Am I the only one lost on the new offerings? PRO PRO+ Cloud etc???

[Acorn]

You can only get Xara Designer Pro+ through subscription to Xara Cloud.

• https://xara.com/pricing/ > Individual > Pro+
• https://help-cloud-plus.xara.com/art...to-pro-or-team
• https://help-cloud-plus.xara.com/art...designer-pro-x

Vanilla Xara designer Pro is an arrangemment of Xara with Magix and purchase is still through Magix or renewal with the Update Service.

I have advised elsewhere that the 50% discount Xara was offering for Pro+ balanced out the Magix Update Service for a year.
After which, you decide which route to follow.
Matt Bolton may advise if the discount is still available. See LATEST.

I switched to Pro+ early and have not regretted it.
The use of Xara Cloud+ does take time to click in but I have already recouped my outlay with my last two clients.
It is currently on v20.3 as of 03 September so updates are far quicker than the Magix offering.
Also there is no Magix involvement whatsoever.

It depends how you view yourself: hobbyist or web designer. For a hobby, I would normally recommend Xara Web Designer Premium.
If you felt that was limiting and you elected for XDPX then you are a designer and XDPX+ is probably your better route.

Things to note:

• Keep you Magix version(s) installed; they are ideal as a fallback and quick to re-activate.
• It only applies to XDPX, there is no Web Designer Premium or other derivative products.
• Trial first.
• Chase a discount even ask to transfer across remaining XDPX Update service as a credit. LATEST: Matt Bolton is now offering a lifetime 50% discount; the code is LIFETIME.

Acorn