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Autodesk · Licensing Advisory

Autodesk Licensing Advisory. Independent buyer side advisory across the Autodesk framework.

Independent Autodesk licensing advisory across Autodesk AEC Collection, Product Design and Manufacturing Collection, Media and Entertainment Collection, the Autodesk Flex token framework, the Autodesk Enterprise Business Agreement, the renewal framework, and the eleven move buyer side framework.

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The Autodesk enterprise licensing advisory framework is the load bearing Autodesk licensing conversation across the Autodesk AEC Collection, Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection, Autodesk Media and Entertainment Collection, and broader Autodesk enterprise framework. Autodesk retired the Autodesk perpetual license framework, anchored the Autodesk subscription framework against the broader Autodesk enterprise framework, and segmented the Autodesk framework across the Premium plan, Standard plan, Token Flex framework, and the broader Autodesk enterprise agreement framework. The buyer side framework anchors the Autodesk framework against the customer's actual Autodesk deployment segmentation, the customer's actual seat count, the customer's actual product framework across AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, Maya, and the broader Autodesk framework, and the customer's actual renewal framework. The framework typically delivers fifteen to thirty percent savings across the Autodesk framework at the renewal cycle. Read the related Vendor Shield, the renewal program, and the software spend assessment.

The Autodesk licensing advisory framework intersects with five principal commercial dimensions across the customer's Autodesk framework. One. The product framework, which anchors the negotiation framework against the customer's actual Autodesk product framework. Two. The seat framework, which anchors the negotiation framework against the customer's actual Autodesk seat or user framework. Three. The contracting framework, which anchors the negotiation framework against the customer's actual Autodesk contracting framework. Four. The renewal framework, which anchors the negotiation framework against the customer's actual Autodesk renewal framework. Five. The audit framework, which anchors the negotiation framework against the customer's actual Autodesk audit framework. The five dimensions compound across the Autodesk framework, with the cumulative effect that the Autodesk licensing advisory framework runs as the load bearing Autodesk licensing conversation across the customer's broader Autodesk framework.

The Autodesk AEC Collection framework

The Autodesk AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) Collection framework is the publisher's preferred Autodesk framework for the AEC framework. The framework typically anchors the AEC Collection against the publisher's preferred broad Autodesk AEC deployment trajectory at the upper customer scale, with the cumulative effect that the AEC Collection framework covers the customer's broader Autodesk AEC deployment framework across the contracted Autodesk subscription term. The framework segments the AEC Collection framework across four principal product populations.

The first product population is the AutoCAD framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk AutoCAD framework across the broader CAD deployment framework. The second product population is the Revit framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Revit framework across the broader BIM (Building Information Modeling) framework. The third product population is the Civil 3D framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Civil 3D framework across the broader civil engineering framework. The fourth product population is the Navisworks framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Navisworks framework across the broader project review framework. The buyer side framework anchors the AEC Collection framework against the customer's actual Autodesk AEC framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad AEC framework.

The Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection framework

The Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection framework is the second principal Autodesk enterprise framework. The publisher anchors the PDM Collection framework against the customer's broader Autodesk PDM deployment framework, with the PDM Collection framework producing the manufacturing trajectory that anchors the Autodesk enterprise framework. The framework typically segments the PDM Collection framework across four principal product populations.

The first product population is the Inventor framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Inventor 3D mechanical CAD framework. The second product population is the AutoCAD Mechanical framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical framework. The third product population is the Vault framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Vault product data management framework. The fourth product population is the Fusion 360 framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Fusion 360 framework across the broader cloud CAD framework. The buyer side framework anchors the PDM Collection framework against the customer's actual Autodesk PDM framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad PDM framework.

The Autodesk Media and Entertainment Collection framework

The Autodesk Media and Entertainment Collection framework is the third principal Autodesk enterprise framework. The publisher anchors the M&E Collection framework against the customer's broader Autodesk M&E deployment framework. The framework typically segments the M&E Collection framework across the Maya framework (3D animation, modeling, simulation, rendering), the 3ds Max framework (3D modeling and rendering), the MotionBuilder framework (3D character animation), and the bespoke M&E framework at the upper customer scale. The buyer side framework anchors the M&E Collection framework against the customer's actual Autodesk M&E framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad M&E framework. Read the related enterprise software assessment tools.

