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Upgrade, Downgrade, or Change Plan

Change plans any time from Settings → Billing. Upgrades are pro-rated and immediate. Downgrades apply at the end of the cycle.

Last updated April 10, 2026

Change your plan any time from Settings → Billing → Change Plan. Upgrades are immediate and pro-rated. Downgrades take effect at the end of your cycle. Your data rooms, files, links, and analytics are never deleted — only the feature set changes.

Upgrade

  1. Open Settings → Billing → Change Plan.
  2. Select Business ($30/admin/mo), Data Room ($52/admin/mo, most popular), Deal Team ($64/admin/mo, min 4 admins), or Enterprise (custom).
  3. Enter card (or use saved one).
  4. Confirm the pro-rated charge preview and click Pay.

The charge is pro-rated for the rest of the current cycle. New features unlock within a few minutes.

Downgrade

  1. Open Settings → Billing → Change Plan.
  2. Select the lower tier.
  3. Confirm.

Downgrades take effect at the end of your current cycle. No partial refund for the unused portion.

What You Lose

Data Room → Business:

  • Advanced NDA (signed PDF, countersign, audit trail)
  • Custom domain (falls back to Peony subdomain)
  • Granular (multi-level) access gating
  • Screenshield (mobile screenshot blocking — desktop screenshot protection stays on Business)
  • Advanced watermark options (custom text, position, per-link templates)
  • Basic Q&A and AI room generation
  • AI auto-indexing
  • Unlimited storage and file size

Business → Free:

  • Screenshot protection (desktop)
  • Dynamic watermarks
  • AI document Q&A
  • Page-level analytics, dropoff, and exports
  • Email verification on links
  • Simple NDA (acknowledge-only)
  • Custom logo and background
  • Download prevention

Your data rooms stay accessible either way. Links continue to resolve, but without the protections from the previous tier.

How Pro-Rating Works

Upgrading mid-cycle charges the difference between old and new plans, pro-rated for remaining days.

Example. Business ($30/admin/mo), one admin. Day 10 of a 30-day cycle, you upgrade to Data Room ($52/admin/mo). Pro-rated charge is ~$15 (two-thirds of the $22 difference). Next cycle: full $52.

With multiple admins, pro-rating applies per admin. See Add or Remove Admin Seats.

If Checkout Fails

Stripe checkout occasionally fails for some card/region combinations.

  1. Try a different card. Different bank is usually the fix.
  2. Still failing? Email sean@peony.ink or deqian@peony.ink with:
    • The plan you were upgrading to
    • What you saw (error, spinner, silent failure)
    • A screenshot if you have one
  3. You'll receive a direct Stripe invoice link that bypasses in-app checkout. Pay through that and your workspace auto-upgrades within a few minutes.

This is a known issue being fixed. The manual link workaround is reliable.

Cancel

  1. Open Settings → Billing → Cancel Plan.
  2. Confirm.

Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current cycle. You keep full access until that date.

At end of cycle:

  • Workspace moves to Free
  • Data rooms, files, links, and historical analytics stay
  • Paid-tier features disabled

To fully delete your account, see Delete Your Account. To reactivate, go back to Settings → Billing → Change Plan.

If You Were Charged After Cancelling

Known edge case with older subscriptions. Email sean@peony.ink with your account email and the charge date — it will be cancelled and refunded manually. Refunds appear within 5-10 business days.