# Mixing Devonthink 3 Personal and Pro

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641>\
**Category:** Editions & Licenses\
**Tags:** pricing, sync\
**Created:** [December 22, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641 "2019-12-22T17:18:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rcramer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@rcramer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rcramer)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641/1 "2019-12-22T17:18:30Z")

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Dear all,

I have upgraded to Devonthink 3 and I am using 2 desktops (development / office) and 2 notebooks (personal and professional) together with one iPad Pro. This zoo is because of some historical reasons.  
Because of new license model, I need 2 additional seats for my pro license but this is too expensive for me actually. Because I need the Pro functionality only at my 2 desktops machines, I would like to buy two personal license for my notebooks. On my notebooks, sync of the files and all KI functions are the important features.

Would this work ?

Thanks for your feedback.  
Kind Regards  
Ralph

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641/2 "2019-12-22T17:26:43Z")

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Note: To make sure we’re all talking the same language _(and to avoid confusion for other readers)_, there are three editions for DEVONthink 3: **Standard** , **Pro** , and **Server**

If you buy a license of DEVONthink 3 - regardless of the edition - it comes with two seats, i.e., two per-machine licenses.

So you can buy DEVONthink 3 Standard and simply install it on the two laptops, as you have two seats with the purchase.

And there should be no compatibility issues with syncing the data between all four machines.

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**Author:** ![rcramer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@rcramer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rcramer)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641/3 "2019-12-22T17:40:54Z")

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Great! Thanks for clarification. So, I will buy two additional personal licenses.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641/4 "2019-12-22T17:45:52Z")

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You mean **Standard** licenses? 😉

PS: If you actually mean _buying **two** licenses_, this would give you **four** seats of DEVONthink 3 Standard. Make sure you are clear on what you are buying.

And, you’re welcome 🙂

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**Author:** ![rcramer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@rcramer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rcramer)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641/5 "2019-12-22T18:19:05Z")

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I have bought 1 Standard license for 2 seats 🙂

Thanks for your support!

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mixing-devonthink-3-personal-and-pro/52641/6 "2019-12-22T18:26:17Z")

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Excellent!  
_(We are not against making money obviously, but we also don’t believe in having people buy what they don’t need!  
See: [https://www.devontechnologies.com/about/principles](https://www.devontechnologies.com/about/principles))_

You’re very welcome 🙂