Licensing FAQ - Medeek Extensions

The questions and answers given below provide further details on the licensing system employed with the Medeek extensions.

Most Common Licensing Question - Why do I have to renew a Permanent License?

I actually get asked this question quite a bit lately and usually it is a very angry or frustrated customer I am dealing with, so I think it is worth my time to clarify this subject and hopefully help everyone better understand what is meant by renewing a permanent license.

At first glance it would seem oxymoronic that one would need to "renew" anything that is "permanent" however it does make more sense when you fully understand how the permanent licensing system of the Medeek plugins work.

When you purchase a permanent license of any of the plugins you are given a serial number and a "License Update Expiration Date". The expiration date indicates which versions of the plugin you are allowed to operate with your current license/serial number. One will quickly note that the exp. date is usually one year out from the purchase date. This means that your license will work with any versions of the plugin that are released up to or prior to this date.

Effectively what this means is that when you purchase a permanent license you have free upgrades for a year from the date of purchase. Once this date has passed any future updates/versions of the plugins will not work with your license. To enable your license to work with versions released after your license has "expired" you simply need to "renew" it for another year. This will then push your "Update Exp. Date" out another year, giving you another full year of potential upgrades.

One can also renew at any interval they choose, there is no requirement to renew as soon as your license exp. date is reached. You may choose to renew and upgrade two or three or even five years down the road from the date of your original purchase.

There is also no requirement to renew your license(s) or update to the latest version of the plugins if you so choose. You can download the latest versions of the plugins when you originally purchase them and use them that way forever. Permanent basically means that the currently license plugins will continue to work forever (unlike a subscription license - which actually stops working once your subscription has ended).

However, to be clear, a permanent license does not mean "free upgrades forever", and I think that is where some confusion exists for some customers and some frustration exists.

Lifetime Licenses - What if I want Free Upgrades Forever?

I do have a few "Lifetime" license options but the entry bar is considerably higher. The three Lifetime license options available for the mdkBIM suite:

5 Year - $560.00 (Discount Code: MDK5YEAR)
10 Year - $770.00 (Discount Code: MDK10YEAR)
30 Year - $980.00 (Discount Code: MDKLIFE)

Each price point offers a progressively steeper discount as the number of years of licensing increases.

To purchase a lifetime license, login to the Account Manager and then click on the mdkBIM icon. Click on purchase mdkBIM Suite, then enter in one of the discount codes above. You will notice that the price will adjusted accordingly and the expiration update date will also reflect the multi-year license.

If a multi-year license is purchased we are also willing to offer the Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing(pending) and Engineering plugin licenses at no additional cost and their licenses will also reflect the same number of years as the multi-year option that was chosen.

mdkBIM Volume Renewal Discount - How do I renew all my mdkBIM licenses at once and get a volume discount?

The very first time you purchase the mdkBIM suite you pay the full bundle amount ($280.00 or $330.00 after Feb. 1, 2026). As soon as you make that purchase you will notice that if you go to purchase the mdkBIM suite again the price is now reduced to ($188.00 or $250.00 after Feb. 1, 2026). This may confuse a few people as they will wonder why the price is all of a sudden less expensive and why did they pay the greater price when they made their purchase of the mdkBIM suite for the very first time.

The billing system offers a reduced price on the mdkBIM suite so long as it detects that you hold licenses for the following five extensions (Wall, Truss, Foundation, Floor, and Project). The first time you purchase all five extensions (as the mdkBIM bundle) you will not receive the further discounted price. Once you have purchased all five then any future purchases will always give you the additional discount. This effectively gives you a way to renew all your mdkBIM licenses at once with a "volume discount".

Note, that this is technically not a renewal of any of your licenses, it simply allows you to purchase new licenses at the discounted (bulk renewal) price. For those who are wanting to sync up all their licenses to the same renewal date this is a convenient solution. However, note that if time is remaining on any existing licenses it is not applied to the new licenses automatically. If you need to apply time from an existing license to a new license, please contact me via email and I can manually make that adjustment in the database.

If you have addtional questions with regards to how the licensing system works please feel free to email me with specific questions at any time.