With a rent-to-own plan you’ll get unlimited access to Live 12 Suite right away, but spread the cost over 24 affordable monthly payments. You’ll pay the same total price as you would with a one-off purchase, and once you’ve completed your plan the license is yours to keep.
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Get access to all of Live 12 Suite’s features right away, without paying the full cost all at once.
Transparent pricing
Pay the same total price as a regular purchase. No interest, no mark-up fees, no extra charges for late payments.
Pause anytime
Want to take a break? No problem – pause your plan whenever you like, and start again when you’re ready.
Spread the cost
Make 24 affordable monthly payments instead of paying the full price all at once.
Flexible and commitment-free
Pause anytime, and when you're ready to continue you’ll pick up where you left off. No penalties, no pressure.
No credit check, no prerequisites
Skip the forms and applications. All you need is an Ableton account and a way to pay.
Ideal for musicians at any stage
Whether you’re just getting started or ready to level up your setup, this plan helps you get there.
Visit the Compare Editions page for a feature-by-feature comparison of Intro, Standard, and Suite.
With rent-to-own, each payment goes toward owning a full license. Once you’ve completed all payments, the license is yours to keep.
A subscription, on the other hand, involves paying a monthly fee indefinitely, with no possibility of ownership.
Rent-to-own plans are now available for all new Live 12 Suite licenses.
Rent-to-own plans are also available for Live 12 Suite educational licenses to those who meet EDU eligibility requirements. Head to the educational shop for more details.
Yes, you can pause your plan at any time. You’ll retain access to Live until the end of your current billing cycle.
If you resume your plan after pausing, you’ll start making payments again and your progress towards license ownership will continue where it left off.
If an upgrade becomes available while your rent-to-own plan is active, you can choose to upgrade by extending your rent-to-own plan. This will extend the number of monthly payments, covering the cost of the upgrade.
Once you finish paying off your current version, that license is yours to keep. The upgrade will then continue as rent-to-own until it’s fully paid off — then you’ll own that license in full as well.
No, rent-to-own plans are not available to purchase edition upgrades.
No, rent-to-own is not currently available for upgrades from older versions of Live Suite to Live Suite 12.
Live needs an internet connection the first time you launch in order to activate your rent-to-own plan. After that, Live will periodically verify that your plan is active. You can use Live offline for up to 3 days between verification checks.
If your computer stays offline longer than that, saving and exporting will be disabled until Live can reconnect and verify that your plan is active.
Yes, you can pay off the remaining balance of your rent-to-own plan at any time to own your license in full.
No. You can only purchase the product that you’re renting by paying the remaining balance. However, you cannot transfer your rent-to-own payments to purchase other products (e.g. Live 12 Intro or Standard).
Yes, all the features are exactly the same. Paying for Live 12 Suite with a rent-to-own plan simply lets you spread the cost of the license over 24 more affordable monthly payments.
No, rent-to-own plans are only available for Live Suite.
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