Time-Limited vs Subscription Licenses

there are important distinctions between a time limited license and a subscription license although they both hold a validity period, they don't work the same way one license type might be more appropriate to use than another depending on how you wish to enforce your licensing distinctions between time limited and subscription licenses there are a few key distinctions 129,295,334 false true unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type unhandled content type time limited licenses need to be extended manually or using management api and subscriptions should rely on some 3rd party service as a source of truth when to use time limited licenses if you were issuing a recurring license that is for use on machines that do not have access to the internet in this case, you can activate licenses offline, and simply resend a refreshed license file you want to ensure a license expires unless it's validity period is specifically renewed when to use a subscription licenses the only time you would use this is if you were using an external source of truth to maintain subscription status this external source of truth is typically a recurring billing system or a crm