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hwalker
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Multi Seat Licence

I can't seem to find much help over the interwebz so here goes.

 

My boss wants me to research getting a multiseat licence. We'll probably need a 10 seat. We could manage at a pinch with 5.

 

I'm looking for price ranges (GBP please) between either a network subscription licence, or multiuser standalone (could be wrong there)

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rkmcswain
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Take the single seat price * the number of licenses you need. Your reseller can verify the actual prices.

Network licenses are ±30% more per license (AutoCAD).
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hwalker
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So how would that work for say 6 copies?

 

I should add I'm a total newb when it comes to multiple licences

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rkmcswain
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If you're talking about Multi-seat standalone (MSSA), you purchase 6 licenses and you can install on 6 machines.

If you're talking about network licensing, you purchase "X" number of licenses and you can install on an unlimited number of machines.

If 6 people all have to be using it at the same time, then you need 6 licenses regardless of the license model. But say your 6 users only need access to it for smaller periods during the day, then perhaps you could get away with 3 or 4 network licenses...

(Note: I'm only referring to perpetual licenses, not desktop subscription)


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hwalker
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MSSA sounds like the way to go, but I cannot find anywhere online prices. They just go on about network or single licence but never do a good breakdown.

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rkmcswain
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Prices vary depending on the reseller, but generally I'd say about US$4000 per license.
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hwalker
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I did eventually find one site which said £4600 for a 5 seat licence.

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rkmcswain
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Sounds way too cheap.
That's about $US7200
I don't know anywhere you can get 5 licenses of AutoCAD for that price

https://www.google.com/search?q=4600+pounds+in+dollars&gws_rd=ssl

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hwalker
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/275-0372205-0463247?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a...

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rkmcswain
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That is AutoCAD LT, not AutoCAD, there is a big difference.
So for LT, $US7200 sounds too expensive.
Here is the same thing for $US5000 (± £3200)

http://www.amazon.com/AutoCAD-LT-2015-User-Pack/dp/B00JN33LJW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1416228800&sr=8...



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hwalker
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Yeah but I'm in The UK, so it has to be an EU version

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dgorsman
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If you do go with the MSSA license, be *very* vigilant with the activations.  You are responsible for ensuring you don't exceed your license count, and there isn't much to inform you if you do aside from an AutoDesk compliance audit.  If you have high turn-over and have to re-install frequently, network licensing is worth the extra cost for tracking, managing, and restricting use.

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