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Product Licensing

License Options

This table briefly describes the license options, listed in order of increasing asset mobility.

License Option1Description
Individual
  • An Individual license authorizes you to run MathWorks® software on one or more computers, depending on which activation type you choose.
  • You are an end user and you want to operate, install, and administer the software yourself.
Network Named User
(for commercial use only)
  • A Network Named User license authorizes a specified number of Named Users to install and run MathWorks products over a network, administered under a single license. The list of authorized users must be specified by their user name. A Network Named User license can include multiple products, each with the same or different licensed user count.
  • You would like to use the license manager to provide named user licenses over a network via User-Based licensing.
Concurrent
  • A Concurrent license enables you to make MathWorks products available to anyone with access to your network. Access is not limited to specific Named Users, as it is with a Network Named User license. Rather, concurrent licenses use license keys to control access. Users check out a license key when they start MATLAB or use functions in other products. When all the keys for a particular product are checked out, the license manager denies further requests. For Concurrent licenses, you can only install the software in a Network Concurrent User activation type.
  • Your organization is standardized on the FLEXnet® license manager, or you need to impose strict limits on software use for accounting or license management purposes.

1 Licenses for academic institutions do not support all license options.

Activation Types

This table describes the activation types supported by The MathWorks.

Activation Type1Description
Standalone Named User

Software is installed onto individual computers and does not use a network. Because this is a Named User option, the right-to-use privilege is assigned by your organization to a specific person. The designated Named User may install and use the software on a number of computers. These can include work, home, lab computers, and laptops, as long as the licensed Named User is the only person to use the software on each computer.
Designated Computer

Software is installed on one particular computer and does not use a network. The right-to-use privilege is available for non-simultaneous use by multiple people.
Network Named User
(for commercial use only)

Software is installed in a central location on your network. You maintain a list of Named Users who are authorized to operate the software. This installation type has the advantage of easier central management of the software. This option runs the FLEXNET license manager in user-based mode.

For MATLAB®, the minimum License User count is at two, and you must maintain the MathWorks Software Maintenance Service (SMS) on at least two MATLAB Licensed Users.

A Named User may not use a Program on more than two (2) Computers simultaneously
Network Concurrent User

Counts the number of simultaneous users of the software. If the number of simultaneous users exceeds the number of purchased "keys," use is denied to anyone subsequently trying to start the software.

1 Licenses for academic institutions do not support all activation types.

License Option Parameters

License OptionsMinimum CountNetwork ConfigurationCounting Method
Individual 1 Stand-alone only Named User Count
Designated Computer 1 Stand-alone only Unlimited users on a single computer
Network Named User 2 Network only Named User Count
Concurrent 1 Network only Concurrent Use Keys