivise certain users into upgrading, but equally, they're not sufficiently important to ***** prospective users who refuse to pay the sub.

It's a fine line and puts Cakewalk into a very delicate position

I seem to remember that future additions/ improvements will be sub only ? 
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