At Geneious, we are constantly striving to enhance our software to better meet your needs and provide the best tools for your research and analysis. We have recently launched some significant updates to Geneious Prime licensing with the introduction of new Personal, Team and Enterprise subscription plans, which include a new Geneious Cloud workspace and improved user management.
These new subscription plans represent the standard plans under which Geneious Prime is now sold and distributed.
The Personal subscription plan now includes:
- Email and password login for activation
- Access to your data across computers with a personal Geneious Cloud workspace
- Automatic backups and security in our secure ISO-27001 certified cloud platform
The new Team subscription plan includes:
- Named-user licenses with email login for activation - license keys no longer needed!
- Up to 2 computers per user - users can now manage activations themselves
- Online user management via My Account including viewing all users and devices, and provisioning additional seats instantly
- Easy collaboration and project management with the Geneious Cloud workspace
- Automatic backups and security in our secure ISO-27001 certified cloud platform
The new Enterprise plan includes everything in Team, as well as:
- Single sign-on (SSO) integration using SAML or OIDC to eliminate the need for additional passwords and enforce security policies
- User directory sync with SCIM to automatically add and remove users as they join or leave your team
- Audit logging to track changes to data in your Geneious Cloud workspace, including changes to folder sharing, users, access permissions, and file deletions
- REST API access for programmatic upload directly into Geneious Cloud workspace
- Support for storing more data with the option of a higher storage quota
Subscription Plan Comparison
Legacy Plans | Team Plan | Enterprise Plan | |
Licensing - Basics | |||
User Seats | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Devices Per Seat | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Easy Email / Password Activation | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
User Self Managed Devices in Geneious and My Account | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
No Floating License Server / IT Requirement | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Licensing - Group Management | |||
Admin User Management: create and remove users | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Admin Device Management: view and deactivate devices | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Seat Reassignment (subject to fair use limits) | Floating only | ✔ | ✔ |
Advanced Search and Filtering: email, status, etc | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Excel Seat Export | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Single Sign On (SSO) | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
Directory Sync (SCIM) | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
Collaboration / Cloud Workspace | |||
Geneious Cloud Workspace | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cloud Storage | ❌ | Standard | Expanded |
Project Sharing | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Access Controls | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
Document Audit Log |
❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
Data upload REST API |
❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
Luma Integration |
❌ | ❌ | Add-on |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why the Change?
By moving towards a Named User licensing model, we aim to offer a more personalized and efficient experience for each user. Rather than dealing with the complexity of shared licenses, every user now has a dedicated account that gives them access to all of Geneious Prime’s powerful features. This change also simplifies license management, ensuring that each team member has the tools they need, when they need them.
Why should I consider upgrading?
By upgrading, you can immediately ease the burden of managing users and devices, and empower your users with the best and latest tools for their research.
Will I stop receiving bug fixes and improvements on my existing license?
Whether through our Legacy license models or our new plans, active subscriptions provide access to the currently supported versions of Geneious Prime, including bug fixes and security updates. However, our new plans also provide access to Geneious Cloud. Any functionality provided through Geneious Cloud will require a supported plan (currently Named User Personal plans, and Team plans).
Third party software supporting our legacy licenses (such as the FlexNet floating license manager, FLM) are deprecated and will not be receiving future updates.
How do I manage seats for my team?
We have improved Geneious Prime My Account so that you can manage your list of users by email (similar to other named-user software), and can review device activations for each user.
Unlike the Legacy licensing plans, you no longer need to worry about the floating license server, deactivating computers, and other challenges with devices that get repurposed or are disposed of. Your end users will be able to manage their 2 activations themselves, and replace devices when needed.
When a user joins or leaves your organization, simply add their email for them to automatically receive activation instructions, or remove them to revoke access immediately. Please note that these are not concurrent or floating licenses, and seats must still be purchased for all expected users during your license term.
For more information, see Administration of Team subscription and Shared Cloud Workspace.
Which SSO and SCIM options do you support?
Available on our Enterprise plan, we integrate with a variety of major Identity Providers and Directories such as Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Okta, JumpCloud, OneLogin and Shibboleth using the SAML 2.0, OIDC and SCIM 2.0 protocols. Set up is managed via My Account. Contact us to learn more.
Is Geneious Cloud secure?
Yes, Geneious Cloud was designed from the ground up to ensure data security and user privacy. Data is stored and backed up in our secure, ISO-27001 certified cloud platform. Learn more about our security best practices.
Can I opt-out of Geneious Cloud if my organization does not allow it?
Yes, please contact us to discuss your situation.
What is Geneious-Luma?
Geneious-Luma is a biologic therapeutic discovery SaaS solution that enhances and streamlines sequence analysis R&D by leveraging AI-powered data management and workflow automation. Geneious-Luma combines Geneious Prime Enterprise, Geneious Biologics and the Luma Scientific Intelligence Platform to accelerate multimodal therapeutic research. Learn more.