Rent-to-own Ableton Live 12 Suite with educational discount

Visit the Compare Editions page for a feature-by-feature comparison of Intro, Standard, and Suite.

Head to the educational shop and choose "Rent to own" as your payment plan. Add Live 12 Suite to your cart and complete the checkout process.

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.

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.

Once you complete your rent-to-own plan, you'll be eligible for the regular upgrade discount when the next version of Live is available. Whether you paid for Live 12 Suite EDU with rent-to-own or upfront, the cost of upgrading will be the same. There is no additional educational discount for upgrades.

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).

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

Yes, the features are the same.

You are eligible for an educational discount if you are either:

• a student who is 18 or over and enrolled in full-time education, up to advanced degree programs.
• a parent or guardian buying on behalf of a student who is under 18.
• a student in a part-time program that consists of 20 or more hours of study per week, or one that runs for 12 months or more. The area of study is irrelevant.
• a teacher who is currently employed full- or part-time at a school or university in any field. Part-time and private teachers must work at least 20 hours per week to qualify.

Please note that if there is ever any disagreement on educational status documents, we offer a full four-week money back guarantee.