Designed Around Your Needs

Starting with the 2026.1 release (June 2026), AMD Vivado™ Design Suite is moving to a new tiered licensing model, giving you more choices, more price points, and the freedom to pay only for the device families and features you actually need.

Whether you are an individual engineer targeting cost-optimized FPGAs, a team designing cutting-edge UltraScale+™ or Versal™ devices, or an enterprise demanding perpetual rights and full-feature access, there is now a Vivado Design Suite tier built for you.

Key Highlights of the New Licensing Model:

  • More choice & more price points: Five distinct tiers, from free to full-featured perpetual
  • Pay only for what you need: Tiers align to specific device families and feature sets and can be selected based on user requirements 
  • Smooth continuity: No disruption for existing customers; Vivado Enterprise perpetual licensing remains completely unchanged
  • A single installer for all tiers: Your license file determines what is enabled
Vivado ENTERPRISE: Perpetual Licensing Unchanged

For customers already using Vivado Enterprise, nothing changes. Your perpetual license continues to work exactly as it does today: full device support, full features, and compatibility with future Vivado tool releases. No action required.

Buy a Vivado License

Select the tier that matches your needs. All annual tiers come with a 1-year subscription; perpetual tiers provide access to specific Vivado versions indefinitely.

BASIC

  • Node-Locked $0
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CORE

  • Node-Locked $1,200
  • Floating $1,800

PRO

  • Node-Locked $2,400
  • Floating $3,000

ENTERPRISE

  • Node-Locked $4,395
  • Floating $5,495

GOLD

  • Node-Locked $10,000
  • Floating $15,000

NOTE: From the 2026.1 release onward, only PRO, ENTERPRISE, and GOLD tiers include access to older Vivado versions (pre 2026.1). BASIC and CORE customers must keep their existing license file to continue using those older versions.

Licensing Tiers

BASIC

Free Entry-Level Access

Vivado BASIC is a free, annually renewed subscription ideal for individual engineers and teams working on smaller FPGA designs. Supports Windows® and Linux® and comes with limited simulation and debug support.

CORE

Mainstream Design for Large UltraScale™/UltraScale+™ Devices

Vivado CORE is an affordable annual subscription that unlocks full simulation, full ChipScope debug capabilities along with advanced features targeting UltraScale/UltraScale+ devices.

PRO

Advanced Capabilities for Versal™ Device Designs

Vivado PRO extends CORE with full Versal adaptive SoC support. It adds support for advanced design flows suitable for Versal devices. A PRO subscription represents significant savings over Enterprise for design teams that regularly upgrade.

ENTERPRISE

Unchanged. Perpetual. Full Featured

Vivado ENTERPRISE remains the same. A perpetual license with 1 year of major and minor release updates. Full feature access. No disruption, no changes, no migration required. 

GOLD

Maximum Value for Long-Term Perpetual Ownership

Vivado GOLD delivers everything in ENTERPRISE plus an extended 2-year update window without requiring an annual renewal. Full feature access and the option to disable tools telemetry. Designed primarily for customers who require long-horizon perpetual access with maximum version coverage.

Supported Features

Supported Features by Tier

Use the table below to identify the correct licensing tier for your feature requirements.

 

BASIC

CORE

PRO

ENTERPRISE

GOLD

Renewal

Annual

Annual

Annual

PERPETUAL

PERPETUAL

OS SUPPORT

          

Windows®

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Linux®

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

VERIFICATION & DEBUG

          

Simulation (XSIM)

Limited to 50K design instances,

No UVM


✓
(Full Support)

✓

✓

✓

Support for 3rd Party Simulators

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Debug

Supports only one ILA core instance and max of 5 debug probes with 1,024 bits per probe,

No System ILA, and IBERT


✓
(Full Support)

✓

✓

✓

POWER ESTIMATION

          

 Xilinx Power Estimator (XPE)

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Stand-Alone Power Design Manager (PDM) Support

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Exporting .xpe file from Vivado Tools

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

IP

          

IP Usage

No Changes

No Changes

No Changes

No Changes

No Changes

ADVANCED FEATURES

          

