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Blackmagic Cloud Organization licences

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Kind
Subscription
Term
Monthly
Definition
A Blackmagic Cloud Organization consolidates storage, permissions, licensing and billing; its owners can rent DaVinci Resolve Studio licences monthly and assign them to members or groups.
Commercial rules
Rent, assign, unassign and remove licences in the Licenses tab; excess licences can be removed only after they are unassigned; a workstation activates a licence by signing in with a Blackmagic ID that has one assigned.
Applies to
DaVinci Resolve Studio

Evidence 8

Cloud licence is activated with a Blackmagic ID
"Open DaVinci Resolve Studio, and press the Use Blackmagic ID button."

Reference Manual, LicensesDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Disabled cloud project libraries do not count
"Disabled Cloud Project Libraries do not count towards your Project Library Limit, are not deleted, and can always be “enabled” again when needed."

Reference Manual, Project ServersDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Libraries cannot be reduced below the active count
"you cannot reduce your project libraries below the amount that are currently active or in use"

Reference Manual, Project ServersDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Licences must be unassigned before they can be removed
"You can not remove more licenses than are assigned to members."

Reference Manual, LicensesDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Only owners manage members and groups
"Only members with Owner permissions can add or remove members from an organization."

Reference Manual, MembersDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Organizations can rent Studio licences monthly
"Organizations have the option to rent individual licenses of DaVinci Resolve Studio on a monthly basis."

Reference Manual, Blackmagic Cloud Organizations, LicensesDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Unassigned cloud licences return to the pool
"Unassigned licenses will be returned to the license pool, available for use for other members and groups."

Reference Manual, LicensesDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

Unpaid accounts are disabled, not deleted
"If you don’t pay the monthly fee and abandon the account, after 15 days past due and three emails, your account will be disabled, not deleted."

Reference Manual, StorageDaVinci Resolve 21 Reference ManualEffective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

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