Search feature now costs money???

So let me get this straight. I have spent thousands of dollars over the years to use Logos for my bible studies and teaching and all the while I was able to search for things if I had questions. That search feature was an integral part of the software. This morning as I was searching for a certain verse for my class this week, it informs me that I have pay a monthly fee to search now. WHY??? This is a HUGE turn-off and disappointment. Why was it free for so very long, but now you want to charge a monthly fee to do what it did all along as a part of paying so much for the program to begin with??? I am not the least bit impressed.

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Graham Criddle

We can do the same types of searches we have always done without any additional charge.

There is a subscription for “Smart Searches” (searches that are AI-enabled).

What type of search were you doing? Can you post a screenshot?

Michael Larsen

Hi Graham. After much perusing, I found the "old" search method still in place. What was misleading was that when I clicked on the "SEARCH" feature in the menu, it only brought me to the "Smart" search option and wanted money, so it appeared that the old way was gone. The search I was trying to do was to locate one verse in particular, but I was not able to with the normal method of clicking on the search function. I went to a totally different platform online to get the information I needed.

Thank you for your quick response. Had I spent a little more time looking, I would have found the old way, but I wish it wasn't so convoluted in that I had to step through all of that "smart" search stuff before I could ever find the old search function in a totally different place.

Have a blessed day, sir, and thanks again.

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Graham Criddle

We can do the same types of searches we have always done without any additional charge.

There is a subscription for “Smart Searches” (searches that are AI-enabled).

What type of search were you doing? Can you post a screenshot?

Michael Larsen

Have a blessed day, sir, and thanks again.

Steven Veach

Hi Michael,

So, I was right where you are. I thought it was ridiculous that Logos had gone to a subscription format and was certain I would never switch over. Then I reluctantly started using AI to search for things when one appeared in my spell checker for free (it is everywhere suddenly). That experience and the incredible ease of searching and retrieving information on anything led me to look closer at Logos' subscription. I tried it. I love it. The Smart Search is SO MUCH BETTER than the precise search. It really removes the need for cross-references. I can finally easily throw in a series of verse references, and it will instantly look them all up for me. Perfectly. Instead of trying to translate that question into the proper search query, I can just ask my questions. It is well worth the small price just for the Smart Bible Search. I've had less reliable results with the Book Smart Search, but it still works well.

Anyway, this is just my two cents. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it. I think you can get a free 30-day trial. I understand your hesitancy based on principle alone. Logos has had my ire for a long time about their pricing policies. They are not a ministry or a "Christian business," yet their marketing insinuates itself as such. I find this wildly deceptive. But, despite this, the tools they produce are invaluable to my research and work, so I've had to get over it.

I wish you luck,

Steven