The Plan & Licenses tab provides the tools and information to create and manage your licenses. Whether developing or deploying an app, a license and its key is required. You can generate licenses from either a Basic or Premium plan. For more information, please refer to Pricing and Licensing Options.
Add a license to your application to enable Vuforia Engine Features. You only need one license for your Vuforia Engine app, even when deploying to different platforms.
Vuforia Engine Licenses
Vuforia Engine offers two plans: Basic and Premium.
Vuforia Engine's Basic plan is free to use and publish applications with. However, it does not support publishing apps utilizing Premium Features, such as Barcode Scanner, Model Targets, and Area Targets.
Vuforia Engine’s Premium plan unlocks the use and publishing of applications using Premium Features and direct production support.
Add-ons are available for each plan, including Cloud, Cloud Plus in different tiers, and additional target generations. See Vuforia Engine Plans for details.
See Pricing and Licensing Options for an overview of each plan's supported features.
In some instances, there are alternate plans, such as the Academic plan that can be purchased by academic institutions.
Additionally, if you are creating an application offered on a subscription basis that uses features included in the Premium plan, you are required to contact PTC about becoming an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). Please use this form to reach out to the Vuforia Engine Sales Team.
Plan & Licenses Tab
The Plan & Licences tab allows you to manage your plan and licenses. This tab contains your current plan, Add-ons, and Other Licenses. You can change plans, subscribe to Add-ons, and manage your licenses here.
Current Plan
The Plan & Licenses tab lets you view your current plan (Basic or Premium) and licenses created from it.
Add-ons
The Add-ons page lists all your Add-ons.
Add-ons allow you to increase your limits for Vuforia Engine features such as Model Targets, Area Targets, and Cloud Recognition. Cloud Add-ons are used to associate with Cloud Databases to increase Cloud recognition counts.
See Purchase an Add-on below and Cloud Databases for information on associating the Add-on to a Cloud Database.
Other Licenses
The Other Licenses page lists your legacy and other license types.
Generate a License
Vuforia Engine apps utilize a unique key from a license to authenticate the app and enable the Vuforia Engine features. Licenses are generated in the Engine Developer Portal’s Plan & Licenses tab and include the key that can be copied to your app afterward.
Workflow
To generate a license, you will need an Engine Developer account with a Basic or Premium plan; if you do not already have a Vuforia Engine Developer account, see Register as a Vuforia Engine Developer.
- Go to the Plan & Licenses tab and click Generate Basic License or Generate Premium License to generate a license. Only account holders with Premium plans can generate Premium licenses.
- Enter a name for your license in the License Name* field. Check the confirmation box to accept the Vuforia Developer Agreement.
- Click Confirm. Your new license will appear in the Plan & Licenses tab.
Click on a license to view details and usage. This is also where you find the key to copy to your app project.
Cancel a License
Licenses can be both canceled and deleted. Canceling a license deactivates that license’s key, but a record is retained for both in the Plan & Licenses tab. Deleting a license cancels its key and removes its records from the Current Plans page. Cancellations are effective by the end of the day the cancellation request is submitted.
Licenses created from a Premium plan may be subject to different cancellation terms based on the plan agreement.
For Premium licenses:
- Log in to your Engine account and navigate to the Plan & Licenses tab.
- Select the premium license you want to cancel.
- Click the Cancel license link next to the license’s name.
- Type YES in the confirmation field and then click Confirm.
- If desired, you can delete the canceled key from the same page afterward.
For Basic licenses, a license can only be deleted:
- Log in to your Engine account and navigate to the Plan & Licenses tab.
- Select the license you want to cancel and delete.
- Click Delete License Key link next to the license’s name.
- Click Delete to delete the license. This action will also cancel the key, and you should ensure it’s not used in any application beforehand, as this action will cause the application to be inoperable.
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You will receive an email confirmation informing you of the cancellation of the license key.
Purchase an Add-on
Cloud or Cloud Plus Add-on
Cloud or Cloud Plus Add-ons are for those who wish to use Cloud Recognition and Cloud Databases. A Cloud Add-on allows for up to 10,000 recos (target recognitions), and a Cloud Plus Add-on is offered in several tiers. The Cloud Add-on is a self-service, while the Plus tiers are obtained by contacting the sales team.
When the Cloud Add-on is acquired and visible in the overview, it can be associated with a new Cloud Database.
- Login to your Vuforia Developer Account.
- In the Add-ons page of the Plan & Licenses tab, click Subscribe to Cloud Image Add-On and fill in the self-service form.
- Cloud Plus Add-on is obtained by contacting sales.
- A new Add-on is listed in the Add-ons overview.
- Associate Cloud Add-on to a new Cloud Database. See Cloud Databases on how this is done.
Exchange a Cloud Database’s Add-on
See Working with Cloud Databases for instructions on exchanging a Cloud Database’s Add-on.
NOTE: If your app is already in production with either a Basic or Premium Plan license key, you do not need to replace the key after obtaining the Cloud Add-on. You only need to ensure that the new Add-on is associated with your Cloud Database in the Target Manager tab.
Target generation Add-ons
If you are subscribed to the Engine Premium or Academic Plans, you may purchase additional Model Target and Area Target generations by contacting sales.