Accusoft’s products are available with Evaluation, Toolkit, or Runtime licenses. Accusoft requires customers to purchase licenses for both development and deployment.

Evaluation Licensing

During evaluation of Accusoft products, Evaluation licenses can be used to try out products. However, the product behavior is limited by trial dialog pop-ups or evaluation watermarks.

Toolkit Licensing

This is also known as Development or SDK licensing. When you determine the product is a good fit, you can purchase a Toolkit license to eliminate trial dialog pop-ups and evaluation watermarks while you develop your application.

Runtime Licensing

This is also known as Deployment licensing. Once you have an application that is ready for distribution, you have several options for deployment. Your own deployment scenario will dictate which option is the most appropriate.

• Node-Locked Licensing:
  • Using the Server Licensing Utility (SLU) - In this model, you run a small GUI tool one time on each deployment target to configure licensing. This model requires manual execution and is most useful for small quantities of deployments.
  • Using the Licensing Development Kit (LDK) - In this model, you embed function calls into your application that perform the license verification at runtime. This model will be the best choice for you if you want to automate your licensing process.

The LDK component can be used directly by your application. The Server License Utility (SLU) uses this component as a dependency.

• OEM Licensing:
  Also called Non-Node-Locked Licensing. In this model, you embed all of the licensing information directly into your application. You must manually provide royalty reporting to Accusoft for the actual licenses deployed.

There are also cost considerations for each licensing model; see the ImageGear pricing page or speak with an Accusoft Sales Representative (sales@accusoft.com) for more information.