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COMSOL sells COMSOL Multiphysics and its add-on modules under one Software License Agreement as perpetual or limited-period licences of four commercial and academic types (named single user, CPU-locked, floating network and class kit), with COMSOL Server and COMSOL Compiler licensed on concurrent-user and same-type add-on bases, enforced by a FlexNet licence manager and licence files.

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Overview articleCOMSOL licensingCOMSOL sells COMSOL Multiphysics and its add-on modules under one Software License Agreement as perpetual or limited-period licences of four commercial and academic types (named single user, CPU-locked, floating network and class kit), with COMSOL Server and COMSOL Compiler licensed on concurrent-user and same-type add-on bases, enforced by a FlexNet licence manager and licence files.Cited · Edited 2026-10-07 · 13 references

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COMSOL Multiphysics licence typesCited · Edited 2026-10-07COMSOL licence manager and licence filesCited · Edited 2026-10-07COMSOL modules and add-on productsCited · Edited 2026-10-07COMSOL Server, COMSOL Compiler and applicationsCited · Edited 2026-10-07COMSOL Software License AgreementCited · Edited 2026-10-07

Licensing Data

From the COMSOL catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 66 verbatim excerpts from 24 COMSOL documents.

Products

All 6 Products

Simulation & CAE Software 6

COMSOL add-on products, COMSOL Client, COMSOL Compiler, COMSOL Multiphysics, COMSOL Runtime, COMSOL Server

Litigation

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  1. The MathWorks, Inc. v. COMSOL ABUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Tyler Division) · 2008
    Judgment
    Lessons learned
    • A compatibility product that reproduces a rival's function names and signatures can draw a copyright claim, and the dispute can run for more than two years.
    • Competitors often plead patent and copyright claims together: two actions were filed on the same day against the same products.
    • A consent judgment can follow a verdict, so the final terms on continued sale and use may be in a sealed or separate document that licensees should ask the vendor to explain.
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