What is a single-user license?
- 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.
- Upgrade discounts are available for perpetual single-user licenses only.
- All Stata licenses come with access to the PDF documentation.
- Single-user licenses of Stata/IC, Stata/SE, Stata/MP (2-core), and
Stata/MP (4-core) may be either perpetual or annual.
- Perpetual licenses do not expire and may be upgraded to a new version
or flavor.
- Expiring licenses are also available. The license term begins on the day 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.
What is a network license?
- An N-user network license is a license that allows a maximum of
N concurrent 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 price
of adding another user would be the price of adding user number 6.
- All users of a network license have access to the PDF documentation.
- Upgrade discounts are offered as new releases of Stata become available.
- View the network license terms and conditions.
What is a volume purchase?
- 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.
- 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.
- Volume pricing decreases the price paid for additional users as N increases when
N licenses are purchased together.
- View the single-user license terms and conditions.
What is a compute-server license?
- Compute-server licenses are available for Stata/MP (16-core) 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 concurrent 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 price
of adding another user would be the price of adding user number 26.
- All compute-server license users have access to the PDF documentation.
- Upgrade discounts are offered as new releases of Stata become available.
- View the compute-server license terms and conditions.
What is a term license?
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Stata's term license is a great way to ensure your department or group
has access to the latest version of Stata.
- A Stata term license is an N concurrent-use network license that
must be installed in a single geographic location or physical site. Term licenses expire
after one year. If a new release of Stata occurs during this year, the new
release is sent to the term license holder at no additional charge.
- The minimum size term license for Stata/IC and Stata/SE is 15. The minimum
size term license for Stata/MP (2-core), Stata/MP (4-core), Stata/MP (6-core),
and Stata/MP (8-core) is 10. The minimum size term license for Stata/MP
(12-core) and above is 5.
Other license sizes are 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, etc.
- All Stata term license users have access to the PDF documentation.
- View the term license terms and conditions.
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A site license for Stata provides your entire university with access to
the most recent version of Stata.
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Site licenses are annual licenses that can be customized to include
or not include home usage and usage by students.
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A site license centralizes your Stata purchases into a single
annual payment for budgeting purposes.
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All site license users have access to the PDF documentation.
What is a Student Lab license?
- A Student Lab license is appropriate for student use in a physical computer
lab for classwork or for use by faculty for teaching. It is not appropriate
for research, government, or corporate training.
- The minimum-size Student Lab license is 10. A 10-user
Student Lab license is a license for 10 concurrent users. Stata
may be installed on a network, or you may install Stata on 10 individual
computers within a university lab setting.
- The Student Lab license is a perpetual license, without an expiration
date.
- All Student Lab users have access to the PDF documentation.
- Upgrade discounts are offered as new releases of Stata become available.
- A GradPlan is a great complement to any Student Lab!
- View the Student Lab license terms and conditions.
- GradPlans make it easy and inexpensive for
faculty and staff members at degree-granting institutions to
acquire Stata 15.
- GradPlan licenses are single-user licenses with PDF documentation that are available to faculty and staff at participating universities.
Licenses are perpetual or annual. Perpetual licenses do
not expire and may be upgraded to a different flavor of Stata at a
reduced price. 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.
- All students have access to student pricing.
- There are three types of GradPlans:
Find out more.
Maintenance
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Maintenance allows you pay an annual amount and receive the next
release of Stata automatically and without extra charge. Many
companies and instutitions prefer a predictable annual cost.
Maintenance lets you combine the convenience of paying annually
with a perpetual license.
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When you purchase maintenance for Stata software, you will automatically be
sent any major release upgrades which are made available while your
maintenance agreement is in effect.
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Maintenance charges are yearly, and maintenance may be purchased only
when you buy a new license or upgrade an existing one.
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Updates and bug fixes for the purchased release of Stata are
automatically included with a perpetual license purchase and do not
require the purchase of maintenance.
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Read Stata’s maintenance terms and conditions.