Comparison of multi-user licenses vs campus licenses
Key takeaways
- The main difference between multi-user and campus licenses is the number of people who can potentially access the license and how widely it should be available
- Both license types include the same ATLAS.ti features
- A multi-user license is often for a team or department, while a campus license can offer access to all faculty, staff, and students of an institution
Who this article is for:
Anyone who needs to decide between a campus license and a multi-user license for ATLAS.ti, including administrators, IT staff, purchasing departments, and users who are unsure which license type best fits their institution or team.
What’s the difference?
If your institution is considering ATLAS.ti, you may be deciding between a multi-user license and a campus license. Both are designed for organizations, but they serve different needs. The key difference is how access is structured:
- A multi-user license can be shared with anyone, including people in different universities or countries, but the maximum number of concurrent users is relatively small (e.g., 5-80 people, such as a department, research group, or defined team).
- A campus license makes it possible for admins to provide access to a large group of eligible users such as faculty, staff, and/or students of a university or institution.
The table below outlines key differences to help you compare both options.
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Multi-User License | Campus License |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited for | Teams, departments, or groups (e.g., 5–80 people) | Entire institutions such as universities (students, faculty, staff) |
| Concurrent users (seats) | Limited by the number of purchased seats | Limited by the number of concurrent users defined in the campus license |
| Annual invitation cap | Not applicable | Invitation count resets annually |
| Who purchases | Department head, researcher, professor, etc. | University decision-maker (student licenses are purchased by individual students) |
| License management via ATLAS.ti portal (my.atlasti.com) | √ | √ |
| Each user requires an account | √ | √ |
| Users invited by adminsitrator | √ | √ |
| Works on multiple devices (Windows, Mac, and Web) | √ | √ |
| One seat per active session | √ | √ |
| Additional licenses/seats can be purchased | √ | √ |