Licensing

There are four types of licenses available, and you can choose the one most suitable to you:

For more information or if you have questions about licensing NeoAxis Engine, you can contact us.


Non-Commercial License

Overview

If your product is not intended to be sold and does not include the NeoAxis Engine for resale, license or other commercial distribution, then use of NeoAxis Engine is free. Yes that's right, free from license fees!

Non-Commercial SDK has the limited functionality. For access to more functionality, see our licenses comparison table.

Conditions/Limitations

  • No license fee for non-commercial use of NeoAxis.
  • When using this license, the NeoAxis Engine cannot be used for resale or other commercial distribution.
  • This license cannot be used for products which do not make profit but are still released commercially.
See full text of this license.

Download Non-Commercial SDK


Indie License

Overview

This license is perfect for small project game developers.
This license give access to full functionality of engine and all required access to the source code of the engine components.

Conditions/Limitations

  • This license is only for game products
  • 2 years of free updates
  • License to develop one commercial product
  • The income of the product should be less than $100,000. If the income of the product will exceed $100,000 it is necessary to upgrade to the Commercial License.
  • Must display the engine logo upon startup of the product
  • Upgradeable to Commercial License (for cost of difference)
  • Royalty free
See full text of this license.

Licensing multiple products

For bulk discounts, contact us.

NeoAxis Engine Indie SDK includes:

See comparison table.

Purchase

Cost: $95

Methods of payment:

  • You can pay via credit card, PayPal, wire transfer, phone, fax, mail, check or money order.

  • You can pay via Yandex.Money, WebMoney. Contact us for this method of payment.
  • You can pay via money transfer to our bank account. Contact us for this method of payment.

Old licensees

Old licensees (before 06.10.2008) can use Indie License for any product types.
Old licensees (before 30.03.2009) have free updates up to NeoAxis Engine 1.0.


Commercial License

Overview

This is base license for NeoAxis Engine.
This license allows access to the full functionality of the engine and all required access to the source code of the engine components.
This license also contains the full source code to the NeoAxis tools (Resource Editor and Map Editor).

Conditions/Limitations

  • 2 years of free updates
  • License to develop one commercial product
  • Do not need to display an engine logo at all
  • Royalty free
See full text of this license.

Licensing multiple products

For bulk discounts, contact us.

NeoAxis Engine Commercial SDK includes:

See comparison table.

Purchase

Cost: $395

Methods of payment:

  • You can pay via credit card, PayPal, wire transfer, phone, fax, mail, check or money order.

  • You can pay via Yandex.Money, WebMoney. Contact us for this method of payment.
  • You can pay via money transfer to our bank account. Contact us for this method of payment.

Upgrade from Indie License

To upgrade to the Commercial License you must pay the difference from your Indie License ($300). You can download the SDK as soon as your account gets updated.

Buy Upgrade

Old licensees

Old licensees (before 30.03.2009) have free updates up to NeoAxis Engine 1.0.


Source License

Overview

License with access to full source code of the NeoAxis Engine.

Conditions/Limitations

  • Full engine source code
  • License to develop one commercial product
  • Technical support for one year (including support on source code to the engine and toolkit)
  • 2 years of free updates
  • Royalty free

Pricing

Cost: $9800
We will be glad to consider other license conditions that are more convenient for you.

Contact us if you want to talk about purchasing this license.


Comparison table

General Non- Commercial Indie License Commercial License Source
License
         
Unlimited non-commercial products
One commercial product
No watermark
Royalty free
No limits for product profit
Engine logo optional
Technical support from NeoAxis developers 1 year
Free updates included Ever 2 years 2 years 2 years
         
Features Non- Commercial Indie License Commercial License Source
License
         
Basic engine functionality
Deployment to web browser
Mono Runtime support. Ability to run engine without installed .NET Framework.
Ability to create the new networking services
Ability to create the new types of high level materials
Ability to create the new types of file archives
PhysX: Convex hulls support
Physics system: Ability to add any functionality including custom shapes and joints
         
Source code access Non- Commercial Indie License Commercial License Source License
         
Basic game-specific classes
Documentation (descriptions, tutorials and API reference)
Source code of networking support services (high level)
Source code of all high level materials
Source code of all posteffects and HDR
Source code of Configurator
Source code of zip archive support
Source code of framework for windowed applications
Toolkit source code (Resource Editor and Map Editor)
Deployment tool source code
Source code of terrain
Source code of decorative object manager
Entire source code of networking support (low level included)
Source code of NVIDIA PhysX physics integration
Source code of ODE physics integration
Source code of OpenAL sound system integration
Source code of DirectSound system integration
Source code of path finding system
Source code of Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya exporters
Source code of shader cache compiler
Entire source code of the NeoAxis Engine
         
Cost $0 $95 $395 $9,800