DEVONThink standard vs DEVONThink Pro

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Getting ready to press Buy but not finding it easy to decide on version.

There was a discussion back in Oct '19 there was a discussion “Difference between Devonthink 3 and Devonthink 3 Pro” but it did not reach a satisfactory conclusion. The table (and supporting text) at https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink/editions really makes my head hurt.

Is there a succinct summary somewhere on the forums or elsewhere?

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I don’t think there is one.

What do you want to do with DEVONthink?

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Welcome @grgw

As noted under the matrix on that page, anything listed is not in the Standard edition.

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My problem is I don’t know how to “subtract” the matrix items from the free text description on that product page in order to get a clear picture of what’s in the Standard edition. It feels like a Standard vs Pro would be a more useful matrix; the only difference between Pro and Server is a single bullet!

I can’t complain though as there’s the Free Trial so I can work it out. Is the Free Trial for the Pro version?

Thanks for the help.

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Nothing exotic. Don’t want to buy Pro if I don’t need it, equally don’t want to create unnecessary workarounds if I end up with standard edition. Think I need to spend time with the Trial!

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The trial version has the features of the Server edition. And commands in DEVONthink with a blue star are only available in Pro or Server.

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Indeed. Here’s a matrix of all editions

Feature Standard Pro Server
Annotations X X X
AppleScript X X X
Classify X X X
Encrypted databases X X X
Feeds X X X
Filters (dates, marks, tags, or geolocation) X X X
Indexing X X X
Item links X X X
Reading List X X X
Reminders X X X
See Also X X X
Smart Groups X X X
Smart Rules X X X
Smart Templates X X X
Synch X X X
Tags X X X
Bookends integration X X
Concordance X X
Custom metadata X X
Download Manager X X
Email archiving X X
Form views X X
Grouping similar items X X
Image Capture X X
Imprinting PDFs and images X X
OCR X X
Scanner integration X X
Web interface X
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Which lies in the eye of the beholder, doesn’t it? For one it might be OCR for Thai, for someone else it might be synchronization across devices, for a third person something else entirely.

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Thanks BLUEFROG,

If I end up purchasing the Pro version, can I just apply the license and keep working on the environment created using the the trial version? Or will I need to re-create my environment (e.g. imports from Evernote)? I saw a previous comment about there not being a direct route between Standard and Pro versions.

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There should be no interruption at all. When you use the Pro license, it will just unlock the features of the Pro edition. Nothing more needs to be done.

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In his book Taking Smart Notes with Devonthink, Kourosh Dini uses Custom Metadata throughout. Of course, he’s trying to bend Devonthink into a Zettelkasten, which might not be the direction you want to go.

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Thanks for the matrix, exactly the quick info I was hoping they would have on DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink Editions but they don’t include the standard one.

Much appreciated.

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I know this is over a year old, but this matrix was super helpful. Thank you.

I’d love for it to be on the main marketing website.

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Ditto. My impression is DT’s marketing team want to position the Pro version as the “standard” edition by barely mentioning that there is a standard version on their site.

When comparing features, the only one I recognize between Standard and Pro is OCR, and my Brother scanner and PDF Pen apps already do that.

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There’s email archiving and imprinting, too.

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And not at all to forget Custom Metadata. Never without.

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And the Concordance, for those who need it.

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