Named licenses are ideal for individual customers or organizations where specific users need to have dedicated access to our products.
Floating licenses can be shared among multiple users on a first-come, first-served basis and don’t need to be assigned to an individual user.
Floating licenses are ideal for creating a pool of licenses that can be used by multiple users, who do not need to have dedicated access to our products.
For example, a pool of 10 floating licenses can be shared between 20 (or any number of users). Any of the users can access the software at any time, as long as there is an available license in the pool. The only limit is the concurrent usage of licenses, in this case only 10 users can use the software at the same time. Named licenses require the number of licenses to match the number of users (e.g. 20).
| Feature | Named license | Floating License |
| Tied to a user | Yes (to a specific email address, unless reassigned) | No (shared across the organization) |
| Device flexibility | Yes (any device) | Yes (any device) |
| Simultaneous usage | No | No |
| License sharing | No | Yes (one at a time per license seat) |
| Best for | Individual users | Teams sharing licenses |