Designer Pro X versus Designer Pro+ - should I switch over?

[XByrne]

I have Designer Pro X and recently, via Update Service (which I just about understand) upgraded to the November 2020 version. Grand.

An email has come in offering me lifetime 50% discount if I 'change over' to Xara Cloud Pro+.
This seems to be a combination of the desktop Designer Pro+ and Xara Cloud.


If I 'change over' from Xara Designer Pro X to Designer Pro+...

1. Do my projects open up perfectly in Pro+, or will something be missing?

2. Is there a cross-upgrade path (I understand that Pro+ is Xara's 'personal' version of Magix's 'tweaked' Xara Designer Pro X)?
Or do I have to buy this other version?

3. If I start using Pro+, can I just delete Pro X?

4. Do I lose my 'M' Hosting?

5. Is Xara Cloud Pro+ 'the same thing' as Designer Pro+? I mean does the 50% discount apply to both? (See attached screenshot of email offer).


Now for the 'Cloud' stuff. I've read as much as I can find and it still leaves me a bit muddled... Cloud Pro, Cloud+, Cloud, with Designer Pro+ mixed in there occasionally.
That's just the terms, haven't even got to the pricing yet.
Thanks for the 'Update Service' explanation elsewhere on the forum, by the way, which helps a lot to understand what's going on.
So, basically...

On 12th May 2020, I upgraded to Xara Designer Pro X for €104.88. That was Pro X11 to Pro X17 (called Pro X365 in my Magix account), in fact. A great deal!
The Update Service will last until May 2021.

1. What do I actually own that will last, if I do nothing?

2. As a upgrade path, what's the very best option? Sometimes I wait a couple of years to upgrade to a new version (like from Pro X11 to Pro X17).

3. Given the Lifetime 50% Discount, what will it actually cost me?


Sincerely appreciate input from the forum!

Seamus