Which Maxon license do I need?

• Maxon License Tiers, Effective 14 September 2021
• A Breakdown of Red Giant Teams Options

Maxon License Tiers

Effective 14 September 2021

1	“Teams” licensing requires a minimum of 3 units to start Only Teams license holders can be converted to an Organizational account
2	“Teams Floating” requires a minimum of 5 units to start
3	RLM requires pre approval and to contact sales@toolfarm.com if needed “Teams Floating RLM” requires a minimum of 10 units to start; exception-Redshift RLM requires 5 units to start. All orders for RLM must be pre-approved; exception-Redshift RLM-pre-approval not required.
	All “conversion” SKUs require co-terming/co-termed price point

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A Breakdown of Red Giant Teams Options

Red Giant Complete 1-year Subscription (node-locked)

SKU: RG-Y
Link: Red Giant Complete

• There is no quantity minimum for this option
• The admin would log in to the Maxon App on each workstation and activate a license

Red Giant Teams 1-year Subscription (node-locked)

SKU: RG-Y-VOL-NU
Link: Red Giant Teams

• There is a minimum quantity of 3 licenses for this option
• The MyMAXON account can be converted to a “Teams” account (named-user account)
  • In the MyMAXON account there is a Teams tab at the top/center of the page
  • After the Teams licenses are purchased the customer will notice a new option when they click on the Teams tab – they can now convert the account to Teams
    • Maxon Support will do this step manually, so please let us know if they clicked the authorize button on this tab and we will follow up with support to make sure it’s expedited
      • When support transfers the existing licenses into the newly created Teams account it will interrupt what the users are doing with their license, so it is best to do this when the license is not urgently needed
    • Once the account is converted, the admin will be able to invite employees from within the account
      • The employee will receive an email that will prompt them to create their own password
      • Once the employee joins the Teams account, the admin will be able to assign them a license
      • The employee will only see what is assigned to them
      • The employee will be able to access their license from any workstation, whether at work or at home
        • The workstation should have the Maxon App installed, and when the employee logs on they will be able to install/active the products (and versions) they wish to use. 
      • The admin can move the license to a different users as needed
      • This video is slightly outdated now, due to the terminology, but it is still useful to see the process of getting set up with Teams from beginning to end. You would just need to replace the word “Organization” with “Teams:”
        • https://youtu.be/yHvRREnbB7w
        • Maxon decided to rename it because they broke the “Organization” option into Teams (node-locked) and Teams Floating. (There is a minimum requirement of 5 licenses for Floating, and the only difference is that they can be assigned to a group of users instead of just to 1 individual) 

Red Giant Teams Floating 1-year Subscription

SKU: RG-Y-VOL

Link: Red Giant Floating Volume Subscription Program

• There is a minimum quantity of 5 licenses for this option
• In addition to all of the Teams Node-locked benefits outlined above:
  • floating licenses can be assigned to a group of users, not just to individuals
    • Example: If you have a department that needs occasional access you can assign one license to that entire department so that they can share it
      • Only one employee will be allowed to use the license 
• Note: Access to the Maxon License Server is for Cinema 4D only

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What’s the difference between Perpetual and Subscription?

Aside from only paying once for a perpetual license, there are some other key differences between our perpetual and subscription-based products outlined in the tables below.

Note that both perpetual licenses and annual subscriptions have a 14 day refund window, while monthly subscriptions cannot be refunded.

All products offer a 14 day trial period to test things out before purchase.

Pay once
Maintenance updates
Host compatibility updates
OS compatibility updates
Full version updates
New feature updates
Optimization updates
Access to Cineversity

Magic Bullet Suite: Perpetual vs. Subscription

Note: Perpetual licenses have been discontinued and won't be updated. These products are now released as subscription only.

Access to Colorista, Cosmo, Denoiser, Film, Looks, Mojo, and Renoiser
Support for Unreal Engine
Support for Avid
Support for M1 GPUs
Support for Adobe MFR (Multi-frame Rendering)

Trapcode Suite: Perpetual vs. Subscription

Note: Perpetual licenses have been discontinued and won't be updated. These products are now released as subscription only.

Access to 3D Stroke, Echospace, Form, Horizon, Lux, Mir, Particular, Shine, Sound Keys, Starglow, and Tao
Work with Particular & Form in once instance
Flocking simulation with Predator, Prey, and Teams
Support for Adobe MFR (Multi-frame Rendering)

VFX Suite: Perpetual vs. Subscription

Note: Perpetual licenses have been discontinued and won't be updated. These products are now released as subscription only.

Access to Chromatic Displacement, King Pin Tracker, Knoll Light Factory, Lens Distortion Matcher, Optical Glow, Primatte Keyer, Reflection, Shadow, and Supercomp
Access to Bang
Support for M1 GPUs
Support for Adobe MFR (Multi-frame Rendering)