Legal entities, including companies and organizations (both for-profit and non-profit), requiring the software for general commercial use qualify for the Commercial Toolbox Subscription plans. A legal entity may use the software under Commercial Toolbox Subscription on any computer, operating system, and by any developer within a legal entity, provided that the total number of concurrent users never exceeds the number of subscriptions purchased by that legal entity.
If you are not sure that Commercial Toolbox Subscription is right for you, check the subscription comparison matrix.
For complete details, please check our standard Toolbox Subscription License Agreement for Business and Organizations.
If you, as an individual, are purchasing Toolbox Subscription using your own funds, then the Personal Toolbox Subscription plans are right for you.
Personal Toolbox Subscriptions cannot be purchased by companies in any way or form, nor can a company reimburse an individual for a subscription he/she purchased. However, an individual may use Personal Toolbox Subscription that he/she privately purchased on any hardware, including company hardware.
If you are not sure that Personal Toolbox Subscription is right for you, check the subscription comparison matrix.
For complete details, please check our Toolbox Subscription License Agreement for for Individual Customers.
Students, teachers, academic institutions and non-commercial open source software projects qualify for the 1-year complimentary subscriptions allowing them to use the fully-functional versions of software for non-commercial purposes. For the complimentary subscription terms, check the subscription comparison matrix.
For the full overview of the discounted and complimentary subscription plans, please check the available Toolbox Subscription plans.
Business subscription | Individual subscription | Student license | Classroom license | OSS development license | |
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Available to | Any legal entity (companies and organizations, including non-profit and government). | Private individuals purchasing with their own funds. Cannot be purchased or reimbursed by companies. | Individual students and instructors | Accredited educational institutions | Open source projects |
Billed to | Legal entity | Private individual | n/a | n/a | n/a |
License owner | Legal entity | Private individual | student/instructor | Educational institution | Open source project |
Purpose of use | General commercial | General commercial | Non-commercial only, including education and academic research | Non-commercial, for educating students in classes | Non-commercial, for development of open source projects |
Multi-user license? | Yes — the total number of concurrent software users cannot exceed the number of purchased subscriptions | No — software can be used solely by the person who purchased a subscription | No — software can be used solely by the authorized person | No — per user license model | No — per user license model |
License term | Time-limited, based on monthly and yearly subscription payments | Time-limited, based on monthly and yearly subscription payments | Time-limited, based on annual renewals | Time-limited, based on annual renewals | Time-limited, based on annual renewals |
Fallback License grant | Yes — 12 preceding months of uninterrupted subscription payments are required | Yes — 12 preceding months of uninterrupted subscription payments are required | No | No | No |
Price | See store | See store | Free — requires approval | Free — requires approval | Free — requires approval |