Q100662: What is Team licensing and how does it work?

Pete

Updated: January 23, 2026 21:53

Created: January 20, 2026 16:01

SUMMARY

Team Login licensing is now available and can be used with:

Nuke / NukeX / Nuke Studio and Nuke Render from 14.0v1
Hiero from 14.0v1
Hiero Player from 14.0v1
Mari from 7.0

We are rolling out Team Login licensing one-by-one to all Foundry products. Please look out for future announcements about our remaining products.

NOTE: Team licensing is not backwards compatible so will not work with an earlier build of the software.

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What is Team Login Licensing?

Login licensing is available for Individual and for Team usage. More information on Individual Login licensing can be found here: Q100282: What is Individual Login licensing and which products is it available for?

Team Licenses are login-based licenses that work as a pool. In practice they can be used by any user, on any machine, within a team, up to the maximum number of concurrent users that team owns. Licenses are checked out when you run the application and returned when you exit it. They are not locked to specific named users.

A team is a representation of a company within the login licensing system. Team licenses are usable by any user within the team.

NOTE: Licenses can only be returned from the workstation using the license. It is not currently possible to return licenses to the organisation remotely and/or via the organisation panel.

How does Team licensing work?

When purchasing a Team license you will be added as an admin for that company. You can find instructions on how to invite users to your licensing team in the 'Managing Your Team Licensing Organization' section of the Foundry learn pages.

Once you have added your users to your team they can activate the license via these steps:

Q100660: How to activate your Teams Login license

To use Team Login Licenses you need to be connected to the internet. If you roam a license you can then use it offline for up to 30 days. The license will remain checked out to that user until they return it to the pool. There is no way to force a roamed license back to the server from the admin panel.

You can manage your Team licenses by following the steps under the 'Managing Your Team Licensing Organization' section of the Foundry learn pages.

When you activate your license on a machine, a license or token and a preference folder is installed to one of the following directories:

Windows: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Foundry\Tokens

OSX: /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/ApplicationSupport/Foundry/Tokens

Linux: $HOME/.local/share/Foundry/Tokens

The seat is returned to the team once you close the software.

When you run the program again, it will check the preference folder and check the website to see if it is still valid and then check the seat out again. You can log out of the team and remove the preference folder by following these steps: Q100661: How to deactivate your Team Login license

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How does Team licensing work?

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