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Originally Posted by Saynom
Even with the perpetual license you have to pay yearly?
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Yes and no.
With a new perpetual license, you also get 12 months of support and update plan. During that time, if you find that your system is working nicely and you want to park your software to those versions (as in not upgrade OS or PT or plugins) you can stop paying for support and update plan. This is the good news, but there is a downside too. Will explain later.
However, if you use PT on a regular basis, that may not be wise because many things change and sometimes at times you would not wish to have any changes. The PT license has a special RELEASE LIMIT date which says any version released on or before that date can be authorised, but later ones cannot be used. Support plan also means you do not need to pay for individual support ticket but instead just contact Avid Support if you have problems.
And because Avid stopped selling "reinstatement" (of support and update plan) codes long time ago, keeping your plan active with cheaper "renewal" code might sound like a good idea. As a rule of thumb, you save some if you buy a new perpetual license after four years, but it also means years 2-4 do not give you updates or support.
I hope this explains everything you needed to know about current licensing rules.