• A single-user license for Stata is an identified-user license. The registered user is the only authorized user of that license.
  
  
• A single-user license allows Stata to be installed in up to three locations (a computer at work, a computer at home, and a laptop) as long as the authorized user is the only one with access to the software.
  
  
• A single-user license may not be installed on a server and shared out over a network. It must be installed on an individual machine.
  
  
• All Stata licenses come with access to the PDF documentation. Printed documentation may, of course, be purchased.
  
  
• Single-user licenses of Stata/IC, Stata/SE, Stata/MP2, and Stata/MP4 may be either perpetual or annual. Perpetual licenses do not expire and may be upgraded to a new version or flavor at a reduced price. Annual licenses expire one-year from the date of purchase. Although annual licenses may be upgraded to a higher flavor, the expiration date remains the same as the original purchase.
  
  
• View the single-user license terms and conditions.

• An N-user network license is a license that allows a maximum of N simultaneous users. It is a perpetual license without an expiration date.
  
  
• A network license is appropriate for use by machines within a single local geographic location or physical site.
  
  
• The minimum size network license that may be purchased is a 2-user license.
  
  
• The size of the license can be increased at any time at a reduced charge. If you currently own a 5-user network license, the cost of adding another user would be the cost of adding user number 6.
  
  
• All users of a network license have access to the PDF documentation. Printed documentation may, of course, be purchased.
  
  
• Upgrade discounts are offered as new releases of Stata become available.
  
  
• View the network license terms and conditions.

• Volume purchases are just purchases of single-user licenses of Stata placed at the same time in order to take advantage of falling per unit costs.
  
  
• All Stata licenses come access to the PDF documentation. Printed documentation may, of course, be purchased. Each license also comes with an installation DVD.
  
  
• Purchasing N copies of Stata under volume-purchase pricing does not mean that the copies are "tied" together. For example, you may elect to upgrade only 1 of the N copies and wait to upgrade the other (N - 1) at a later time.
  
  
• View the single-user license terms and conditions.

• Compute-server licenses are available for Stata/MP16 and above.
  
  
• A compute-server license must be installed and run on a single machine, whereas a network license may be installed and run on individual machines.
  
  
• An N-user compute-server license is a license that allows a maximum of N simultaneous users. It is a perpetual license without an expiration date.
  
  
• The minimum size compute-server license that may be purchased is a 25-user license.
  
  
• The size of the license can be increased at any time at a reduced charge. If you currently own a 25-user compute-server license, the cost of adding another user would be the cost of adding user number 26.
  
  
• All compute-server license users have access to the PDF documentation. Printed documentation may, of course, be purchased.
  
  
• Upgrade discounts are offered as new releases of Stata become available.
  
  
• View the compute-server license terms and conditions.

• A Stata lease is an N simultaneous-user license that expires after one year. If a new release of Stata occurs during this year, the new release is sent to the lease holder at no additional charge.

• The minimum size lease for Stata/IC and Stata/SE is 15. The minimum size lease for Stata/MP (2-core), Stata/MP (4-core), Stata/MP (6-core), and Stata/MP (8-core) is 10. The minimum size lease for Stata/MP (12-core) and above is 5. Other license sizes are 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, etc.

• All Stata lease users have access to PDF documentation and a one-year subscription to the Stata Journal. Printed documentation may, of course, be purchased.
  
  
• View the lease license terms and conditions.

• An Educational Lab license is appropriate for student use or for use by faculty for teaching. It is not appropriate for faculty research, government or corporate training.
  
  
• The minimum-size Educational Lab license is 10. A 10-user Educational Lab license is a license for 10 simultaneous users. Stata may be installed on a network, or you may install Stata on 10 individual computers.
  
  
• The Educational Lab license is a perpetual license, not an annual fee.
  
  
• All Educational Lab users have access to the PDF documentation. Printed documentation may, of course, be purchased.
  
  
• Upgrade discounts are offered as new releases of Stata become available.
  
  
• A GradPlan is a great complement to any lab!
  
  
• View the Educational Lab license terms and conditions.

• GradPlans make it easy and inexpensive for your students to acquire Stata 12.
  
  
• GradPlan licenses are single-user licenses with PDF documentation. Licenses may be perpetual, annual, or six months. Perpetual licenses do not expire and may be upgraded to a different flavor of Stata at a reduced price. Stata/MP4, Stata/MP2, Stata/SE, and Stata/IC may be purchased as a perpetual license. Annual licenses expire one-year from the date of purchase. Although they may be upgraded to a higher flavor, the expiration date remains the same as the original purchase. Stata/SE, Stata/IC, and Small Stata are available with an annual license. Six-month licenses expire six months after the date of purchase and may not be upgraded or converted to a new flavor. Six-month licenses are available for Stata/IC and Small Stata.
  
  
• There are three types of GradPlans:
  • Campuswide
  • Course-specific
  • Reseller
  
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Stata/SE, Stata/IC, and Small Stata differ in the size of the dataset that each one can analyze. Stata/MP is a parallel-processing-capable version of Stata/SE. Here is a general guideline:

• Stata/MP—Stata for dual core and multicore/multiprocessor computers
  
  
• Stata/SE—Stata for large datasets
  
  
• Stata/IC—the "standard" version of Stata
  
  
• Small Stata—a smaller, "student" version of Stata

Stata/SE and Stata/MP can fit models with more independent variables than Stata/IC (up to 10,998) and can fit certain panel-data models with larger time-series within panel.

Stata/IC allows datasets with as many as 2,047 variables. The number of observations is limited by the amount of RAM in your computer. Stata/IC can have, at most, 798 right-hand-side variables in a model.

Small Stata is limited to analyzing datasets with a maximum of 99 variables and 1,200 observations. Small Stata can have at most 99 right-hand-side variables in a model.

Requirements

	Stata/MP	Stata/SE	Stata/IC	Small Stata
Memory	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB
Disk space	500 MB	500 MB	500 MB	500 MB