The Anaconda Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are the standard agreement between a user and Anaconda, Inc. and its Affiliates for the Anaconda Platform and the Offerings within it. Accessing or using them binds the person or, if they accept on behalf of an entity or with a work email address, that entity and its Users.[1] The version retrieved is dated July 15, 2025. Anaconda says it rewrote the terms to make clear who they apply to, and that existing orders stay subject to the terms in force when they were placed, although updated policies such as the Acceptable Use Policy apply to them.[2]
Structure of the agreement
The Terms are made up of the Terms of Service, the Offering Description of each Offering used, each Order, and any other document Anaconda says is incorporated. Anaconda Policies listed at anaconda.com/legal form an integral part, and a signed data processing addendum applies where one exists.[1] In a conflict the order of precedence is the Order, then the Offering Description, then the applicable policy or incorporated terms, then the Terms of Service.[1] The rule of thumb Anaconda gives is that a product with an Offering Description is under the Terms, while its legal site lists products with completely separate terms.[2] That index names Anaconda.org, AI Catalyst, Anaconda Desktop Beta, Toolbox for Excel, the Embedded EULA and the Academic and Non-Profit EULAs as Offering Descriptions, and Edublocks, Miniconda, PythonAnywhere, Outerbounds, Kilo Code and Enkrypt as separate terms.[3] Catalog rule: Order, Offering Description, policy, then Terms of Service.
Who needs a paid licence
Section 1 sets out free use. A user may use the Platform free if they are an individual using it for personal, non-commercial purposes; if they act for an Eligible Academic Institution (conditioned on accepting the Academic End User License Agreement) or an Eligible Non-Profit and Research Organization; or if they act for a for-profit organization with 200 or fewer total employees or contractors, including all Affiliates. Anaconda may ask for proof of eligibility.[1] A Business Plan is required where use is on behalf of a for-profit organization with more than 200 total employees or contractors, Affiliates included, that does not qualify for free use.[1] An Affiliate is any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where control means ownership of more than 50% or the power to direct its affairs.[1]
Anaconda’s documentation adds a practical point for individuals: a person may keep a personal account when their company adds them to its organization, but should not use the personal-email account for commercial activities.[5] The catalog rules are Free use covers individuals, eligible academic and non-profit users and organizations of 200 or fewer, A Business Plan is required above 200 employees or contractors and Anaconda may request proof of eligibility for free use.
Metrics: Users
Section 5 defines a User as any party, whether human or non-human, that downloads, installs, accesses or uses the Platform or any Offerings. It lists individual human end users, including employees, contractors, agents or independent contractors, and non-human clients, including system or service accounts, agentic processes and AI agents, automated systems, CI/CD jobs, serverless processes and third-party connecting services.[1] Anaconda’s platform documentation uses a similar split between human users who sign in through single sign-on and machine users used for automation.[4] See User, Service accounts, AI agents and CI/CD jobs are Users and A User is any human or non-human party that accesses the Platform.
| Category | How it is counted | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identified User | Each unique username-based account or user-based identifier counts as one User, regardless of devices, access points or frequency of use | Terms s.5(b)[1] |
| Unidentified User | Each instance of download, access or use with no username-based account or identifier counts as a separate unique User requiring an individual licence | Terms s.5(b)[1] |
| Active User | A User who in the last 12 months accessed components, models, packages or other artifacts from repo.anaconda.com or Anaconda-maintained repositories covered by the Terms, or had any other measurable interaction with the Platform or Offerings | Terms s.5(c)[1] |
Anaconda’s FAQ describes the same distinction. An identified User has a registered account with Anaconda or has enabled user identification, while an unidentified User has neither; for details on system scanning and counting, it refers customers to a contact address.[2] The effect is that a count of licences is not a headcount of employees. A developer using two laptops is one identified User. On the wording of the Terms, anonymous container builds that each pull from the repository without an identifier could each be counted as a separate unique User. Catalog rules: Identified Users count once, Each unidentified download, access or use counts as a separate User and An active User has accessed Anaconda artifacts within 12 months. The Terms do not say how active and unidentified counts are combined against the quantity on an Order, and the pricing page does not publish a count method either.
Counting, floors and true-up
The number of licences on the Order sets how many Users may use the Platform or Offerings, and that number may not be exceeded without paying for additional Users. Anaconda may verify the actual count against the Order and, if it finds more Users, may charge for them at its then-current pricing. It may suspend access if it believes the Platform or Offerings are being misused. The customer must keep accurate records of use for the Subscription Term and twelve months after, and give them to Anaconda on reasonable notice to confirm compliance.[1] Catalog: Users above the Order quantity may be charged at then-current pricing and Usage records must be kept for the term plus twelve months. The customer is responsible for its Users’ compliance and any violations by them.[1]
The Terms publish no minimum quantity for a Business Plan, so any minimum quantity comes from the Order.
Restrictions that change the licence need
| Restriction | What the Terms say |
|---|---|
| Internal Use | Licences are worldwide, non-exclusive, limited and non-transferable, for Internal Use: the customer’s own internal operations, including computations on internal systems; monitoring or servicing third-party systems is not Internal Use[1] |
| Embedding | No embedding in a product or service provided to third parties without an additional Embedding licence at cost; “Embed” means incorporating Anaconda Content as a built-in component or continually updating dependency[1] |
| Scaled enterprise deployment | Additional payment for enterprise-scale usage patterns, including compute clusters, HPC systems, supercomputers, burst compute frameworks, serverless computing and other dynamic scaling frameworks[1] |
| Distribution | No sublicensing or distribution to anyone other than the customer’s Users[1] |
| Competitive use | No use of the Platform or Offerings to build a competitive product or service[1] |
Catalog rules: The licence grant is limited to Internal Use, Embedding in a third-party product needs an Embedding licence and Scaled enterprise deployments need additional payment. The Academic Policy waives the scaled-deployment and redistribution restrictions for non-commercial educational use by program participants.[7] Partner products that include Anaconda software are covered by the Embedded End User License Agreement, which allows the end customer to use the software only inside the partner offering.[6]
Billing, renewal and termination
Fees are stated in the Order, paid in United States dollars and are non-cancelable and non-refundable. Prices stay fixed during a Subscription Term and Anaconda’s adjusted fees apply only from the start of a new term. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least thirty days before the term ends.[1] Anaconda’s self-service FAQ adds that its card subscriptions are not prorated and carry no refunds.[5] On termination or suspension the customer must stop using the Platform and destroy copies of the Offerings, and Anaconda may require evidence of this such as a system scan report.[1] Catalog: Fees are non-cancelable and prices are fixed within a Subscription Term, Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled 30 days before expiry and On termination Anaconda may require evidence such as a system scan report.
Anaconda may discontinue an Offering through a three-stage end-of-life process, with notice of at least 180 days before End of Sale and support for twelve months after.[1] Changes to the Terms apply to Orders started or renewed after the posted effective date.[1]
Third-party content and AI
Packages, models and software distributed through the Platform are Third-Party Content and remain under their own licences. Anaconda provides the licences known to it, does not modify them, and the third-party licence controls if it conflicts with Anaconda’s description.[1] For AI features, the Terms disclaim accuracy of generated output and say some AI processing may involve third-party services.[1] See Third-party content keeps its own licence.
Out of scope
This article does not cover the separate agreements for Kilo and Enkrypt AI, the Miniconda EULA, Anaconda.org terms or the Academic and Non-Profit policies, which are treated in the related articles. It does not cover privacy, data protection or confidentiality clauses beyond noting they exist, nor the contract of an organization whose Order overrides these terms.