Academic and Educational Licenses
We believe that OpenSees is a powerful tool for education and research, and our goal is to make it more accessible for students. The graphic user interface of STKO empowers students to visualize the structures they are buiding in OpenSees and view the results of the analyses on those structures. It helps both researchers and students move their results from conceptual to visual and concrete.
We offer a variety of solution for licensing. Learn more below.
FREE Trial License
A full unlimited license for 30 days is provided to everyone for the purpose of evaluating the software.
We want students to have more access and increased interaction with OpenSees didactically. With the Free Learning License, they will be able to build models, run analyses, and experiment in STKO. This license is also perfect for university students looking to study the basics of OpenSees.
All Trial licenses will automatically convert to the Free Learning License after the 30 days expire. Scroll down to learn more about what’s included in the Free Academic License.
Academic/Research License
Provided to accredited researchers, research institutions, universities, colleges, or technical schools, either public or private. The licenses may only be used for personal or research purposes. Academic licenses include all available features and modules of the software at a favorable price.
Scroll down for more information on the duration and features.
NOTE: an online declaration of your academic status will be required during the purchase process.
Educational Pack License
Includes 1 academic/research (unlimited) and 30 educational (limited) licenses and is available to accredited research institutions, universities, colleges, or technical schools. The licenses may be used only for educational purposes. The license may be used by students and teachers and includes all available features and modules of the software with some limitations.
Scroll down for more information on the duration and features.
NOTE: an online declaration of your academic status will be required during the purchase process.
Licenses
Compare Plans
Depending on your needs, we have a variety of licenses to help you reach your goals!
Trial
30 Days- Free updates and new features
- Unlimited Line Elements
- Unlimited Surface Elements
- Unlimited Solid Elements
- Free online training and support**
- Bronze Maintenance Package
- Personalized Training
- Webcall and Email Support
Free Learning*
Unlimited- Free updates and new features
- 20 Line Elements
- 100 Surface Elements
- 150 Solid Elements
- Free online training and support**
- Bronze Maintenance Package
- Personalized Training
- Webcall and Email Support
Academic Research
Yearly (1, 2, 3)- Free updates and new features
- Unlimited Line Elements
- Unlimited Surface Elements
- Unlimited Solid Elements
- Free online training and support**
- Silver Maintenance Package
- Personalized Training (quote on request)
- Webcall and Email Support (quote on request)
Educational Pack
Yearly (1, 2, 3)- Free updates and new features
- 40 Line Elements
- 200 Surface Elements
- 300 Solid Elements
- Free online training and support**
- Silver Maintenance Package
- Personalized Training (Extra Fee)
- Webcall and Email Support (Extra Fee)
Perpetual Licenses
Yearly Maintenance- Available for Academic and Educational licenses
- Free updates and new features (with an active maintenance package***)
- Free online training and support**
- Silver Maintenance Package for the first year
- Personalized Training (Extra Fee)
- Webcall and Email Support (Extra Fee)
* The Trial and Free Learning versions are intended to support students and professors in the learning/teaching process. They are not intended for commercial development or use in research. Users wishing to publish research using STKO should purchase the Academic/Research license.
** Access to our Webinars, the PDF manual, our YouTube tutorials, University courses, example files, and other various multimedia materials.
**** See maintenance packages below for more information
Licenses
Maintenance Packages
If your software license is not covered by active maintenance, you may still access our extensive self-support resources, including our YouTube channel, user manual, tutorials, etc. Please note that maintenance is not required to renew or continue using your license at the version and level at which you purchased it. A purchased license may be renewed in perpetuity regardless of maintenance status, so long as your hardware and operating systems support its use.
Bronze
Included in Free and Trial Licenses- Forum access (answers not guaranteed)
- Modeling support on forum
- Webcall and Email Support
Silver
Included in all one, two, and three-year licenses, and first year of Perpetual Licenses- Priority Forum access (guaranteed responses to questions related to STKO and OpenSees
- Modeling support on forum (Direct support for small simple models)
- Webcall and Email Support
Gold
Price given on request- Priority Forum access priority responses
- Modeling support on forum (Direct support for all models)
- Email Support
- Webcall Support (available for additional fee)
Fill in this form to request a quote for an Academic, Educational, or University License. Our Sales team will get back to you within 1-2 business days. NOTE: We are often unable to write to QQ email addresses or Iranian (.ir, .ac.ir) email addresses. We request, where possible, that users with these email addresses give an alternative international email account (outlook, gmail, hotmail, etc.)