Licensing: Perpetual & Floating LicencesThe license you hold decides which features you can use, how long you can use them, and how many people can use them at once.

Perpetual and annual licenses

A perpetual license does not expire and includes one year of maintenance, so you receive all software updates released within that year. Renewing maintenance is optional. If you do not renew, you can keep using the software at no further cost, but only up to the last version released within your maintenance period.

An annual license expires one year after you first activate it and includes maintenance, so you receive all software updates released within that year. Renew the license to continue using the software after it expires.

See Maintenance.

Per-user and concurrent-user licenses

Fixed, per-user licenses are for a set number of people, who install and use the software on their computer, and on a laptop for use away from the office. The number of licenses you hold is the number of people who can install it: a 2-user license is for two people. To move a license to another computer, deactivate it first.

Floating, concurrent-user licenses allow any number of people to install the software, but limit how many use it at once. A concurrent-user license for five people lets any number of people install it, and five of them use it at the same time. Every computer needs an internet connection so the software can manage concurrent use.

Choose concurrent-user licenses when people move between computers, or use a virtual or roaming desktop.

Licenses and Windows accounts

Each Windows account has its own license. Two people who share a computer must each activate, even when the software is installed for everyone who uses that computer. Installing for everyone shares the program files, not the license.

To use the software on a different computer, deactivate it first and then activate on the new computer. See Moving a license to another computer.

What we collect when you activate

When you activate a license we send the product key, the Site ID, and diagnostic information such as the version of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Excel you are using, and performance metrics for your computer. The Site ID identifies the computer and Windows account. We use the information to plan the future development of Analyse-it. The only personal information we collect is the name, organisation, and e-mail address you enter during activation, and the IP address your computer connects from. See End-User License Agreement (EULA).