Hi!Our company plan to buy Testcomplete. Can you help me, what licence should we buy?We plan that two testers will develop tests and tests will execute on several VM with different OS.Thanks.

Hi Ilya,I would recommend you to visit these pages:http://smartbear.com/products/qa-tools/automated-testing/pricing/http://smartbear.com/products/qa-tools/automated-testing/difference-between-licenses/As you are going to run tests on virtual machines, this means that you will need Floating license and to save the budget I would recommend to consider TestExecute (https://shop.smartbear.com/758/purl-TE8FL). However, as TestExecute is a pure tests execution engine and does not contain debugging and project setup and management means, you may also consider one additional Floating license for TestComplete to be able to install it on VMs when you need to debug the code that works on development machines but fails for some reason when running on production VM (one Floating license should be enough as you will not run more than one TestComplete copy at a time when solving problem on VM).As for the development boxes, you may consider Floating or Node-locked licenses. If tests development will be done on two fixed boxes (even by different developers), the Node-locked license should be enough. If two developers will work from different machines (or use the same license to develop and solve the problems on VM), then Floating license should be considered.Please note, that Node-locked license can be applied to the physical machine only. That means that if your developers are going to develop on virtual machines you have no choice but Floating license.

I don't quite understand. If I will buy Enterprise Node-Locked Licence. Can I use TestExecute on VM with this licence?

Hi Ilya,Judging by your needs, I would recommend that you buy the Floating User licenses for two instances as it will be easier for you to work with this license on virtual machines.There are some useful links below that will help you decide which license you need:1. What TestComplete license should I buy? This article from the Frequently Asked Question section on our web site answers your question in detail.2. Difference Between Node-Locked and Floating User LicensesThis article on our web site describes the difference between the two major types of licenses.I don't quite understand. If I will buy Enterprise Node-Locked Licence. Can I use TestExecute on VM with this licence?Yes, you can.

Hi, Irina!One more question. If I will have two floating licenses and Testcomplete will be installed on two workstations and two VM at the same time. I can only use two instance of TC at the same time, for example: on both physicall machine or on physical and VM or on two VM? Am I right?

Hi Ilya,If I will have two floating licenses and Testcomplete will be installed on two workstations and two VM at the same time. I can only use two instance of TC at the same time, for example: on both physical machine or on physical and VM or on two VM? Am I right?Yes, you're right. You can install TestComplete on as many machines as you want. However, if you have a license for two instances, it means that you can use only two TestComplete instances at a time, and it doesn't matter on what machines they are running. When you are trying to run more than 2 product instances, the license stops all the impermissible instances, so there are only two TestComplete instances running.

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irina_lukina
Super Contributor
15 years ago
Hi Ruel,

it was unable to successfully finish due to the message that the activation key was already used

This behavior is correct as the TestComplete trial version is a Node-Locked license for running 1 TestComplete instance on a single computer. Visit the How to Activate TestComplete Trial Licenses page for more information.

So, when you activated the trial version on the first machine, the license got bound to this machine. That's why, TestComplete didn't allow activating it with the same key on another machine.

How can I try TestComplete if it will work on a non-English OS?

I recommend that you contact our Sales Team so they could generate one more license key for you and you could activate TestComplete with this key on another machine. You can contact them by phone or via the web form mentioned below:

Phone: +1 (978) 236-7900

Web: http://smartbear.com/support/message/?prod=TestComplete

If you contact the Sales Team via the web form, when submitting your request, use the Sales Inquiry | Purchasing request type. This will help us process your request faster. We will reply to you via e-mail, and all further communication will be held via e-mail. However, to start the conversation, please use the Contact Support Form.

And if it would work, does it mean that in order for us to execute our scripts, we need to buy a license for every OS and OS language where we will be executing our tests?

If you decide to purchase a Node-Locked license, yes, you need to buy a license for each machine that will be used to run TestComplete tests.

If you decide to purchase a Floating User license, you just need to buy a license for the needed number of TestComplete instances, and then you can run scripts on any machine where TestComplete is installed, under conditions that the total number of running instances doesn't exceed the number of the instances allowed by your license.

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