Pro Paid Accounts
Benefits
There are many benefits to a Pro account. Unlike the free accounts that have a limited number of available scenarios and are rate-limited, the Pro accounts offer the following features:
- Access to all scenarios , including the harder, more complex ones that are more suitable for interviews.
- Unlimited tries of all scenarios – including already solved scenarios – unlike free accounts that cannot retry solved scenarios multiple times.
- Unlimited number of scenarios per day, there’s no rate-limiting for Pro accounts.
- Double the time to complete scenarios. All scenario VMs have twice the time to be solved before being automatically terminated.
- Direct SSH access to VMs. Scenario servers in Pro accounts can be accessed directly by SSH. Users can upload their public SSH key to their dashboard or they can use a one-time private key they can download from the running scenario page. This allows users to use their own SSH terminal rather than using the terminal-to-web interface.
- VMs with Internet access. This allows users to install their own tooling for example. Additionally, some scenarios may require Internet access to be solved.
- Achievements Page. You can add your name or alias in your dashboard and display (or hide) a public page with your SadServers achievements (a sort of certificate in troubleshooting skills), for example: https://sadservers.com/user/fduran/
- Ranking Page. Feature your name or alias in the Ranking page.
- Email Support. Quick email support for technical or scenario issues.
Beta features
These are features that are unsupported (given “as is”). They may be supported in the future or they may be removed altogether or moved to another type of plan.
Command History Log. See in your Dashboard the list of commands you entered in the scenarios you ran. Currently keeping scenarios done up to 30 days old.
Invite People to Pro Scenarios. You can create from your Dashboard a one-time URL for any scenario (including Pro ones) and share it with friends or job candidates. When going to that URL, the scenario will automatically start without having to register or anything. Currently Pro accounts can create up to 5 invitations.
Subscriptions & Cancellations
- Payment is required upon sign-up and the Pro advantages are available immediately.
- You can cancel at any time; this means the subscription won’t be renewed and you won’t be charged again for it. You still have the Pro benefits until the end of the billing cycle.
- Cancelling takes only three “clicks”: from your dashboard click on “Manage billing”, then at the Stripe screen click “Cancel Plan” and confirm.
- Annual subscriptions that are cancelled after two months can request a refund for the remaining pro-rated time in the subscription.