The Autodesk Flex and Token framework

The Autodesk Flex framework is the fourth principal commercial framework at the Autodesk enterprise framework. The publisher applies the Flex framework against the broader Autodesk subscription framework, with the Flex framework producing the consumption framework that anchors the Autodesk subscription framework. The framework typically meters the Autodesk subscription against the customer's actual token consumption framework, with material commercial sensitivity to the broader Autodesk consumption framework.

The Autodesk Flex framework segments the Flex framework across four principal token populations. The first token population is the daily token consumption framework, which captures token consumption across the broader Autodesk Flex framework. The second token population is the rollover framework, which captures token rollover across the broader Autodesk Flex framework. The third token population is the bespoke token framework, which captures bespoke token consumption at the upper customer scale. The fourth token population is the Premium plan framework, which anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Premium plan framework. The buyer side framework anchors the Flex framework against the customer's actual Autodesk consumption framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad Flex framework.

The contracting framework

The contracting framework is the fifth principal commercial framework at the Autodesk enterprise framework. The publisher segments the Autodesk contracting framework across the Premium plan, the Standard plan, the Autodesk Enterprise Business Agreement (EBA) framework, and the broader Autodesk contracting framework. The Premium plan framework anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Premium plan framework with advanced administration framework, advanced security framework, and advanced support framework. The Standard plan framework anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Standard plan framework. The EBA framework anchors the framework against the customer's actual Autodesk Enterprise Business Agreement framework at the upper customer scale, with custom commercial terms across the broader Autodesk enterprise framework. The buyer side framework anchors the contracting framework against the customer's actual Autodesk contracting framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad contracting framework. Read the related renewal program.

The renewal framework

The renewal framework is the sixth principal commercial framework at the Autodesk enterprise framework. The publisher anchors the renewal framework against the customer's broader Autodesk framework at the renewal cycle. The framework typically segments the renewal framework across the renewal scope framework, the renewal quantity framework, the renewal term framework, and the bespoke renewal framework at the upper customer scale. The cumulative effect of the four renewal populations is the Autodesk renewal framework that runs across the customer's actual Autodesk renewal framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad Autodesk renewal framework. Autodesk has applied substantial price increases at the Autodesk renewal cycle, with documented cases of fifteen to thirty percent price uplift at the upper customer scale. Read the broader FinOps for enterprise software licensing.

The buyer side moves

The buyer side framework for the Autodesk licensing advisory framework has eleven moves that compound across the Autodesk framework. One. Anchor the Autodesk framework against the customer's actual Autodesk deployment framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad Autodesk trajectory. Two. Anchor the Autodesk contracting term framework against the customer's actual Autodesk framework. Three. Run the product framework across the principal product populations. Four. Run the seat framework against the customer's actual seat count framework. Five. Run the contracting framework across the principal contracting populations. Six. Run the renewal framework across the principal renewal populations. Seven. Negotiate the Autodesk contracting term framework against the publisher's preferred broad contracting framework, with multi year commitments only when the price protection terms are durable. Eight. Negotiate the seat framework against the publisher's preferred broad seat framework. Nine. Negotiate the price escalator against the publisher's preferred broad annual escalator framework. Ten. Build a credible competitive posture across alternative frameworks. Eleven. Run the broader Autodesk audit framework against the Autodesk licensing advisory framework. The framework is set out in detail across the broader Vendor Shield framework, the renewal program, and the broader benchmarking practice. Read the related software spend assessment, the multi vendor audit readiness checklist, and the broader multi vendor negotiation scorecard.

How we engage

  • Autodesk scoping. Six week engagement that scopes the Autodesk framework, anchors the customer's actual Autodesk deployment framework, and identifies the immediate commercial moves at the next Autodesk renewal cycle. Vendor Shield.
  • Autodesk negotiation. Contract negotiation engagement that handles the Autodesk framework and the broader Autodesk renewal conversation across the renewal cycle. renewal program.
  • Vendor Shield. Always on multi vendor management posture that covers the Autodesk framework alongside the broader enterprise software estate. Vendor Shield.
  • Run the assessment. The software spend assessment sizes the Autodesk framework against the customer's actual Autodesk deployment framework.
  • Cross vendor benchmarking. The benchmarking practice benchmarks the Autodesk framework against the broader market framework across comparable enterprise scale Autodesk deployments.
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15 to 30%
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11 moves
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6 frameworks
Autodesk scope
500+
Enterprise clients
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