The Trimble Offering Terms are Trimble’s master terms for “any Software, Support, Services, or AI Service, or Correction Services”. Software means installable Licensed Software and cloud SaaS.[1] Together with the attached exhibits and any Order, SOW, Supplemental Terms or Support Terms, they form “the Agreement”. They apply to purchases from Trimble or its affiliates “unless there is a separate written agreement between the parties”.[4] The current Version 4.0 and the Supplemental Terms for Software Version 3.0 were both last updated on 2026-08-13.[4] The terms can be accepted by signing an Order, by clicking through, or “BY INSTALLING, ACCESSING, OR USING AN OFFERING THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE AGREEMENT.”[1] Catalog proof: Terms accepted by signing an Order, clicking through, or installing or using the Offering; Current versions: Offering Terms v4.0 and Supplemental Terms for Software v3.0.
Editions
The Agreement has a layered structure:[1]
- Order: the Trimble-issued order form, quote, entitlement confirmation or online acknowledgment, which states the Offering, term and Usage Limitations.
- Supplemental Terms: product-specific terms, including the Supplemental Terms for Software and separate terms for U.S. public entities and eCommerce purchases.[4]
- Offering Terms.
- SOW for services.
- Support Terms.
Purchase orders issued by the customer have “no force or effect” on these terms.[1] Catalog proof: Order of precedence: Order, Supplemental Terms, Offering Terms.
Metrics
Usage Limitations
The central concept is Usage Limitations: the customer’s “authorized scope of use for the Offering as specified in the Order, Supplemental Terms, or Documentation”. They may include “the type of Authorized User (e.g., Named User or Concurrent User), seat, copy, instance, data storage, CPU, computer, field of use, location, asset, project, capital budget, operating budget, automation, rate limiting, or other restrictions”.[1] The real metric for any product is therefore on the Order or in the Supplemental Terms.
Authorized Users
An Authorized User is an employee of the customer and, unless prohibited, a contractor, consultant or customer of the customer or its affiliates authorized to use the Offering on the customer’s behalf. The definition covers two kinds of user:[1]
- a Concurrent User, authorized “to access and use the Offering simultaneously at a given point in time to the extent expressly stated on an Order”;
- a Named User, designated “by name or other identifier”.
User IDs are personal and must not be shared. “Unless expressly permitted in the Order, Supplemental Terms, or Documentation, Customer may not transfer Authorized User status from one individual to another.”[1] The customer is “solely responsible for third-party Authorized Users’ compliance”.[1] Catalog proof: User IDs are personal; no transfer of Authorized User status unless permitted; Contractors, consultants and affiliates may be Authorized Users unless prohibited.
Product examples from the Supplemental Terms
The Supplemental Terms for Software set the scope for individual products:[2]
| Product | Usage Limitation |
|---|---|
| Trimble SiteVision, TerraFlex, Terra Office | Install on any number of devices; one copy in use at a time |
| Trimble RealWorks Forensics | Use limited to the Concurrent Users on the Order |
| Trimble Catalyst | One device in use per Authorized User at a time |
| Trimble eCognition, Perspective, RealWorks Forensics | One Named User per licence |
| Viewpoint Vista (Concurrent Users) | Named Users may not exceed six times the purchased Concurrent Users |
| Trimble Business Center | May run on a virtual server if no license server component is virtualized |
| Tekla | No Professional Consultants and territory limits for certain licence designations |
Catalog proof: Vista Concurrent Users: Named Users capped at six times purchased Concurrent Users; Trimble Business Center may run on a virtual server if the license server is not virtualized; Tekla: no Professional Consultants on Domestic, Standard, Usage-based and similar licences; Tekla: Domestic, Educational, Evaluation, Flex and Standard licences limited to the ordering territory.
Counting / floors
User Assignment and Device Management Policy
The Supplemental Terms make this policy part of the Documentation for “all Trimble AECO Offerings”.[2] For software sold per Named User, the policy says:[3]
- “Named Users may be reassigned from one person to another person only in the following scenarios”: an employee leaves or moves to a role that does not need the software; a contractor or consultant engagement ends; the licence was assigned to the wrong person at purchase; or “At the time of renewal for the Subscription to the Software.”
- In a bundle, the person assigned to one component “consumes a Named User for all Software in that bundle”.
- A Named User may use the software simultaneously on three devices, one device or unlimited devices per Trimble ID, as stated in the Order or Documentation.
- TID credentials “may not be shared to allow multiple persons to access Software from different devices”.
Trimble may monitor compliance with the policy, and the customer must remedy any violation.[3] Catalog proof: Named User reassignment only in four situations; One person assigned in a bundle consumes a Named User for every product in it; Simultaneous devices per Trimble ID: three, one or unlimited.
