Developers working on non-public commercial projects (such as internal tools or client work) must each have a paid seat subscription. These subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled.
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Studios using Unreal Engine for enterprise, internal, or client-facing work that is not distributed to the public may face per-developer subscription costs that add up significantly for large teams.
Each developer on a commercial non-royalty project needs their own seat subscription, and those subscriptions renew automatically, which can create recurring costs that escalate with team size.
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"Except as stated in Section 6(b), only Users (as defined in Section 9(c)) who have been assigned a Seat may access the Licensed Technology for the purpose of developing a Royalty-Free Product. 'Seat' means the right granted to you by Epic to allow one User to access and use the Licensed Technology on your behalf in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Seats are offered as automatically renewing subscriptions.Excerpt from Unreal Engine's EULA
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Studios using Unreal Engine for enterprise, internal, or client-facing work that is not distributed to the public may face per-developer subscription costs that add up significantly for large teams.
Each developer on a commercial non-royalty project needs their own seat subscription, and those subscriptions renew automatically, which can create recurring costs that escalate with team size.
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