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Visual Paradigm provides simple and flexible licensing options to suit your projects of a single developer all the way to multiple developer teams spread across the globe. This article details the various Visual Paradigm licensing options.

Perpetual license

The perpetual license provides permanent access to Visual Paradigm.

Single-seat license

Visual Paradigm’s single-seat (team-member-based) license allows one licensee to install the software on a computer that belongs and provides sole access to the named user only. Since the license is team-member-based, the software must be used by the licensee only, without running more than one instance concurrently. The single-seat license only allows installation on a maximum of three computers. One year of software maintenance is included in the price.

The table below shows the unit price of a single-seat license for the four editions of Visual Paradigm.

Enterprise Professional Standard Modeler
Unit Price (US$) 1,999 799 349 99

Floating license

The floating license supports the sharing of the pool of licenses among your team. Instead of purchasing a single-seat license for each team member, optimize your budget by purchasing floating licenses for the maximum number of simultaneous software users or access points. This approach allows for greater flexibility in using our software. Users can then export the license files to a laptop to use the software offsite (to deliver a presentation, for example) and then import the license back to the server at a later time.

The table below shows the unit price of a floating license for the four editions of Visual Paradigm.

Enterprise Professional Standard Modeler
Unit Price (US$) 2,599 999 449 129

In order to work with the floating license, installation of a VP Server that stores the license key file(s) and also automatically manages access requests from clients is required. The client must enable the connection to the license server when requesting access to the software.

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Site license

A site license permits the use of Visual Paradigm on multiple computers within one site (e.g. a company or government department), under the same email domain name. Passing the license to third parties or to other locations of the same enterprise is not permitted.

The table below shows the pricing of a site license for the four editions of Visual Paradigm.

Enterprise Professional Standard Modeler
Unit Price (US$) 150,000 80,000 35,000 10,000

Monthly subscription license

You can use Visual Paradigm on a monthly basis. All version upgrades, if available, will be included within the subscription period.

The table below shows the monthly subscription feel per seat, for the four editions of Visual Paradigm.

Enterprise Professional Standard Modeler
Unit price per month (US$) 99 39 19 6
Unit price per 3 months (US$) 297 105 # 57 18
Unit price per 6 months (US$) 534 * 210 # 114 36

* Billed every 6 months for $89 per month (discounted)
# Billed every 3 or 6 months for $35 per month (discounted)

Academic license

Visual Paradigm partners with academic institutions around the globe to help develop the next generation of IT professionals. Educational institutions and training centers who have joined the Visual Paradigm Academic Partner Program are entitled to licenses of Visual Paradigm Standard, Professional or Enterprise for educational purposes. Academic license is not limited to use on campus. It can also be used at home by students and teachers.

Gold Partner Silver Partner Crystal Partner
Product edition Visual Paradigm Enterprise Visual Paradigm Professional Visual Paradigm Standard
Annual partnership fee $5,000 $2,500 $1,500

Learn more about the Academic Partner Program