QoR Features: RQA, RQS

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

QoR Features: Intelligent Design Runs (IDR)

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

Fast Compile: Incremental Compile

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

Fast Compile: ECO Flow

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Dynamic Function eXchange (DFX), Abstract Shell

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

Tandem Configuration

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

Advanced Flow, Segmented Configuration

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Security (Encrypted Bitstream)

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

Isolation Design Flow

    

✓

✓

✓

Vitis Software Usage

Vitis™ flows that invoke Vivado at the backend, now need a valid Vivado tiered license

Tools Telemetry

Enabled by default and cannot be turned OFF

Enabled by default but can optionally be turned OFF

Device Family Coverage by Tier

Use the table below to identify the correct licensing tier for your target device. 

NOTE: All customers buying AMD Alveo™ accelerators get a FREE, one-year subscription to a special version of Vivado PRO (Alveo tier license) that supports all Alveo devices only.

AMD Family/Series

Devices

BASIC

CORE

PRO

ENTERPRISE / GOLD

7 Series

Zynq™ SoC

Zynq 7000 SoC

All

All

All

All

Virtex™ FPGA

Virtex 7 FPGA

All

All

All

All

Kintex™ FPGA

Kintex 7 FPGA

All

All

All

All

Artix™ FPGA

Artix 7 FPGA

All

All

All

All

Spartan™ FPGA

Spartan 7

All

All

All

All

UltraScale™ & UltraScale+™

Zynq UltraScale+

UltraScale+ MPSoCs

 XCZU1EG
XCZU1CG
XCZU2EG
XCZU2CG
XCZU3EG
XCZU3CG
XCZU3TEG
XCZU3TCG
XCZU4EG
XCZU4CG
XCZU4EV
XCZU5EG
XCZU5CG
XCZU5EV
XCZU7EV
XCZU7EG
XCZU7CG

All

All

All

UltraScale+ RFSoC

None

All

All

All

Virtex FPGA

Virtex UltraScale FPGA

None

All

All

All

Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA

None

All

All

All

Virtex UltraScale+ HBM FPGA

None

All

All

All

Virtex UltraScale+ 58G FPGA

None

All

All

All

Kintex FPGA

Kintex UltraScale FPGA

XCKU025
XCKU035

All

All

All

Kintex UltraScale+ FPGA

XCKU3P
XCKU5P

All

All

All

Artix FPGA

Artix UltraScale+ FPGA

All

All

All

All

Spartan FPGA

Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA

All

All

All

All

Versal™

Versal Adaptive SoC

AI Core Series

None

None

All

All

Prime Series

None

None

All

All

AI Edge Series

None

None

All

All

Premium Series

None

None

All

All

HBM Series

None

None

All

All

RF Series

None

None

All

All

Prime Series Gen 2

None

None

All

All

AI Edge Series Gen 2

None

None

All

All

Premium Series Gen 2

None           

None

All

All

Kria™

Kria SOM

Kria SOM

All

All

All

All

Alveo™

Alveo Card

Alveo cards

Supported through the dedicated Alveo tier as well as PRO, ENTERPRISE and GOLD tiers

System and Memory Recommendations

Operating System Support

Different AMD tools support different operating systems. You can get the detailed OS support information across current, previous, and future releases of AMD tools here - https://www.amd.com/en/support/adaptive-socs-and-fpgas/installer-info-general.html.

System Memory Recommendations

The tables below outline typical and peak Vivado Design Suite memory usage per target device family/series. AMD recommends sufficient allocation of physical memory to accommodate peak usage.

Notes:

  1. Memory usage increases with higher LUT and CLB utilization. The numbers below were generated over an average LUT utilization of approximately 75%.
  2. The size and complexity of timing constraints directly impact the memory requirements.
  3. The numbers below were generated using the Vivado tools in scripted batch mode on a single synthesis and implementation run.
  4. Memory usage may increase with DFX flow.
  5. 32-bit machines are not suitable for these devices. 
  6. Configuration of a Windows® 32-bit machine to use 3 GB of memory can be found in Answer Record 14932.

