License Comparison Matrix
| License type | Commercial | Personal | Academic | Classroom | Open Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying users | Companies and organizations including non-profit and government | Individual customers using their own funds for purchase | Accredited educational institutions, individual students and teachers | Accredited educational institutions | Open source projects |
| Purpose of use | General commercial | General commercial | Non-commercial, including education and academic research | Non-commercial, for educating students in classes | Non-commercial, for development of open source projects |
| Usage restrictions | A commercial license can be used by any developer/on any machine within a company/organization, provided that the total number of developers using the software at a time does not exceed the number of purchased licenses. | A personal license can be used solely by the named person who purchased it. License transfer and concurrent usage are prohibited. Personal licenses purchased by a company are invalid. | An academic license can be used by any student/staff member within the educational institution, unless it was purchased by an individual student/teacher. Concurrent access to the software is restricted to the number of purchased licenses. | A license can be used by any student/staff member within the educational institution. Unlimited access to the software. | A license can be used by any member of the open source project. Unlimited access to the software. |
| Term of validity | Licenses are perpetual for the licensed version of the software | Licenses are perpetual for the licensed version of the software | Licenses are perpetual for the licensed version of the software | Licenses require annual renewal | Licenses require annual renewal |
| Availability | $499 |
$199 |
$99 |
Free-requires approval | Free-requires approval |