Highcharts JS
Non-commercial - Free
Do you want to use Highcharts for a personal or non-profit project? Then you can use Highchcarts for free under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.
- For non-profit organizations, public schools and non-commercial personal websites-
- For developing and testing applications using Highcharts
- Source editing allowed
Commercial and government licenses
The Highsoft Standard Terms and Conditions are appropriate if you run a commercial website or project, a corporate intranet or a government agency project. It has the following subdivisions:
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OEM Licenses allows you to distribute Highcharts in your software or hardware product
Licensing FAQ
- What is the difference between a Single Website license and the Developer type licenses?
- The Single Website license only applies to traditional websites, while the Developer type licenses (Single dev, 5 dev, 10 dev etc.) also apply to web applications and SaaS projects. If a website either a) provides client specific data by a login or a unique URL, or b) charges a fee for its use, it is regarded a web application and requires a Developer type license.
- What is the difference between the Developer type licenses and an OEM license?
- The OEM license allows you to distribute a highsoft software product in your software or hardware product to be installed on client hardware. However, if you're setting up sites and web applications for a client as a contract job, you are allowed to do this under the Developer type licenses.
- What is client specific data?
- A project is considered a web application if it provides client specific data or charges for its use. Client specific data is data that is available for a client either by a login or a specific URL. An example of this would be a weather service where your users can create an account and store their location for later use. On the other hand, if your weather service only serves weather data by location and your users need to search for their nearest town, the data is available for all users and it is not considered client specific.
- How do you define a developer?
- A developer is a person who is working directly or indirectly on a highsoft software product. This includes front end developers and designers as well as back end developers working on the chart data and business logic related to serving the chart. Developers working on completely different modules of your application are not included.
- If one of our developers leaves, do we have to purchase another developer license for the new one?
- No. The developer license applies to the seat, not the individual.
Update policy
A commercial license entitles you to use all versions of a highsoft software product released within a year after the purchase date, for all future. If however you want to update to a version released more than a year after your purchase date, you need to buy an Update License which is 50% the price of your initial license. This update license also entitles you to upgrade to newer major versions released since your last license expired.
What is a commercial website?
A commercial website is a website which purpose is generating revenue or cash flow of any type, and that isn't under a non-profit organization. So if you're selling a product, selling advertisement, selling a service or just marketing a commercial business, your site is commercial. A company website is also commercial even if it doesn't sell anything, as it's purpose is to front a commercial company.
Non-commercial redistribution
You are allowed to distribute a highsoft software product with non-commercial packages given that you fulfill two conditions:
- Emphasize to your users that a highsoft software product is not free for commercial use. You can do this on your download page or when your users activate a highsoft software product in your application.
- Provide a link back to this web page in the same location.