Overage
“If Customer exceeds the Usage Limitations during the Subscription Term, Trimble may invoice Customer for the use that exceeded the applicable Usage Limitations at Trimble’s then-current list price”. The parties may instead agree a new Order with adjusted limits.[1] Excess use is therefore priced at list, not at the customer’s discounted rate. Catalog proof: Excess use invoiced at Trimble's then-current list price.
Use rights and restrictions
Subscriptions may be used “during the Subscription Term only for its internal business purposes”. Licensed Software is granted under a “non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license” for the term in the Order, and “Licensed Software is licensed, not sold.”[1] Section 2.4 forbids, among other things:[1]
- giving third parties access to the Offering or using it as a service bureau;
- building competing products, or reverse engineering the Offering except as the law allows;
- publishing benchmarks;
- circumventing access restrictions;
- using or hosting Licensed Software “in a virtual server environment” unless the Order, Supplemental Terms or Documentation permit it.
Catalog proof: Subscriptions and Licensed Software only for internal business purposes within Usage Limitations; Licensed Software may not be hosted in a virtual server environment unless expressly permitted.
Non-commercial and educational use. Free Versions may be used only “in a non-production environment and for non-commercial purposes”. Trials and Betas are for internal evaluation, for 30 days unless Trimble designates otherwise, without warranty or Support, and Trimble’s liability for them is capped at US$50. Educational versions may not be used “for any for-profit purpose, including professional work or training offered for a fee, or by commercial entities”.[1] Catalog proof: Free Versions non-production only; Trials and Betas 30 days for evaluation; Educational versions: no for-profit use or use by commercial entities.
Audits and telemetry
The Offering “may gather and transmit to Trimble usage, Key status, compliance, and activation data”, which may include personal data, and the customer may not disable it. Trimble uses the data to validate users, confirm compliance, monitor Usage Limitations, meter licences and protect against unlicensed use.[1] On written request the customer must certify its compliance. Trimble may inspect records and use “upon prior reasonable notice of at least ten (10) days” during business hours. The customer bears inspection costs “only in the event the inspection reveals that the use is not in accordance with the Usage Limitations”.[1] Breaching Usage Limitations or the Authorized User rules allows Trimble to suspend access, and breaches of the Authorized User rules and the restrictions in section 2.4 are excluded from the liability cap.[1] Catalog proof: Offerings transmit usage, Key status, compliance and activation data for licence metering; Compliance certification on request and inspection on ten days notice.
Term, renewal and termination
- Perpetual licences. A perpetual licence “will continue in perpetuity subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement”. Support is purchased separately, often as a subscription. The warranty runs 90 days from the Provision Date.[1] See perpetual licence.
- Subscriptions. The Subscription Term starts at the earlier of the Provision Date or 90 days after sale. Unless the Order says otherwise, “each Subscription Term will renew for successive periods of the same duration unless either party gives the other party at least 30 days notice of non-renewal”. Additional subscriptions are co-termed to the same end date. Renewal fees are at Trimble’s then-current rates.[1] See subscription and renewal.
- Effect of termination. All use stops and the customer “will delete (or, upon request, return) all copies of any Offering”.[1]
- Amendments. Trimble may amend the terms on notice. Amendments normally take effect at the next renewal. If Trimble sets an earlier date, a customer that objects within 30 days may terminate and receive a refund of prepaid fees.[1]
Catalog proof: Perpetual licences continue in perpetuity; support bought separately; Subscriptions auto-renew for the same duration unless 30 days notice; renewal at then-current rates; On expiry or termination all use stops and copies are deleted; Trimble may amend the terms; changes normally apply at next renewal.
Programs
Resellers. Where an Offering is bought from a Reseller, the Agreement is still between Trimble and the customer. The purchase details are as stated in Trimble’s entitlement confirmation, and refunds go through the Reseller. If the Reseller does not pay Trimble, Trimble may terminate the customer’s access. For Resellers outside the United States, “Trimble” means Trimble Europe B.V.[1] See Purchase from Reseller.
Governing law. Governing law and venue follow the Order or else the customer’s location in Exhibit A, for example Delaware law for customers in the United States and Finnish law for customers in Finland. The CISG is excluded, and claims must be brought within one year, or two years for non-payment.[1] Catalog proof: Governing law and venue by Customer location (Exhibit A).
Virtualization & partitioning
The default rule bars virtual-server use of Licensed Software unless it is expressly permitted.[1] Of the products reviewed, the Supplemental Terms permit it expressly for Trimble Business Center, provided the license server component is not virtualized.[2] Before deploying other Licensed Software on virtual desktop or server infrastructure, a customer needs a permission in its Order or the product documentation.
Out of scope
- Supplemental Terms for U.S. Public Entities and for eCommerce Purchases, the data processing addenda and the Germany regional terms.
- Terms for Correction Services, hardware and firmware.
- Product EULAs that Trimble still publishes separately, such as the Tekla EULA; see Tekla Structures licensing.