Text expansion is not per-seat per-month
The category default is “per user, per month.” That is not the layout here. The purchase block has two tabs: Buyout and Cloud. The amount on the payment page wins. The table lives in Pricing.
Sign in to pull shared groups, or turn on “Sync my snippets”. Shared groups are view-only on this device. Personal cloud sync cannot run with GitHub / Gitee / WebDAV.
View-only on this device; they still expand by abbreviation. Sign-in, opening the main window, or Sync now pulls the latest.
Last synced: just now
Keep the same private snippets on up to 3 devices. Only changes are uploaded. Up to 2000 snippets.
Settings → License → CE Cloud card: sign-in, Sync now, Open web library, shared-group hint, Sync my snippets, device slots.
Four cases
| You | Pick |
|---|---|
| Trying the loop, small library | Free: 50 snippets / 5 groups. FillIn, capture, OCR included |
| This machine, sync via your own Git/WebDAV | Lifetime (Buyout). Pro, no CE Cloud |
| Solo, second computer or web editing | Personal yearly (Cloud) |
| Coworkers share one pack of replies | Team seat, one per person; writing the org library needs two |
Lifetime plus Personal yearly buys transfer, not a second script license. Lifetime plus a company Team seat buys collaboration.
What does not happen automatically
- Pasting a key does not turn on Sync my snippets. The desktop switch stays off. The first enablement states that we can read bodies.
- Signing in is not Pro and not the library. The account holds profile, bound keys, invites.
- A permanent key bound to an account does not grant cloud. Yearly/monthly keys add cloud time on first claim.
- Cancelled, offline, or signed out still expands at the free local tier. Nothing remote-wipes the library.
Free GIF is 15 seconds with a watermark. Scrolling capture and OCR have daily caps. Do not map this free tier onto a competitor’s “five active snippets” plan.
Do not
- Do not buy one Team seat and expect to edit the org library on the web.
- Do not read “I have an account” as “I am syncing.”
- Prices move on the payment page, not on an old post.
Related: Account, Personal cloud, Organizations.