Licensing Information

Generalities

The IDA license doesn't expire: once it has been granted, provided the license is not revoked for non-payment, piracy or other licensing breaches, the software is yours to use for as long as you see fit. Your ability to get support and updates is limited in time and must eventually be renewed through support plans/upgrades. Your initial IDA license comes with a year of support and upgrades.

The End User Agreement for IDA can be found here.

Floating Licenses

A floating license can be installed on as many computers in your company as you want. The only limitation is the number of concurrent users: it should not exceed the number of purchased seats. To ensure this, floating licenses use a license manager. You or your admin will have to download and install it. Floating licenses are convenient for tracking the license use and more flexible than computer licenses.

Computer Licenses

Licensed to a specific machine, as many local users as one wants, provided only one of them uses the software at any given time.

Named Licenses

Licensed to a specific individual/organization combination. Single user, at most three computers by that single user: his laptop, home desktop, office workstation. The license can be changed during the course of the support period (for example when an employee quits or is re-assigned) but cannot be floated back and forth among different users.

Named Computer Floating
Available to individuals Yes No No
Available to companies Yes Yes Yes
Single license can be used by many different users No 1 Yes 2 Yes 3
Single license can be installed on more than one machine Yes 4 No Yes 5
Tied to a specific end user Yes 1 No No
Several copies can be run simultaneously Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 6
Requires network connection No No Yes 7
Locked to hardware No No No 8
Support period 1 year 1 year 1 year
Requires a dongle No No No
Expires Never Never Never
  1. each named license is assigned to a specific user and can be used only by that user. Reassignment of the license to another user is usually possible during the support period (max twice per year)
  2. each computer license can be used by any user on the physical or virtual computer where it's installed
  3. each floating license allows one concurrent use of the software
  4. the user can install the software on his office workstation, personal laptop and home computer, provided that no other user uses the software on those computers.
  5. the software can be installed on as many computers as required (in the same company)
  6. multiple copies can be run only on one computer at a time
  7. to the license server; it is possible to borrow a license for offline work
  8. only license server is locked