License Comparison Matrix
| Commercial license | Personal license | Academic license | Classroom license | Open Source license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available to | Any business entity (companies and organizations, including non-profit and government) | Private individuals using their own funds for purchase. Personal licenses purchased or reimbursed by a company are invalid. | Accredited educational institutions, individual students and teachers | Accredited educational institutions | Open source projects |
| Billed to | Business entity | Private individual* | Educational institution or a student/teacher (depending on the licensee) | n/a | n/a |
| License owner | Business entity | Private individual | Educational institution or a student/teacher (depending on the licensee) | Educational institution | Open source project |
| 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 |
| Multi-user license? | Yes — a license can be used by any developer within in a company/organization, provided that the total number of concurrent users does not exceed the number of purchased licenses | No — a personal license can be used solely by the person who purchased it | If a licensee is an educational institution — yes. In this case a license can be used by any user, provided that the total number of concurrent users does not exceed the number of purchased licenses | Unlimited number of users | Unlimited number of users |
| License term | 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 | 1 year. Annual renewal is required | 1 year. Annual renewal is required |
| Price | Free — requires approval | Free — requires approval |
*For the EU customers: company VAT ID is not accepted for purchases from private individuals.