License types in detail
Below is how each commercial plan works. Purchases are processed on Gumroad. You can enable unique license keys per sale in each Gumroad product’s settings; customers receive the key on their receipt and in their Gumroad library. Your application can validate keys via Gumroad’s license API (or your own activation service) — see Gumroad keys.
Compare plans
| Criterion | Indie | Indie Plus | Lifetime | Studio Core | Studio Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €45 / year | €75 / year | €90 once | €499 / year | €899 / year |
| Billing | Annual subscription | Annual subscription | One-time | Annual subscription | Annual subscription |
| Mask & base color export | Up to 4K (4096 px) | Up to 8K (8192 px) | Up to 4K (4096 px) | Up to 8K (8192 px) | Up to 8K (8192 px) |
| Concurrent seats | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Seat pooling (swap machines) | No | No | N/A | Yes | Yes |
| Indie rule (< €100K revenue) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Updates included | While subscribed | While subscribed (priority) | 12 months from purchase, then none | While subscribed | While subscribed |
| After subscription ends | No paid entitlement | No paid entitlement | Keep using last installed build (perpetual) | No paid entitlement | No paid entitlement |
| Buy | Gumroad | Gumroad | Gumroad | Gumroad | Gumroad |
Lifetime: perpetual use of the covered release; updates only during the first 12 months — see Lifetime (one-time) for wording. Studio: Gumroad validates the key; seat pooling needs your activation service — see Studio. For developers: product ↔ permalink mapping lives in the repo file docs/LICENSE_PRODUCT_MATRIX.md.
Indie (annual)
- Audience: Freelancers and solo creators with yearly revenue under €100K.
- Seats: One activated workstation at a time for this tier.
- Updates: Included while the subscription is active.
- Commercial use: Allowed within the Indie eligibility rules.
Indie Plus (annual)
- Audience: Same Indie eligibility (under €100K yearly revenue).
- Seats: Two seats for artists working across multiple machines.
- Support & updates: Faster support and priority updates while subscribed.
Lifetime (one-time)
- What you buy: A single purchase of the current official release of Easy Label Forge at the time of sale (the build tied to that Gumroad product).
- Updates included: For 12 months from the date of purchase, you receive bug-fix releases and product updates for that licensed product line as published by us.
- After the first year: No further updates are included. You retain the right to continue using the last version you installed under your license — permanently — subject to the terms of use.
- Major upgrades: Future major versions may be offered as separate products.
Studio Core & Studio Pro (annual)
- Studio Core: 5 seats per subscription term.
- Studio Pro: 10 seats per subscription term.
- Pooled seats: Seats belong to your studio. Team members can move activations between machines (deactivate one workstation and activate another), up to the maximum number of concurrent activations for your plan — without needing one fixed machine per artist forever.
- Anti-piracy: Enforcement can stay lightweight: track only how many machines are active at once for your organization + valid subscription or key — no heavy per-user DRM required.
- Renewal: Annual renewal extends eligibility for updates and support for the subscription period.
Gumroad license keys
Gumroad can generate a unique license key per purchase (enable in product settings). Typical workflow:
- Customer receives the key on the receipt and in their Gumroad library.
- Your desktop app or a small backend calls Gumroad’s license verification API to confirm the key and tier.
- For Studio pooling, your server stores activations (machine IDs) per organization and enforces the seat cap.
Refer to Gumroad’s documentation for “License keys” and “Verify license” API endpoints.