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Perpetual license, royalty-free runtime

We license your applications, not your developers — they are unlimited. You then deploy to as many client machines as you want, with no per-copy or per-end-user royalty.

All prices are in US dollars (USD), wherever you are.

Perpetual license + annual maintenance. The license is yours for good: once maintenance lapses you keep the right to use and build the version you have, you simply stop receiving new ones. First year of maintenance included, renewal optional. Prices excl. tax.

Community edition — free, no key

Five components run with no badge and no limit, indefinitely, with nothing to set up. Enough to check on a locked-down machine that the runtime deploys — the real obstacle before any purchase.

  • Static text
  • Message box
  • Toaster
  • Web browser
  • JSON

They are already in the download: the library shipped with the demo application is the real one, not a cut-down build. Download.

Everything else runs in demo mode — complete and visible, with a badge. A key lifts the badge and the limits, with no restart.

Application

$690 / application

For a single application.

  • All 47 components
  • Unlimited developers
  • Unlimited deployment (royalty-free runtime)
  • 1 year of maintenance included, then $179/yr
  • E-mail support within 5 business days
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Enterprise

$6,900 / company

Unlimited applications, one entity.

  • Unlimited applications and developers
  • 1 year of maintenance included, then $1,690/yr
  • Named contact, answer within 2 business days
  • One feature request accepted per year
  • A theme in your company colours, delivered ready to drop in
  • Purchase-order invoicing, Net-30 payment terms
  • Source code escrow on quote
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Prices exclude tax, in US dollars. The VAT or sales tax applicable in your country is added at checkout, and the amount may be shown in your own currency.

Only want to develop?

A licence that unlocks the IDE, and nothing else. To evaluate with no time limit, to prototype, or to work for a client who will buy their own application licence.

Development only

$119

Develop, without shipping.

  • All 47 components unlocked in the IDE
  • Unlimited developers
  • No executable is unlocked: whatever you build keeps the demo badge
  • 1 year of maintenance included, then $59/yr
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Online ordering opens very soon. In the meantime, write to us: we will issue your licence and your invoice directly.

Download

One download, nothing to ask for: you get the demo application — all 47 components on show, with their code and documentation — and the library itself. It is usable right away: the four components of the community edition work as they are, in production, with no key and no time limit. The others run in demo mode, complete and visible, for as long as you need to judge them.

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FAQ

Are there deployment royalties?

No. You deploy the runtime to as many machines as needed, royalty-free.

Which PowerBuilder versions?

From PowerBuilder 10.2 to 2025. See the installation docs.

Anything to install on client machines?

The WebView2 runtime, already on up-to-date Windows 10/11; a light installer is provided otherwise.

How are updates delivered?

On the site, in the download area: every release stays available there, with its manual. While your maintenance runs, you take the latest whenever you want.

What if I don't renew maintenance?

Nothing stops. You keep the right to use and build the version you have, indefinitely, and applications already shipped keep running. You simply stop receiving versions released after your maintenance ends.

Can I reinstate lapsed maintenance?

Yes. Reinstatement costs the missed years, capped at 50% of the current license price.

Can I move up a tier?

Yes, at any time: you only pay the difference from what you already paid.

Is the source code available?

Two options. Escrow (on quote) places the code with a third party who releases it to you if the vendor ceases trading — the answer to "what if you disappear?". A source code license ($29,000 $4,350/yr maintenance) grants the right to build and modify for internal use, with no right to redistribute it as a library. It includes unlimited use: unlimited applications and developers, so the Enterprise tier is not needed on top.

With the source code, do I get later versions?

The same rule as for the binary. While your maintenance is current, every new version is delivered to you with its source code and its compiled binaries. Once maintenance lapses you keep the last source you received, and the right to modify it, for good — but you no longer receive versions released after that.

How are applications counted?

An application = one distinct executable you ship. The development, staging and production builds of the same software count as one. Neither your developers nor the client machines it runs on are ever counted, however many there are.

I develop for a client: who buys?

Your client does. The application licence is issued in their name: it belongs to them, it stays valid if they change contractor, and you pay nothing up front. Get in touch and we will set it up with them.