Versal™ Series Memory Usage

Versal AI Edge Series Windows / Linux (64-bit)
  Minimum Recommended
All Devices* 32 64

*Note: End-to-end flow targeting any AIE/AIE-ML device would be using Vitis. Use Vitis memory recommendations (UG1400) for those devices which include Vivado implementation tools.

Versal AI Core Series Windows / Linux (64-bit)
  Minimum Recommended
All Devices* 32 64

*Note: End-to-end flow targeting any AIE/AIE-ML device would be using Vitis. Use Vitis memory recommendations (UG1400) for those devices which include Vivado implementation tools.

Versal Prime Series Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCVM1102 6 12
XCVM1302 9 16
XCVM1402 12 20
XCVM1502 10 17
XCVM1802 17 28
XCVM2202 11 18
XCVM2302 15 24
XCVM2502 17 28
XCVM2902 18 29

Versal Premium Series Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCVP1002 9 16
XCVP1052 11 18
XCVP1102 15 24
XCVP1202 17 28
XCVP1402 18 29
XCVP1502 28 48
XCVP2502 28 48
XCVP1552 29 49
XCVP1702 34 51
XCVP1802 45 64
XCVP2802 44 63
XCVP1902 96 128

Versal HBM Series Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCVH1522 33 56
XCVH1542 33 56
XCVH1582 33 56
XCVH1742 40 60
XCVH1782 40 60

Virtex™ Series Memory Usage

Virtex UltraScale+ Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCVU3P 11 19
XCVU5P 12 19
XCVU7P 15 24
XCVU9P 20 32
XCVU11P 22 32
XCVU13P 28 47
XCVU19P 48 64
XCVU23P 20 32
XCVU27P 22 32
XCVU29P 28 47
XCVU31P 14 22
XCVU33P 14 22
XCVU35P 17 28
XCVU37P 25 37
XCVU45P 17 28
XCVU47P 25 37
XCVU57P 25 37

Virtex UltraScale Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCVU065 7 11
XCVU080 8 12
XCVU095 9 14
XCVU125 10 16
XCVU160 14 20
XCVU190 18 24
XCVU440 32 48

Virtex 7 Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XC7V585T 4 6
XC7V2000T 10 16
XC7VX330T 3 5
XC7VX415T 3 5
XC7VX485T 4 5
XC7VX550T 4 6
XC7VX690T 5 7
XC7VX980T 7 9
XC7VX1140T 8 10
XC7VH580T 4 6
XC7VH870T 6 8

Kintex™ Series Memory Usage

Kintex UltraScale+ Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCKU3P 7 13
XCKU5P 7 13
XCKU9P 8 13
XCKU11P 9 13
XCKU13P 10 14
XCKU15P 10 15
XCKU19P 16 24

Kintex UltraScale Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCKU025 5 7
XCKU035 5 7
XCKU040 5 7
XCKU060 7 11
XCKU085 9 14
XCKU095 9 14
XCKU115 9 14

Virtex 7 Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XC7K70T 1.6 2.5
XC7K160T 2 3
XC7K325T 3 4
XC7K355T 3 5
XC7K410T 3 5
XC7K420T 3 5
XC7K480T 4 6.5

Zynq™ Series Memory Usage

Zynq UltraScale+ Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCZU2EG 3 5
XCZU3EG 4 6
XCZU4EV 5 8
XCZU5EV 6 9
XCZU6EG 7 10
XCZU7EV 8 11
XCZU9EG 10 14
XCZU11EG 11 18
XCZU15EG 11 18
XCZU17EG 12 18
XCZU19EG 14 21

Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XCZU21DR 10 14
XCZU25DR 11 14
XCZU27DR 13 17
XCZU28DR 14 17
XCZU29DR 14 17

Zynq 7000 Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XC7Z010 1 1.6
XC7Z015 1.3 1.9
XC7Z020 1.3 1.9
XC7Z030 1.8 2.7
XC7Z035 3 5
XC7Z045 3 5

Artix™ Series Memory Usage

Artix 7 Windows / Linux (64-bit)
Device Typical Peak
XC7A15T 2 3
XC7A35T 2 3
XC7A50T 2 3
XC7A75T 2 3
XC7A100T 2 3
XC7A200T 2.5 3.5

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