--- title: "Buying a licence" url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/buying-a-licence category: "Licensing & payments" tags: ["licence", "buying", "checkout", "coupons", "pricing", "plans"] summary: "Buy from the pricing page on our website or from the plan screen in Storage Studio, and pay at our secure checkout. A code you enter first shows its discount on the prices and is carried to checkout. Right after paying you get an email with a one-tap activation button and your licence key." updated: 2026-10-05T16:45:49.000Z --- # Buying a licence Buy from the pricing page on our website or from the plan screen in Storage Studio, and pay at our secure checkout. A code you enter first shows its discount on the prices and is carried to checkout. Right after paying you get an email with a one-tap activation button and your licence key. To buy Storage Studio, pick a plan on our [pricing page](https://storagestudio.us/pricing) or in the app, and pay at our secure checkout, which opens in your browser. Straight afterwards we email you a one-tap activation button and your licence key. For the plans on sale today and what they cost, see the [pricing page](https://storagestudio.us/pricing). ## Where to buy from - **The pricing page** on our website, **storagestudio.us/pricing**. Each product has its own card with its price: **Storage Studio** (monthly, yearly or lifetime), the **Delta storage** packages, and — when we offer one — a plan that combines Storage Studio and Delta storage for one price, monthly or yearly. Have a coupon, partner or onboarding code? Enter it in the box at the top of the page first: the prices on the cards update to show your discount and say how long it lasts — the first payment, every payment, or the first few months. The code then travels with you to checkout. Delta storage is added to a Storage Studio licence, so you'll need one of those first. - **The plan screen.** It opens when you choose to buy — for example from **Buy Storage Studio first** on the Delta Trust card. It shows a card for each plan, each with a button that opens checkout. The window shown at launch after your trial ends has plan cards too. - **Settings → License.** Under **Don't have a code? Buy a plan**, type an optional coupon and choose **Buy a plan**. Checkout opens on the monthly plan; for a different plan, use the plan screen. - **The popover's licence card**, during a trial, has buttons that open checkout too. Every plan includes every feature and future updates; plans differ in how you pay — by the month, by the year, or once. Which plans are on sale can change, so check the [pricing page](https://storagestudio.us/pricing) for today's line-up. If you pick a plan that isn't on sale at the moment, checkout says **Plan unavailable** and asks you to choose another. ## Step by step 1. Optionally type a coupon in **Have a coupon code? Enter it, then pick a plan below**. Storage Studio checks it as you type. 2. Choose the plan's button. Secure checkout opens in your browser. 3. Pay. Checkout handles your card details — Storage Studio never sees or stores them. You get a receipt for the payment, and a confirmation email from us. 4. Watch your inbox for **Your Storage Studio activation code**. It holds your licence key and, in almost every case, an **Activate Storage Studio** button. 5. Activate — see [Activating your licence](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/activating-your-licence). ```mermaid %% caption: From choosing a plan to an activated Mac flowchart TD A[Type a coupon, if you have one] --> B{Did the app confirm it?} B -->|Yes| C[The discount travels with you to checkout] B -->|No or not checked| D[Checkout opens without it] C --> E[Pay at secure checkout] D --> E E --> F[Email with an Activate button and your licence key] F --> G[Storage Studio is activated on this Mac] ``` *Flowchart — From choosing a plan to an activated Mac. Outline:* - Type a coupon, if you have one - leads to Did the app confirm it? - Did the app confirm it? - Yes: leads to The discount travels with you to checkout - No or not checked: leads to Checkout opens without it - The discount travels with you to checkout - leads to Pay at secure checkout - Checkout opens without it - leads to Pay at secure checkout - Pay at secure checkout - leads to Email with an Activate button and your licence key - Email with an Activate button and your licence key - leads to Storage Studio is activated on this Mac ## Coupons On the plan screen, a coupon is only carried to checkout once Storage Studio has confirmed it is real. Next to the field you'll see one of: - a green tick and the discount's name, with "applied below" — or which plan it is for, if it only works on one; - an orange note saying why the code isn't valid; - "Couldn't check that code" when there's no connection — never a tick. The exact discount is worked out at checkout. More in [Coupons and onboarding codes](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/coupons-and-codes). ## After you've paid - Your licence is tied to the email you paid with. Keep the purchase email — it holds your licence key. - Lost it? **Can't find your licence key? Email it to me** in **Settings → License** sends it again, to the address you bought with only. - Subscriptions renew automatically — see [How recurring payments work](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/how-recurring-payments-work). - Invoices, your card and cancelling are one click away under **Billing & invoices** — see [Billing & invoices](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/billing-and-invoices). ## Payments that take a few days to clear Some ways of paying, such as a payment straight from a bank account, take a few days to clear. Your licence is issued once the payment has cleared: the email with your activation button and licence key arrives then, not straight after checkout. There's nothing you need to do meanwhile. If the payment doesn't clear, no licence is issued and you can buy again with another way of paying. See also: [The free trial](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-free-trial), [The License pane](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-license-pane), [Using your licence on a new Mac](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/moving-to-a-new-mac). ## What links here - [Activating your licence](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/activating-your-licence) - [Coupons and onboarding codes](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/coupons-and-codes) - [Delta Trust, Delta Drive and My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust-delta-drive-and-my-drive) - [Extending your trial](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/extending-your-trial) - [How recurring payments work](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/how-recurring-payments-work) - [Payment processing](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/payment-processing) - [Refunds and your licence](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/refunds-and-your-licence) - [The License pane](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-license-pane) - [The free trial](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-free-trial) - [When a trial or licence ends](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-your-licence-ends)