Glovius for Windows offers a variety of licensing options. This post explains the various type of licenses and how they differ. If you have any questions, please email us at support@glovius.com.

Evaluation License

An evaluation or trial license is a 15-day full-featured license that allows you to try Glovius for Windows. Trial licenses are automatically configured when you install Glovius on your computer.

Subscription License

Glovius is the first CAD viewer to offer monthly and yearly subscription licenses. Two subscription plans are available to you, Standard Plan ($29/mo or $290/year) and Pro Plan ($39/mo or $390/year). Both plans are available in monthly or yearly duration. For more details on the plans or to subscribe to a plan, please visit the subscription page.

You may try Glovius before subscribing to a plan. Once subscribed, you can configure your license using the email address you used for subscription. Launch Glovius and click on About in the ribbon bar. Type in the email address you used for subscription and press register. Glovius will confirm your subscription, fetch the license and configure it automatically. Thereafter, for every successful payment, a new license key will be fetched and configured. Internet connection is required for the configuration to work automatically. Therafter no internet connection is required till the next subscription duration.

Glovius About Dialog, your one stop shop for configuring subscription and permanent licenses in Glovius

Subscription licenses are per user licenses, designed to work on your main computer. They are affordable options to permanent licenses. Glovius stops working when you cancel your subscription or a payment fails. We email you every time your subscription is renewed. To cancel your subscription, simply write to us at support@glovius.com from your subscription email address.

Subscription users are eligible to upgrade to all Glovius releases and access priority support.

Permanent License

Node-Locked Licenses

Glovius node-locked licenses are permanent licenses for use on one computer. The license never expires and is tied to one computer.
The license is generated using machine’s MACID (host id). For convenience, the MACID is also listed in the About dialog (above). Please email this to us at sales@glovius.com for faster order processing.

You can buy Glovius node-locked license online from the online store.

Floating Licenses

Glovius floating license is a network license meant to be installed on a server that allows you to use the license on multiple computers. You still need to install Glovius on each computer you wish to use. The license is checked out from the server to use Glovius. After closing Glovius, the license is returned to the server, available for checkout by other users.

Floating license allows multiple users to utilize the license, but one floating license can be used by only one person at a time. For multiple people to use Glovius at the same time, multiple floating licenses are required. These are referred to as “seats”- if only one floating license is purchased, only one seat is available to be checked out at a time.

Floating licenses need the MACID and the NETWORK NAME of the server that will host and distribute the licenses. No information from the client machines is required for configuring floating licenses. To purchase floating licenses online, please visit the floating license store.

Update Support Plan

Update Support Plan entitles you to new versions of Glovius (released periodically) as well as priority technical support. Since Glovius node-locked and floating licenses are permanent, you will still be able to use Glovius after the USP date has passed.

Every new license includes one year of USP. For example, if you purchased 3 floating licenses on 1st of January 2015, your USP date is 31st of December 2015. You are eligible to upgrade to all Glovius releases in this duration. You can also avail priority support over email, telephone or webex.

If you wish to upgrade to the latest Glovius versions after your USP date, you will need to renew your USP. USP is not mandatory, but highly recommended. If you fell out of USP but want to renew after some time has passed, any time missed will need to be made up. In short, you will be able to continue using the program after the USP date passes, but not receive technical support or upgrade to any new releases of Glovius until USP is renewed.

You can renew USP online from the USP store.

We hope this post helps you understand the licensing options in Glovius, for you to select the best that suits your needs. Please contact us at support@glovius.com if you have any questions.