Tokens expire after a year, and the minimum number you can purchase is 500, which will cost $1,500. The pricing of the tokens suggests that in this context, a ‘customer’ is a studio rather than an individual artist.
The number of tokens consumed varies from application to application, roughly in proportion to its subscription price: for example, Mudbox consumes one token per day, but 3ds Max and Maya consume six.Īutodesk describes the pricing as intended for occasional users of an application, enabling “new customers to try our products at a lower price point – no subscription needed”. Pay-as-you go pricing lets occasional users try Autodesk apps ‘at a lower price point’įlex enables users to pay to use Autodesk software for shorter minimum periods than the firm’s existing monthly subscriptions, by pre-purchasing usage tokens.Įvery time the user then opens a compatible Autodesk application, a fixed number of tokens are consumed every 24 hours.
The payment model will be introduced for a limited range of Autodesk applications, including 3ds Max, Maya, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Flame, on 24 September 2021. Scroll down for news of the commercial release.Īutodesk has unveiled Flex, a new pay-as-you go pricing system that will enable users to pay for its software on a day-by-day basis by pre-purchasing online tokens.