In the first phase of this transition, new seats of most standalone desktop software products will generally be available only as a desktop subscription beginning February 1, 2016. Active maintenance subscription agreements on previously purchased perpetual licenses will continue to be renewable. For our customers the benefits would involve a broader set of products, pay for what you use, greater flexibility and always updates with the latest offerings from Autodesk,' said Autodesk India Pvt Ltd, Country Manager Channels - India & SAARC, Pankaj Gauba.Īutodesk says new licenses for these products will be available for multi-year, annual and quarterly terms.

'There is a shift from ownership to access and as people realize these benefits it makes sense for us to make the move. The subscription model will allow greater flexibility as Autodesk is offering consumers ways to align the software according to individual/business needs along with low cost trials and multiple machine/device access and immediate cloud access. Design software major Autodesk, Inc on Tuesday said it is ending sale of AutoCAD through the perpetual (standalone or network) licensing model from Januand would transition to a pay as you use subscription model.Ībout 90 % of its business in India is from small and medium businesses and AutoCAD is the flagship product of Autodesk that is used by millions of design professionals to create designs and speed up documentation work.

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