NoMachine Free Edition is free to download and install for anyone seeking remote desktop software for personal or individual use. If you are looking for remote access software to install on your PC or Mac to access your personal files and documents, work on personal projects remotely, play games, view or upload your favorite multimedia, or share your desktop with a friend, you can install the NoMachine Free Edition.

On the other hand, if you plan to use NoMachine for work-related tasks in a business or enterprise environment, a subscription is required. In this case, you should choose one of the products from the NoMachine for Enterprise suite.

What is considered personal or individual use?
The list of possible uses can be endless, and they can't all be clarified here. However, some common scenarios are:
- Accessing your own computer to edit and view your personal files or projects.
- Accessing your family's or friend's computer to help them out.

Instuctions on how to get started with NoMachine Free Edition can be found here.

What is considered commercial use?
A commercial user is defined as "an individual or entity, or an individual acting on behalf of an entity, who uses the Software, or causes the Software to be used within or to provide commercial products or services to third parties."

Some typical commercial scenarios:
- Offering access to a hosted desktop as part of your company's services for employees or customers.This includes academic and research institutions which want to offer hosted desktops to their students and staff.
- Reselling or using NoMachine software as part of a business-related service offering (for example, a service provider of desktops in the cloud, an organization/business offering services to third parties or to process third party data).
- Accessing a computer or multiple computers to carry out business-related activity for your organization or yourself.

A note for academic use:
Organizations that wish to provide remote access to students off-campus or as a remote learning/teaching tool is considered commercial usage and subscriptions for the remote computers being accessed will be required. NoMachine offers special discounts for educational use, so please reach out to us to learn more about this.

You can review the following articles for more information about our subscription offerings and subscription policy.
How are NoMachine Enterprise products licensed?
Choosing the right NoMachine product

If you're unsure whether your usage qualifies as personal or commercial, or if you have any questions about our Enterprise range of commercial products, please contact us at sales@nomachine.com