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 available for Live 12 Suite, for both new licenses and upgrades from other Live versions and editions.

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 a new Live version is released while your plan is still active, you can upgrade by extending your rent-to-own plan. This adds additional monthly payments to cover the cost of the upgrade.

Once you finish paying off your current version, that license is yours to keep. Your rent-to-own plan will then continue until the upgrade is fully paid off – then you’ll own that license in full as well.

Yes, you can upgrade from Live Lite, Intro, or Standard to Live 12 Suite with rent-to-own.

Yes, you can upgrade from earlier versions of Live Suite to Live 12 Suite with rent-to-own.

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. You get the same full version of Live 12 Suite as with a one-off purchase. Rent-to-own simply lets you spread the cost over monthly payments.

No, rent-to-own plans are only available for Live Suite.

Yes, you’ll keep access to your previous Live license, even if you pause your rent-to-own plan. Note that Sets created or saved in Live 12 can’t be opened in earlier versions.