# Newbie confused about syncing and commercial options :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [April 9, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/newbie-confused-about-syncing-and-commercial-options/80102 "2024-04-09T23:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ciara](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@ciara](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ciara)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/newbie-confused-about-syncing-and-commercial-options/80102/1 "2024-04-09T23:28:30Z")
Hi new to obsidian a couple questions (i could not find a contact us link to go direct to obsidian) a) - whats included in the commercial fee (50)… is it just fee for being ‘commercial’ or does it include some syncing etc. b) can we use our own syncing service (ie access the vault via onedrive from the various platforms). c) is there a family plan for syncing thats a bit more ecomonical than … 100 a year per person. (assuming pro - as reg is not enough space) tia ciara ---
**Author:** ![ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ariehen/32/46932_2.png) [@ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ariehen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/newbie-confused-about-syncing-and-commercial-options/80102/2 "2024-04-10T04:46:46Z")
a) The commercial license lets you legally use Obsidian in a workplace setting. Details in the link below. It does not include Obsidian Sync or Publish. > **[Commercial license - Obsidian Help](https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+and+payment/Commercial+license)** > > If you use Obsidian for work in a company with two or more employees, you must purchase a Commercial license. You and your team may use Obsidian commercially for free for 14 days to evaluate the app … b) Obsidian “vaults” are just a folder on disk. For Desktop ↔ desktop sync, you have lots of options. Desktop ↔ mobile less so, but there are a handful. > [@Meta Post - Syncing between Devices](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/meta-post-syncing-between-devices/20983): > > The official documentation for [syncing Obsidian across devices](https://help.obsidian.md/Getting+started/Sync+your+notes+across+devices) is a great place to start. If you have ideas to improve the Obsidian documentation, pull requests are welcome. You can contribute to the process of [documenting Obsidian on GitHub](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-docs). First things first: Obsidian Sync vs. Third Party Sync. The advantages of [Obsidian Sync](https://obsidian.md/sync) is that it’s officially supported, “just works,” has nice versioning that is built into Obsidian, and is blazing fast and optimized for your vault. The main tradeoff is… c) These are the Sync plans and discounts as of now: > **[Plans and storage limits - Obsidian Help](https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian+Sync/Plans+and+storage+limits)** > > Plans To sync your notes with Obsidian Sync you need a subscription plan. You can purchase a Sync plan by logging into your account. See the Sync landing page for pricing. Below is a comparison betwe… > [@Senior Citizen discount?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/senior-citizen-discount/79527/2): > > We are only offering discounts on Sync and Publish to the educational and non-profit sectors at this time. Should this ever change, we’ll make an announcement. If you are asking for this to be something we more officially consider, please make a feature request on our feature forum. [Feature requests - Obsidian Forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/c/feature-requests/8) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/newbie-confused-about-syncing-and-commercial-options/80102/3 "2024-07-09T04:47:22Z")
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