We now provide a range of flexible licensing options, from perpetual personal licences, through multi-user group and classroom licenses, to all-embracing site licences, allowing virtually unrestricted usage of all products, on all platforms at the licensed site. Education and Student pricing is also available.
Please review the following table, in order to determine which option best suits your needs. Answers to some (very) commonly-asked questions are available on our FAQ page.
| Perpetual Licence | Annual Licence | |||
| Individual | Research Group | Classroom | Departmental | Campus/Corporate |
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The ultimate in personal flexibility and our recommended option for individual academics or researchers. The software is licensed to you, so you can take it with you if you change jobs or move institutions. You are licensed to use the software on all of your machines: you don't need separate licences to install the software on (say) your desktop computer and your laptop. We think this gives you great flexibility for working in today's mobile age. As this is a Personal licence, you must not "share" the software with any other people, even if they "only" use the software on one machine. If you require wider access, please consider a Group licence instead. To keep prices as low as possible, this licence is for a single-platform (Mac or Windows). If you require multiple platforms, you can purchase an additional licence, at the upgrade price. |
Available for Small (≤ 5 users), Medium (≤ 10 users) and Large (≤ 20 users) groups. The Small Research Group licence is ideal for a basic research group, perhaps headed by a professor with a handful of graduate students or post-docs (up to a maximum of 5 users). Please note: this is not a concurrent-user licence. The user limit refers to the number of specific individuals with access to the software, e.g., Joe, Fred, Sally, Margaret and John. For wider access, please consider increasing your user limit (e.g., purchasing a medium- or large- group licence), or alternatively considering a different licensing strategy: Classroom, Departmental or Campus licence. |
This is a highly-specific product, designed for a traditional teaching environment, with up to 30 installations of the software within a teaching lab or classroom. A classroom licence is for use only by students, and in a single classroom. Educators must purchase, or already have purchased, a separate personal or group licence. (We require this so you can use the software for teaching preparation and research outside the classroom.) |
Provides extended flexibility in departmental teaching and research. This licence gives unlimited use of the software by members of the department (and full-time undergraduate students associated with the department) for one year: All products: CrystalMaker + CrystalDiffract + SingleCrystal All platforms: Mac and Windows. This licence is available to educational institutions only. |
Delivers superb value for money across an entire university, college, school campus, laboratory or corporation. This licence gives unlimited use of the software at the licensed site for one year: All products: CrystalMaker + CrystalDiffract + SingleCrystal All platforms: Mac and Windows. |
| Single product; Single platform | All products + All platforms | |||
Choose an annual site licence for unrestricted access to all products on all platforms. Learn More...
If you wish to have the software installed on a server, for use across a network, you should purchase a site licence. (Note that group licences are not suitable for network use, since they are designed for specific individuals, and are not concurrent-usage licences. The Classroom licence is also not suitable for network use, since it is designed for static installations or "seats".)