Zoho Creator is 100% free for personal use. For business, it starts from $5/user and gets as cheap as $3/user as you buy more users.

	Personal Free Edition	Business Free Edition	Business 5 User Pack	Business 10 User Pack	Business 25 User Pack	Business 50 User Pack	Business 100 User Pack
Price (USD)	FREE	FREE	$25/month	$45/month	$100/month	$175/month	$300/month
Users	Unlimited	5	5	10	25	50	100
No. of Apps	5	5	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
File Storage (?)	200 MB	200 MB	1 GB	2 GB	4 GB	7 GB	12 GB
SSL (?)
Rebranding (?)
Data Backup (?)
Action Script (?)
Embedding (?)	with Zoho promo	with Zoho promo	without Zoho promo	without Zoho promo	without Zoho promo	without Zoho promo	without Zoho promo
Mobile Access (?)
API (?)

While Zoho Creator pricing is based on number of users, we have a cap on number of applications in free editions.
In Personal and Business Free Editions, you can have max 5 applications. In paid business editions you can create UNLIMITED number of applications.

FYI: There's no restriction on the number of records/entries you are adding to the application. This is applicable to both free and business editions.

There is no change in the way you create and access the application. But from 30th May 2008 onwards there will be restriction in the number of applications in an account. You can have max 5 applications in your account.

....but I have 7 applications in use, what will happen to them?
In this new business version, all your apps (no matter how many of them) will be accessible for a period of 1 month (from June 1, 2008 ---to--- July 1, 2008). We will be keeping all your application details intact in our server till (July 1, 2008) for you to upgrade to the Business Edition of your choice. When you upgrade within the above mentioned date, all your apps will be accessible without any hassles.

If you fail to upgrade within that period, only first 5 apps (listed on your homepage) will be accessible.

Here's what you get when you upgrade to the paid business edition...

• Add as many users as you need
• Upload your own logo
• SSL support
• Back-up your application
• Restore the backed-up application
• Embed Form/View in your website without Zoho Promo
• Get quick support to your queries from the development team

more details here »

To upgrade to the paid business edition...

1. Login to Zoho Creator.
2. Select the Account Settings option from the top-right corner
3. Select the Subscription tab

... and click on the 'Upgrade' button of the plan of your choice.

You can add 24 users.1 being the admin (ie., you).

No you will not loose any data by upgrading.You can upgrade to the paid business edition anytime.
Please visit Account Settings > Subscription for upgrading.

Yes, there will always be a free version.
Zoho Creator is 100% free for personal use, but it will be limited in some ways. Access will be limited to features like... Rebranding, Data Backup, SSL and others. Zoho Creator also has a free version for business, but you can have just 5 apps and 5 users in your account. You will get more with the paid subscription.
Check out  Why should I upgrade? and How much does Zoho Creator cost?

Yes you can downgrade your account anytime. To do this, just follow the same procedure as that of upgrading the plan and click on 'Downgrade' button of the plan of your choice.

...what will happen to the shared users when I downgrade?
When you downgrade say from 25 user pack -to- 10 user pack, the first 10 users you have added to your account will be active and they will be able to access the application shared to them. When you want to share the application with users of your choice, first inactivate 10 users that you dont need and then activate the other 10 you need.

Please email us at sales [at] zoho [dot] com with your organization details, website URL and a brief write up about what your non-profit organization is all about.

Please email us at sales [at] zoho[dot] com with details. We will get back to you at the earliest.

Yes you can upload your logo if you are in the paid business edition. To upload your logo use 'Rebranding' tab from the Account Settings page.

File Storage does not refer to the size of the application -or- number of records/entries added to your application. But 'File Storage' refers to the files uploaded to your application.

FYI: You will get file storage space starting from 1GB -to- 12GB based on the user pack you buy. Zoho Creator considers total file storage of the account and not of the individual users. A single user can use all the available storage space or it could be used by all the users combined.

Size of each file uploads cannot exceed 5 MB for both free and paid editions.

Storage capacity limitations:

• Free Editions: 200MB
• Paid Business Editions: The total file storage space starts from 1GB - to- 12GB based on the user pack you buy.

Yes you can remove the Zoho promo from the embedded forms/views if you are in the paid business edition. You do not have to pay anything extra.
Good news is that if you are in the paid business version, you can embed UNLIMITED forms/views without the Zoho promo .

You can add new users, delete existing users, activate or deactivate users from the Manage Users tab in 'Account Settings' page.

Add / Delete User
To add a new user, click 'Add New User' button > specify email ids > click 'Add'. By default, a user will be added as 'Active' and Role as 'User'. To delete a user, select the user and click on Delete User button.

Activate/Deactivate User
By default a user will be added as 'Active'. You can share your application only with users whose status is 'Active'.


FYI: If you want to remove sharing access temporarily for a particular user, simply set his status as 'Inactive'. When the status is 'Inactive' users will not be able to access the application. And when you want to give back access, just switch the status to 'Active'.

Yes you can back up your application if you are in the paid business edition.
To backup your application...

1. Select the Backup tab and click on 'Start New Backup'
2. In the Backup dialog, select the application to backup and click on 'Backup Now'
3. The backed up applications will be listed under Completed, along with the version number and the date of backup.

To restore a backed up application, click the Restore button and...

1. Specify the Application Name in the Restore dialog and click Restore Now
2. The restored application will be listed in your Home page.

You can have 3 back up versions, for a single application.

Yes unlimited users can access your app when your application is public.

Workspace refers to the common space provided to the users to facilitate complete management of the applications and work as a cohesive unit.

Workspace can be formed by:

• Set of People: Sam, John, Lisa use the workspace as users and John playing the admin role
• SMB/Enterprise: ABC Mart, XYZ Corp where 100's of users inside the organization use the workspace and one of the user playing the admin role
• Educational Institutions: Teachers and Students collaborating within the workspace and one of them playing the admin role
• NGO's: 1000's of volunteers and supporters collaborating within the workspace and one of them playing the admin role

Zoho Promo is a promotional banner which appears at the bottom of the form/view when you embed it in your website and blog. You can remove it if you are in the paid business edition.