Autodesk is gradually transitioning new software purchases for products to subscription options only. In the first phase of this transition, new seats of standalone desktop software products will generally be available only as a Desktop Subscription beginning February 1, 2016. Desktop Subscription products provide a simplified product management and deployment experience, and makes it easier to introduce new tools and technology into the workflow with lower upfront cost and the ability to pay as you go. Desktop Subscription is available on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, and Autodesk also plans to introduce a new multi-year Desktop Subscription offering.
Customers who have purchased a perpetual license prior to February 1, 2016, will be able to continue to use those licenses. Customers with Maintenance Subscription on those perpetual licenses will continue to receive corresponding benefits for as long as the subscription remains active.
Desktop Subscription gives access to Autodesk software—the same full version as with a perpetual license—but with a pay-as-you-go approach for a software budget that’s easier to manage. Desktop Subscription provides benefits such as Basic Support, access to the latest software and product enhancements, and in some cases, access to select cloud services.
If a customer already has a perpetual license or purchases a new perpetual license at any time before February 1, 2016, that license doesn't go away. They still retain the perpetual license to that software and can continue to use it in accordance with their perpetual license agreement. If the software product is covered by Maintenance Subscription, they will also continue to receive their Maintenance Subscription benefits.
New perpetual licenses for Autodesk Design & Creation Suites and other suite offerings will continue to be offered beyond February 1, 2016. Any transition to a subscription-only based offering for Suites after that time will be communicated well in advance.
Customers with current Maintenance Subscription contracts after Feb 1, 2016, will continue to receive their Maintenance Subscription benefits.
Autodesk plans to discontinue the sale of new perpetual licenses generally in all countries globally where Autodesk software is available for most standalone desktop software products including (but not limited to) the following products:
- 3ds Max®
- AutoCAD®
- AutoCAD LT®
- AutoCAD for Mac
- AutoCAD LT for Mac
- AutoCAD® Architecture
- AutoCAD® Electrical
- AutoCAD® Mechanical
- InfraWorks®
- Inventor ®
- Inventor® Professional
- Inventor LT®
- Maya®
- Maya LT™
- MotionBuilder®
- Mudbox®
- Navisworks® Simulate
- Navisworks® Manage
- Revit® Architecture
- Revit® MEP
- Revit® Structure
- Revit LT™
More info: https://www.autodesk.com/subscription/desktop
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