Autodesk will stop selling perpetual licenses

Autodesk will stop selling perpetual licenses of most Autodesk Design & Creation Suites and individual products. The purchase of new licenses will be available only by subscription. In addition, the option to cross grade to any of the affected products will be discontinued when Autodesk stop selling new perpetual licenses. The new license system will be activated from 31. January 2016.

For Autodesk products worldwide, Autodesk are phasing out perpetual licenses of the Autodesk software. The current subscription offerings will continue to evolve with plans that allow you to access multiple products and to share licenses as you do today with perpetual licensing.