Licensing Options
It is recognized that any project finance software must be usable on a desktop machine in the office where the model is typically developed. It must also be accessible when the user is travelling and possibly negotiating terms for the project. Under such circumstances it would be appropriate to have it installed on a laptop.
Because of the above, the license is not limited to a single machine. It is, however, tied to the presence of a dongle which is programmed for the appropriate licence. The dongle can be transferred from one machine to another.
There are many combinations of licence. The combinations are composed of the following elements:
- Project Developer (planning phases only) or Project Investor (all phases)
- Single project or multiple projects. Multiple projects require the database and may be usable
- on projects in a single country or worldwide
- with a single technology or a combination of two or more
- Purchase licence or lease the software on an annual basis
Typical combinations as follows:
Single User license for Project Developer
Appropriate when a developer is working on a single project in the planning phases
Single User license for Project Investor
Appropriate when a developer is working on a single project and is already negotiating with partners and/or lenders
Single User licence for multiple projects worldwide using a single technology (Project Developer)
Appropriate to, say, the developer of a new technology which he wants to market worldwide. Or it could be a consultant specialising in a particular technology
Multiple User licence for Project Investor usable on worldwide projects with multiple technologies
Appropriate to, say, a lending or advising bank; or a multinational oil or petrochemical corporation with worldwide investments.
What is a lease license?
A Project Developer (or Project Investor) lease is an N simultaneous-user license that expires after one year. If a new release of Project Developer (or Project Investor) occurs during this year, the new release is sent to the lease holder at no additional charge.