Logos Cloud Plus- Comparable to Logos Gold?

Hello!

I am currently trying to decide on what Logos version to get as I just started Bible School at Masters level.

I do not currently have any library on Logos. It seems that Faithlife have a vision to move people gradually towards the subscription model, with Now geared towards people who already have large libraries.

I am wondering if it would be good for me, at this stage, to get Logos Cloud Plus, instead of purchasing, for example, Logos 7 Gold?

I read on the website that Logos Cloud Plus has the features of Silver and library size of Gold (though of course not exactly the same due to publishers and stronger focus on Lexham books). As Silver has the same features as Gold, I'm guessing Cloud Plus has the same features too?

Anyway, I'm mostly looking for different opinions before I decide. Any thoughts would help!

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Mark Barnes

Cloud Plus and Gold may be of a similar size (I'm not 100% sure), but Gold has much better books. Unfortunately, a lot of good publishers seem not to like the rental model (or have existing author contracts that make that very difficult for them). As a consequence there are bigger gaps in Cloud than in standard Logos packages. Apart from EEC, there are no modern decent commentary sets in Cloud Plus, for example, whilst Gold has Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Pillar New Testament Commentary, The Bible Speaks Today: New Testament, The New Daily Study Bible: New Testament, The New International Greek Testament Commentary, and Tyndale Commentaries (plus the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary).

So, if you can afford it, for academic use, I would suggest Logos 7 Gold over Cloud.

Gary

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844366#Comment_844366

Hi Mark,

Thank you so much for your reply! Sorry for not replying to your post on the Logos 7 forum.

Your thoughts are greatly appreciated and are very helpful and insightful.

I thought that would be the case. Hopefully one day, Logos Cloud will have the same libraries as the base packages. I was just wondering if it would be worth starting that route now, with the hope of those awesome collections being added in the future, without having to purchase a base package. This is mostly because I really like the idea of Logos Cloud and would probably want to subscribe one day anyway, and I wouldn't have needed to own any books from the beginning.

Anyway, we don't live in that world yet! Maybe my son when he grows up! haha.

Again, thanks for your opinion. I am leaning towards Logos 7 Gold. Perhaps with Logos Now instead of purchasing features.

Gary

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844411#Comment_844411

I was just wondering if it would be worth starting that route now, with the hope of those awesome collections being added in the future, without having to purchase a base package.

Since you're starting school now, and the changes you're looking forward to could be two, five, ten, or never years down the line... I'd buy the Library and sign up for Now.

GregW

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844885#Comment_844885

Since you're starting school now, and the changes you're looking forward to could be two, five, ten, or never years down the line... I'd buy the Library and sign up for Now.

Might be better to sign up for Now and then buy the library - that way you'll get the Now discounts on the library.

Gary

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844888#Comment_844888

Thanks for your thoughts! Very wise.

Yeah, seems likely I will go for the Gold library with Now. Seems pretty solid.

Not sure whether one needs to purchase Now, then purchase library afterwards to get the discount. But better to be safe than sorry I guess!

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/845256#Comment_845256

Not sure whether one needs to purchase Now, then purchase library afterwards to get the discount.

Another forum user has reported that as long as Logos Now is in your cart, you'll get the extra discounts.

You can test this by adding Gold to your cart, and seeing if the price goes down after adding Logos Now.

Dr. Keith Pang Ph.D.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/845260#Comment_845260

Gary, for what it's worth I think you should get Logos Gold if that's the package you are leaning towards. I also agree that getting Logos Now membership is worth it.

Gary

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/845260#Comment_845260

Not sure whether one needs to purchase Now, then purchase library afterwards to get the discount.

Another forum user has reported that as long as Logos Now is in your cart, you'll get the extra discounts.

You can test this by adding Gold to your cart, and seeing if the price goes down after adding Logos Now.

I can also confirm that you get the discount with Logos Now in the cart Convenient.

mike

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/845285#Comment_845285

Don't forget to apply for your academic discount before you purchase!