Knowledge base
Licensing Model Overview
Our Licensing Model and JetBrains Toolbox
- What are the "redistributable products" that are mentioned in the Toolbox Subscription Agreement?
- What is our licensing model?
- What is JetBrains Toolbox?
- What licensing model applies to each product?
- Subscription-based licensing model vs. perpetual licensing model
- What is a perpetual fallback license?
License Types and Users
- Can I use Community Editions of JetBrains IDEs for developing commercial proprietary software?
- What is the difference between commercial and personal licenses?
- Can I use my personal license for commercial development?
- Does a personal license have limited features compared to a commercial license?
- Can a company purchase or reimburse a personal license?
- Can I use my personal license at work and at home?
Discounts and Special Programs
- What is a Classroom License and who qualifies for one?
- What is an OSS development license and who qualifies for one?
- What is a continuity discount?
- Do you offer free educational licenses for students and teachers?
- Do you offer startup discounts?
- Do you offer special pricing for government institutions?
Making a Purchase
License Delivery
- How do you deliver licenses?
- Do you ship any physical products?
- Why do you need my address if you don't ship products?
- I completed my online order and received confirmation. When will I get my license?
- I did not receive a license purchased online. Where is my license?
- My company has placed a purchase order. When will we receive our licenses?
Managing Licenses and Products Information
Upgrades and Renewals
- How do I set up automatic renewal for a personal subscription?
- How do I update the credit card information used for automatic renewals?
- Where do I download the latest (or previous) versions of JetBrains products?
- Can I renew my upgrade subscription on a perpetual license?
- What if my credit card expires when I have subscription?
- Can I co-term my subscriptions so that I only have one renewal date?
Resellers
- What is a reseller?
- How do I find a local reseller?
- How do I become a JetBrains reseller?
- What kind of margin do you offer?
- I have received a quote from JetBrains, can I get the same pricing from a reseller?
- How does a customer get their license certificate when purchasing from a reseller?
JetBrains Account Help
What is JetBrains Account?
Getting Started
Purchasing and Upgrading
Delivery of license after purchase
Activating your JetBrains software
Billing
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
- What is two-factor authentication?
- How do I enable two-factor authentication?
- How do I sign in with two-factor authentication?
- How do I sign in with a recovery code?
- How do I activate older JetBrains products that don't support two-factor authentication?
- How do I disable two-factor authentication?
Using JetBrains Accounts in Organizations
JetBrains Account FAQ
- Can I change the language of my JetBrains Account notification emails?
- Why use the JetBrains Account?
- Do I need an internet connection to activate JetBrains software with my JetBrains Account?
- Do I need an Internet connection to use JetBrains software activated with my JetBrains Account?
- Can I use the same JetBrains Account for both personal and company licenses?
Glossary
Administrator guide
Roles and permissions
Assigning and revoking licenses
Subscription management
Using teams
Managing organization profiles
Product-specific FAQ
In Focus: JetBrains Academy
- What is JetBrains Academy?
- How is JetBrains Academy different from other learning platforms?
- Do I need to know programming to use JetBrains Academy?
- Do I need a paid license for a JetBrains tool to start using JetBrains Academy?
- Do I need a credit card to sign up for a trial subscription?
- What license options are available?
In Focus: Code With Me
In Focus: Space Cloud
- What are the subscription options for Space Cloud?
- What Space Cloud subscription plan should I choose for my organization?
- How do we transfer from the EAP/Beta to Space Cloud 2020 with the release?
- How do I upgrade to a Space Cloud paid plan?
- If I run out of resources (computation credits, storage, data transfer), how do I get more?
- Space Cloud Billing Model
In Focus: Space On-Premises
- Space On-Premises Billing Model
- What are the subscription options for Space On-Premises?
- How long can I use the free Beta license for Space On-Premises?
- How do we transition from the Beta to the general availability version of Space On-Premises?
- Which Space On-Premises subscription plan should I choose for my organization?
- What is the difference between Space Cloud and Space On-Premises?
In Focus: YouTrack Cloud
- Does JetBrains offer any volume discounts for YouTrack Cloud?
- Helpdesk pricing and licensing
- I have a small team but many reporters (e.g. customer inquiries, bug reports, etc.) — do I really need a user account for each reporter?
- Do I need a JetBrains Account to use YouTrack Cloud?
- I'm using a YouTrack Cloud trial subscription. How do I subscribe to a commercial plan?
- How can I pay for YouTrack Cloud?
In Focus: YouTrack Server
- Does JetBrains offer any volume discounts for YouTrack Server?
- What’s included in the license?
- Helpdesk pricing and licensing
- If I need several YouTrack installations, may I use the same license for all of them?
- I have an expired YouTrack Server subscription. Can I renew it now for the discounted price?
- How do I add more users to my YouTrack Server subscription?
In Focus: ReSharper
In Focus: TeamCity
- Does JetBrains offer any volume discounts for TeamCity?
- When moving from a TeamCity Professional Server license to an Enterprise Server license, do we need to upgrade the software?
- Can we purchase Build Configurations without purchasing Build Agent licenses?
- Can we upgrade to higher number of Build Agents on an expired Enterprise Server license?
- Is it possible to upgrade Build Agent licenses to an Enterprise Server license?
Free educational licenses for students and teachers
Eligibility criteria
- Who is eligible for free individual educational licenses?
- I am a student in an online course, bootcamp, training class, or similar program. Am I eligible for a free license?
- I’m an instructor at a training company, bootcamp, online course, or similar program. Am I eligible for a free license? Can my students get free licenses?
- I develop internal projects or services at an accredited educational institution. Am I eligible for a free license?
Applications
- How do I apply for a free educational license?
- What types of supporting documents should I provide?
- My license request was rejected. What could be wrong?
- My institutional email address is blocked. How should I apply for a license?
- My institutional email address is not accepted. Can I still apply?
- I'm a teacher looking to use JetBrains tools in class. However, my students don’t have institutional email addresses. What should I do?
Renewals
License usage
- How do I activate my license and start using the software?
- Can I download an activation code and activate my educational license offline?
- My account page states that I don’t have a license available. What could be wrong?
- I’m a student, and I work part-time. Can I use my free educational license for my work, apprenticeship, or internship projects?
- Can I use my educational license on several computers?
- Is a free educational license perpetual?
Free licenses for OSS development
Eligibility criteria
- I use my private repository to develop a project. Do I qualify for a free OSS development license?
- According to the Open Source Program’s rules, a project should be regularly developed. What does this mean?
- In the Open Source Program, free licenses are granted only to core project committers. Who qualifies as a "core developer" of the project?
- According to the Open Source Program’s rules, projects should include relevant documentation. What does it mean?
- I develop an open-source blog or publish LeetCode solutions on Git hosting platforms. Do I qualify for a free OSS development license?
- I work on an open-source project at a commercial company or as a freelance worker. Can I get a free OSS development license?
Applications
- How do I apply for a free license for OSS development?
- I contribute to several open-source projects. Which one should I submit with my application?
- I contribute to several open-source projects. Do I need to get a separate OSS development license for each of them?
- Can I request additional licenses for OSS development for other project contributors?
License usage and renewal
- I’m employed at a commercial company. Can I use my license for OSS development on my work projects?
- I work on an open-source project as a freelance worker. Can I use my OSS development license for my freelance projects?
- Can I use my license for OSS development on several computers?
- What products do I get access to with the license for OSS development?
- How do I renew my license for OSS development for another year?