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Differences between Personal Plans and Professional Plans

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This article describes the differences between the Personal plan and the Professional plan. Both plans will help you manage your domains. If you’re a business owner or run an e-commerce website, the Professional plan will help you reach your business goals by providing you with the best tools for security and domain management.

  Personal Professional
Can I redirect for HTTPS? × ✓
Can I work with other people on my account? × ✓
Am I covered by an SLA? × 99%
Are my customers protected when they visit my site? × ✓
Can I customize my invoice email? × ✓
Do I have access to the DNSimple Slack app? × ✓
How fast can I get help from the experts? 24 hours > 24 hours

Can I redirect for HTTPS?

Personal: No - You can only redirect your users using HTTP redirects.

Professional: Yes - Safely redirect all non-HTTPS traffic to a secured connection.

Can I secure my subdomains with a Let’s Encrypt certificate?

Personal: No - You can only secure your root domain and www subdomain.

Professional: Yes - Secure any subdomain and wildcard.

Can I customize the certificate SAN with up to 100 extra names for a single certificate?

Personal: No - You can only secure your root domain and www subdomain.

Professional: Yes - Secure a combination of different host names from the same or different domains.

Can I work with other people on my account?

Personal: No - Sharing login credentials is unprofessional and a security risk.

Professional: Yes - You can invite others to help manage your domains. This also includes fine-grained access setup for domains, and access to your full activity log, which provides 100% transparency into account and domain changes.

Am I covered by an SLA?

Personal: No - There is no SLA.

Professional: Yes - We have a 99% SLA on our Professional plan.

Are my customers protected when they visit my site?

Personal: Limited - We offer Let’s Encrypt certificates on the Personal plan. Wildcards are not included.

Professional: Yes - Save time and money with our Wildcard Let’s Encrypt certificates.

How fast can I get help from the experts?

Personal: Receive an answer in 24 hours.

Professional: Get even faster help from developers with a < 24 hour response time.

Can I customize my invoice email?

Personal: No – Invoices are only sent to the account owner.

Professional: Yes – Your invoices can be sent directly to your accountant, bookkeeper, or anyone else.

Do I have access to the DNSimple Slack app?

Personal: No – You’re missing out on the easiest way to manage your domains.

Professional: Yes – Using our Slack app, you can buy, connect, and operate your domains directly from your Slack channel.

For a comprehensive overview of DNSimple’s plans, take a look at our pricing page. If you’d like more help choosing a plan, contact us at support@dnsimple.com.