Adobe InDesign CS6 Server / Buying guide
Overview of licensing options
| Description | Example uses | Cost associated | |
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| Premium license | External-facing, Internet-based solution or internal-facing, intranet-wide solution. In the case of external-facing, Internet-based application, this license also enables two-tier hosting business models. |
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| Limited license | Internal-facing, automated or semi- automated publishing solution for use within a company network. |
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| Development license | For customers that require a separate testing or staging server to be accessed by developers and non-developers. Note: No live production is allowed with this license. |
A company planning to deploy an automated publishing solution in a critical workflow may need to run a full-time, ongoing staging server to enable developers and business owners to test new features or functionality against local infrastructure. | |
| Developer license | Release and debug versions of InDesign Server software for developers, which enable them to evaluate the software, prototype, and build the solution. Note: No live production is allowed using this license. Developer license will generate a watermark on all pages output. |
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Free with membership |
| Trial license | A 90-day trial version of InDesign Server for customers to use in association with the trial version of a partner solution. | Trial use for evaluation with or without a partner solution. | Free |
Premium licensing model
The premium licensing model is intended for use with automated publishing solutions such as public-facing B2B or B2C services made accessible to customers or users via the Internet or corporate-wide within an intranet. This is sometimes also described within the industry as web to print. There is no limit on the number of users for this license. Partners or end users are permitted to use the premium license model in hosted or SaaS-based offerings, but InDesign Server must be an integrated component of a solution, not used as a standalone service. Partners and end users are permitted to offer a two-tier hosted or SaaS model, where a single entity can offer a service that is then integrated into a second party’s service.
| Single instance | Multi instance (per server) |
Development license* | |
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| List price (USD) | $22,000 | $39,900 | 50% of the net price for production version of the license |
| List price (euro) | €19,800 | €35,910 | |
| List price (yen) | ¥2,640,000 | ¥4,788,000 |
Notes
multi-instance licenses can only be used on a single physical (or virtual server (that is, you cannot distribute a license across multiple virtual servers).
20% annual Maintenance and Support is mandatory in year one for all InDesign Server licenses.
* The development license refers to what is also known as a staging server and is not the same as the free-of-charge developer version of InDesign Server used by partners to undertake initial development.
Limited licensing model
The limited licensing model is for use with automated publishing solutions that are made available within a company’s internal network only.
| Single instance | Multi instance (per server) |
Development license* | |
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| List price (USD) | $7,500 | $14,500 | 50% of the net price for production version of the license |
| List price (euro) | €6,750 | €13,050 | |
| List price (yen) | ¥900,000 | ¥1,740,000 |
Notes
multi-instance licenses can only be used on a single physical (or virtual) server (that is, you cannot distribute a license across multiple virtual servers).
20% annual Maintenance and Support is mandatory in year one for all InDesign Server licenses.
* The development license refers to what is also known as a staging server and is not the same as the free-of-charge developer version of InDesign Server used by partners to undertake initial development.
Upgrade, trade-up, and upsell options
You can upgrade when you move from previous versions (CS5.5 or older) to CS6 within the same license type and processing capability (single instance or multi instance). This option can only be used when no annual Maintenance has been purchased; otherwise, the upgrade is covered under Maintenance terms.
You can purchase a trade-up to increase processing capability within the same CS6 license type and version.
You can purchase an upsell to move from the limited licensing option to the premium licensing option with the same CS6 version.
Note: These options can be used in combination. For example, moving from a CS4 premium single-instance license to a CS5.5 premium multi-instance license would require an upgrade and a trade-up.
| List price (USD) | List price (euro) | List price (yen) | |
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| Upgrade to CS6 premium single instance |
$8,800 | €13,050 | ¥1,056,000 |
| Upgrade to CS6 premium multi instance |
$15,960 | €14,364 | ¥1,915,200 |
| Upgrade to CS6 limited single instance |
$3,000 | €2,700 | ¥360,000 |
| Upgrade to CS6 limited multi instance |
$5,800 | €5,220 | ¥696,000 |
| Trade-Up, Premium Single Instance to Multi Instance | $17,900 | €16,110 | ¥2,148,000 |
| Trade-Up, Limited Single Instance to Multi Instance | $7000 | €6,300 | ¥840,000 |
| Upsell, Limited Multi Instance to Premium Multi Instance | $25,400 | €22,860 | ¥3,048,000 |
| Upsell, Limited Single Instance to Premium Single Instance | $14,500 | €13,050 | ¥1,740,000 |
