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Licenses and subscriptions
Everything about our licensing model
- What are the differences between named, computer, and floating licenses?
- What is the subscription duration?
- What is Hex-Rays’ change of licensing model?
- Will I be able to use Hex-Rays’ latest product versions and features if I stay under perpetual terms?
- What are the advantages of the updated subscription plans?
- What happens to my existing perpetual licenses now that Hex-Rays has adopted a subscription-based licensing model?
- What will happen at the renewal date of my active licenses which are under a perpetual licensing model?
- What if the number of decompilers I use with a perpetual IDA license does not match the number of decompilers available in subscription plans?
- Can I purchase only decompiler(s)?
- What types of licenses are available?
- Do IDA annual subscriptions allow for an IDB file to be reopened years after it was created, even though I do not have a subscription for IDA anymore?
- Where can I download my licenses?
- What happens if I don’t renew my current IDA license after the end of my support period?
- What changes can I make to my active license?
- Can I downgrade my active license?
- I have IDA Pro Essential and want to upgrade to IDA Pro Expert 4. How can I do this?
Migration to subscription plans
- What will happen to my existing licenses under a perpetual licensing model after the adoption by Hex-Rays of the subscription-based licensing model?
- Can I migrate my active licenses from a perpetual licensing model to a subscription-based licensing model before the support period expires so that I can benefit from the latest product version?
- What model will be applied if I buy new licenses of your products after the adoption of the subscription-based licensing model?
- I have an IDA TEAMS license. Apparently, this product does not exist anymore. What will happen to my TEAMS licenses?
- Will I have to pay more under the subscription-based model than under the perpetual terms?
- I have IDA TEAMS license. How can I upgrade to IDA 9.0?
- How do I upgrade to IDA 9?
- I currently have IDA Pro 8.x, what are my options to get to IDA 9?
- I currently have IDA 8.4, what are my options to get to IDA 9.0?
- My legacy floating license had several platforms. After requesting the trial, I get multiple license servers, why?
License management
- How is a license activated? Will I receive a serial number, or can I invite users via email?
- I have IDA with a floating license. How many licenses should I see in my account? What is an "IDA License Server Plan"?
- How can I view all my licenses?
- How do I activate a pending license?
- Can I transfer a license to another user or device?
- How do I renew an expired license?
- How does the license server activation and assignment work?
- Can I switch from a computer license to a named license?