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All Avid Software Products are using a subscription-based or a perpetual + support plan model. Those which have expired support plans for perpetual users cannot upgrade their software version past bug fix releases for their current given year and major release. Renewal contracts for perpetual users are usually fixed in 1-3 year renewals, requiring constant purchasing unless the user lapses every few years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=22 Apr 2026 |title=Pro Tools - Music Software |url=https://www.avid.com/pro-tools |url-status=live |access-date=22 Apr 2026 |website=Avid.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Sep 2025 |title=Software Updates + Support Plan upgrades FAQs |url=https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/FAQ/FAQs-1-Year-Upgrade-with-Software-Updates-Support-Plan |url-status=live |access-date=22 Apr 2026 |website=Avid Knowledge Base}}</ref> | All Avid Software Products are using a subscription-based or a perpetual + support plan model. Those which have expired support plans for perpetual users cannot upgrade their software version past bug fix releases for their current given year and major release. Renewal contracts for perpetual users are usually fixed in 1-3 year renewals, requiring constant purchasing unless the user lapses every few years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=22 Apr 2026 |title=Pro Tools - Music Software |url=https://www.avid.com/pro-tools |url-status=live |access-date=22 Apr 2026 |website=Avid.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Sep 2025 |title=Software Updates + Support Plan upgrades FAQs |url=https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/FAQ/FAQs-1-Year-Upgrade-with-Software-Updates-Support-Plan |url-status=live |access-date=22 Apr 2026 |website=Avid Knowledge Base}}</ref> | ||
=== Education Software Policy === | ===Education Software Policy=== | ||
All Avid Software Products that are labeled and sold as "Educational", "Academic", or similar use case versions cannot be used for commercial use. A full priced, non educational license is required for all use cases. Additionally, users cannot apply any special-price education software redemption or renewal codes to a commercial version of the same product, and the users will require a refund to purchase the full-price version.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2024 |title=End User License Terms for Avid Software - Avid Technology |url=https://www.avid.com/legal/end-user-license-terms-for-avid-software |url-status=live |access-date=24 Apr 2026 |website=Avid.com}}</ref> | All Avid Software Products that are labeled and sold as "Educational", "Academic", or similar use case versions cannot be used for commercial use. A full priced, non educational license is required for all use cases. Additionally, users cannot apply any special-price education software redemption or renewal codes to a commercial version of the same product, and the users will require a refund to purchase the full-price version.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2024 |title=End User License Terms for Avid Software - Avid Technology |url=https://www.avid.com/legal/end-user-license-terms-for-avid-software |url-status=live |access-date=24 Apr 2026 |website=Avid.com}}</ref> | ||
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=====Pro Tools Systems===== | =====Pro Tools Systems===== | ||
*Hardware | *Hardware<ref group="note"> Avid MBOX Studio is listed on the Avid.com website as a hardware feature page [https://www.avid.com/products/mbox-studio here], however the hardware is declared End of Sale so it is not listed here. Will be removed when the page is updated. </ref> | ||
**Pro Tools HDX Core | **Pro Tools | HDX Core | ||
**Pro Tools | MTRX II | **Pro Tools | MTRX II | ||
**Pro Tools | MTRX Studio | **Pro Tools | MTRX Studio | ||
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===Sibelius=== | ===Sibelius=== | ||
A [[wikipedia:Scorewriter|music notation]] and engraving software used by score composers for general and film scoring.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Apr 2026 |title=Sibelius - Notation Software |url=https://www.avid.com/sibelius |url-status=live |access-date=22 Apr 2026 |website=Avid.com}}</ref> | A [[wikipedia:Scorewriter|music notation]] and engraving software used by score composers for general and film scoring.<nowiki><ref></nowiki>{{Cite web |date=22 Apr 2026 |title=Sibelius - Notation Software |url=https://www.avid.com/sibelius |url-status=live |access-date=22 Apr 2026 |website=Avid.com}}<nowiki></ref></nowiki> | ||
=====Sibelius Systems===== | =====Sibelius Systems===== | ||
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**Wolftech News - Toolset for production planning, resource management, and process streamlining for time-sensitive productions | **Wolftech News - Toolset for production planning, resource management, and process streamlining for time-sensitive productions | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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