Upgrade to a commercial license

The commercial upgrade is for a subscription license. You will be able to purchase the first year of a commercial subscription at 50% off our normal list price. After the first year, you will have the option to renew your subscription license for continued access to the software. If you renew within 30 days of your current subscription license expiring, your renewal will be processed at the same discounted price as the previous year. If you opt to not renew or renew 30 days after the license expiry, you will be able to renew but at the normal commercial subscription price.

No, you have a few options. While you are still a student, you will continue to have access to the student license either via our discounted student license or with a home-use license from your school. Once you graduate, you can purchase an extension of the student license, known as our Graduate license. The Graduate license gives you the opportunity to keep access to the Education Collective for one additional year after completing your studies. The commercial upgrade option is available at any time while you have a student or graduate license and up to 6-months after your educational license has expired. You can go from a student license to a graduate license then to a commercial upgrade or skip straight from a student license to a commercial license if you prefer.

*Please note, our graduate license is a one-year, license for the full Education Collective (Nuke Studio, Mari, and Katana). The graduate license can not be renewed.

No, we do require you to have a Student or Graduate license that was active within the last 6 months to qualify for the discounted upgrade.

Please email us at education@foundry.com and we can discuss options with you.

Faculty members do not qualify for the commercial upgrade. Instead, you can apply for a Faculty license here

If you have a node-locked license and need to transfer it to a new computer, please complete the license transfer form and email it to licenses@foundry.com.

Yes, if you are upgrading to the commercial license for Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio, or Mari then login licensing is available. Please note, that if upgrading to Katana, log-in-based licensing is not an option yet. Please look out for future announcements about our licensing for Katana.

Yes, you can. If you are ready to make the switch and move to login-based licenses, you can get started by using the Migration Request Form.

Node-locked licenses are tied to a single workstation system ID, so you can only use the license on that machine. The educational student and graduate licenses are node-locked so this license model would match what you had with your educational license. Floating licenses are installed on a license server, so any workstation networked to that server can use the license, but only one workstation can use the license at any time. Individual login-based licenses are tied to your Foundry website account, rather than to a specific machine. These licenses allow you to easily activate or deactivate the program on different machines, provided you have an active internet Connection. More details on the licensing options can be found here.

Yes, customers who have purchased perpetual licenses can continue to use and maintain those licenses, while customers on active maintenance will continue to receive product updates and technical support. If you own a perpetual license and would like to change to a subscription license, please email us at sales@foundry.com to discuss your options

The discounted price for the renewal is a promotional rate, contingent on renewing on time. For renewals, the Annual Subscriptions that are renewed within 30 days of the subscription expiry date - and without a break in the term - are renewed at the original purchase price as part of our ‘upgrade to commercial’ program. We offer a 30-day window for some flexibility. After that time, the promotional rate is no longer valid and the price will shift to the full list price.

Please email us at education@foundry.com to discuss options.

Depending on the product you opted to upgrade, you can save thousands over the years by renewing on time. For example, if you purchased NukeX at the discounted ‘upgrade to commercial’ price of $2,364, you are saving $2,365 compared to our current list price of $4,729. If you renew the subscription, on time, the following year, you are again saving almost $2,400 off the list price. In 2 years alone, you have saved almost $5,000 compared to purchasing at the standard list price.

You will receive an automated renewal reminder email 30 days from the subscription expiring unless you have opted out of email communication. If you have a login license, you can always view the expiry date via your Foundry.com account. Once logged in to your account, go to ‘my account’. In the left sidebar menu, there is a tab labeled’ Login Licenses’. You can view your login licenses and their expiry dates there. If you are unsure of how to renew and want to ensure you renew on time to maintain your discounted rate, you can send us an email at sales@foundry.com and we can assist.

You can email us at education@foundry.com.