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Flex Buy Token

almantas_skarbalius — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:27:44 GMT

Autocad 2024 Flex Buy Token Question: When user opens Autocad 2024 for one hour and closes afterwards, all 7 tokens are used for whole day/24h ? Or only one token ?

Re: Flex Buy Token

TheCADnoob — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:35:19 GMT

It costs seven tokens to open the program (even if only for 1 hr). Once those seven tokens have been used, they last for 24 hrs.

For products and services charged per day

When a user opens and signs into an Autodesk product included with Flex, they will be charged a daily rate per product once every 24 hours. Users will not be charged for using multiple versions or reopening the product within the 24-hour period.

https://www.autodesk.com/buying/flex?term=500&tab=flex&plc=FLEXACCESS#:~:text=For%20products%20and,24%2Dhour%20period.

If you need some help trying to figure out optimum usage check out the flex calculator

https://www.autodesk.com/buying/flex/estimator-tool

Re: Flex Buy Token

mdavis22569 — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:52:34 GMT

Autocad 2024 Flex Buy Token Question: When user opens Autocad 2024 for one hour and closes afterwards, all 7 tokens are used for whole day/24h ? Or only one token ?

After 5 minutes, you're charged for the ENTIRE 24 hour period.

Everything should be in the FAQ:

https://www.autodesk.com/buying/flex?term=1-YEAR&tab=flex

They don't have an hourly / 1/2 day rate ..it's all or nothing

Re: Flex Buy Token

almantas_skarbalius — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:33:03 GMT

Aren't there network licenses like earlier versions of Autocad?

Re: Flex Buy Token

DarrenP — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:30:51 GMT

No they have discontinued network licenses

Re: Flex Buy Token

mdavis22569 — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:59:34 GMT

@almantas_skarbalius

Not anymore been a few years. They offer Named users now.

https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/transition-to-named-user

No more Serial Numbers or Network licensing.

https://www.autodesk.com/licensing/overview

Re: Flex Buy Token

a.brooks1969 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:07:49 GMT

That's outrageously expensive. For about half the price of a one-year subscription, I only get 2 weeks use???

Re: Flex Buy Token

pendean — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:39:14 GMT

@a.brooks1969 wrote:
That's outrageously expensive...

Correct, there is a huge pricing delta between regular use of Tokens vs a subscription, you the end-user have to decide what best works for you above all else, Autodesk offers no discount over a subscription (where they want everyone to be) nor a comparable other option.