Understand licensing for NVivo

NVivo 12 Mac

This topic describes the different types of licenses that are available for NVivo 12 Mac.

In this topic

• About license keys

• Perpetual licenses

• Student licenses

• Enterprise licenses

About license keys

Each Mac computer that runs NVivo Mac software needs a license key, which can be either an NVivo 12 Mac license key or an NVivo 12 Windows license key. The first part of the license key indicates which platform it can be used on.

License keys that start with:

• 'NM*12'  can be used to install and activate NVivo 12 Mac only

• 'NV*12'  can be used to install and activate NVivo 12 Windows. It can also be used to install and activate NVivo 12 Mac providing the license key has access to Pro or Plus editions of NVivo 12 Windows. Refer to Understand licensing for NVivo 12 Windows for more information on product editions.

Each license key can be used on a limited number of devices. Refer to your enterprise license agreement (also known as site license agreement) or the End-User License Agreement.

To view the End-User License Agreement after NVivo for Mac is installed:

• Choose NVivo > About NVivo, and then click License Agreement.

Perpetual licenses

A perpetual license allows you to install NVivo on a maximum of two devices and use it indefinitely in conjunction with NVivo compatible products and supported operating systems. Each perpetual license provides a single license key for each individual user.

Perpetual licenses can be purchased as either single licenses or multiple licenses.  Discounts apply for purchases of three or more licenses.

Student licenses

Full time students can purchase twenty-four month time-limited licenses to use NVivo for educational purposes.

If this type of license has expired, then the user can purchase a new license key to replace their license.

Enterprise licenses

Enterprise licenses (formerly known as site licenses) allow you to install NVivo on multiple computers up to the maximum number of licenses that your site has purchased. The enterprise license covers a three year period.

Active enterprise licenses entitle you to free upgrades when new software is released.

If you are an enterprise license customer, it is your obligation to ensure that the total number of QSR software product installations does not exceed the permitted number of users you are entitled to have under your enterprise license agreement.