#klockwise

I have a Premium account. I bought a few things over the years that came with free Evernote Premium time coupons so my account's covered until mid-2014... I've never actually paid them except for when I bought a Premium subscription for a friend. XD;

The main perks of a Premium account (which is $5 a month or $45 a year so it's really not too bad):

more upload space per month; if you're mainly using Evernote for text and not audio/video/etc files, this shouldn't be a problem

offline notebooks; as it is if you're on a free account, you have to be connected to the internet to access your stuff—I think this is the main reason why people upgrade

collaboration; you can let other people edit your notes

note history; meaning Evernote saves previous versions of your notes so you can go back and look at older copies or drafts if you need to

I suggest maybe using the free version for a while to see if it suits your needs. Plenty of people never upgrade to Premium so it's still plenty useful on its own. o3o I've had Premium almost since I first started using Evernote, so I really don't remember what using a Free account was like. ^^;; Oh, Evernote updated recently with reminders and adding due dates to notes, which I think is pretty cool. Makes it very useful to use for projects and workflows.