Designed Around Your Needs

The new Vivado licensing model gives you more control, more flexibility, and better alignment with how you design.

Lower Costs

Many users can reduce annual licensing costs, especially when targeting specific device families.

Pay for What You Need

Choose a tier that matches your required features, devices, and team size—without overpaying.

Always Up to Date

Subscription tiers provide access to the latest features and improvements as they become available.

Flexible Licensing Options

Perpetual licenses remain available for users who prefer long-term ownership.

New Vivado Design Suite Tiers

BASIC

Suitable for Small Designs

All 7 Series & low-end UltraScale / UltraScale+ devices

Cost: $0

Annual License  (requires free renewal)

CORE

Suitable for UltraScale/UltraScale+ Designs

Basic + all UltraScale/UltraScale+ devices

Cost: $1200/$1800

Annual License

PRO

Suitable for Versal Class Designs

Fully featured & all devices supported

Cost: $2400/$3000

Annual License

ENTERPRISE

Same as Existing Enterprise

Fully featured & all devices supported

Cost: $4395/$5495

Perpetual License

GOLD

Suitable for Extended Support

Fully featured & all devices supported

Cost: $10K/$15K

Perpetual License

Cost: Node Locked Price /Floating Price

What’s Changing with Vivado Tool Licensing

AMD Vivado™ Design Suite is evolving to a new tiered licensing model starting with the 2026.1 release. This gives more licensing options at more price points, providing flexibility to pay only for the device families and features that you need.

What is Changing

  • New tiered licensing model with the 2026.1 release
  • More choice and flexibility—pay for what you need
  • Tiered options: BASIC, CORE, PRO (annual) and ENTERPRISE, GOLD (perpetual)
  • Scales from free entry-level to full-featured environments

What is Not Changing

  • The Vivado experience you trust stays the same
  • Vivado Enterprise Edition remains available under the same perpetual license model, causing no disruption to existing workflows
  • No changes to IP licensing
  • No changes to license generation
  • Vivado Lab Edition remains unchanged
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Compare Vivado Design Suite Tiers

Each tier is designed for a specific set of design needs, from entry-level development with smaller designs to advanced system-level designs.

Subscription vs. Perpetual

Subscription tiers offer lower upfront cost and provide annual access to Vivado tools with all the latest innovations. Perpetual licenses remain available for customers who prefer ownership‑based models and require a long-term version stability. These options grant the customer the right to use specific Vivado tool versions indefinitely.

Tool Features by Tiers

Exact device and feature availability varies by tier and release.

  BASIC CORE PRO ENTERPRISE GOLD
  Free $1,200 / $1,800* $2,400 / $3,000* $4,395 / $5,495* $10,000 / $15,000*
Renewal Annual Annual Annual Perpetual Perpetual
Updated Cadence Support for 2  Releases Support for 2 Releases + 2 Updates Support for 2 Releases + 2 Updates Support for 2 Releases + 2 Updates Support for 4 Releases + 4 Updates
OS SUPPORT
Windows® ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Linux®   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
VERIFICATION & DEBUG
Simulation Limited Features ✔ (Full Support) ✔ ✔ ✔
Debug (ChipScope) Limited Features ✔ (Full Support) ✔ ✔ ✔
POWER ESTIMATION
XPE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integrating PDM Data into Vivado Tools   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ADVANCED FEATURES
QoR (RQA, RQS, IDR), Incremental Compile   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Security (Encrypted Bitstream)   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
DFX and Abstract Shell, Tandem Config   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Advanced Flows, Segmented Config     ✔ ✔ ✔
AMD Vitis™ Tool Usage Vitis flows that invoke Vivado at the backend now need a valid Vivado tiered license.

*Node Locked / Floating Pricing Shown

Note: AMD releases two Vivado versions (.1 and .2) and two updates, one for each release, in a year.

Device Support by Tiers 

Exact device and feature availability varies by tier and release.

  BASIC CORE PRO ENTERPRISE GOLD
  Free $1,200 / $1,800* $2,400 / $3,000* $4,395/ $5,495* $10,000 / $15,000*
Renewal Annual Annual Annual Perpetual Perpetual
AMD DEVICE SUPPORT
7 Series ✔ (Includes Virtex 7 and Zynq 7000 devices) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Spartan™ UltraScale+™ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Artix™ UltraScale+ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kintex™ UltraScale+ KU3P, KU5P ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Zynq™ UltraScale+ MPSoC ZU1 → ZU7 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kria™ SOMs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Virtex™ UltraScale+   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Versal™ Adaptive SoC
     ✔ ✔ ✔

* Node Locked / Floating” Pricing Shown

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

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How Users Are Transitioning

Users Targeting Smaller Devices

Use Vivado BASIC subscription tier at no cost, and get access to more devices. Only change: A simple annual license renewal.

Users Targeting High-end UltraScale™ and UltraScale+ Devices

Switch to CORE or PRO subscription tier to reduce costs while maintaining required capabilities or continue to use Enterprise.

Users Targeting Versal Devices

Use the PRO subscription tier at lower cost or continue using ENTERPRISE or GOLD tiers with no required changes.

FAQ: What You Need to Know

Yes. The BASIC tier remains free with annual renewal.

No. Perpetual options are still available, and existing Enterprise licenses remain valid.

Lower upfront cost and continuous access to the device support and tool enhancements.

Active tool use will be suspended until renewal. AMD will send multiple reminders about renewal in advance.

The evaluation license under the new model is a single 60-day evaluation, given only once, and comes with full features and access to all devices. After EVAL, customers must purchase a valid Vivado subscription to continue.

New tiered licensing model starts with the 2026.1 release.

Yes, the older valid license will work with the newer AMD Vivado™ 2026.1 version, but AMD recommends customers to regenerate a 2026.1 Enterprise license free of cost.