The licensing cost for Apple Remote Desktop is not clear

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The licensing cost for Apple Remote Desktop is not clear

I can see that Apple Remote Desktop costs $80/£55, but is this per-seat or is this the admin software?

The only other information I can find is that there is some unlimited admin cost option, but the costs are really very unclear. Please can someone state what the costs are?

I'm not an IT admin but am looking for something for our IT department because I need to deploy fonts and Office templates to around 80 Macs.

If ARD is extortionate, what are the alternatives?

Posted on May 8, 2014 1:49 AM

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varjak paw

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May 8, 2014 6:26 AM in response to Doodskiii

The copy of ARD sold in the Mac App Store is the adminstration application (the client is bundled with all Mac OS X installations), and is for working with an unlimited number of clients. For personal use you are licensed to install the admin software on every machine you own or control. For business use you need to purchase one copy for every computer on which you wish to install that admin application. This is detailed in the software licence which you can access and read by clicking the License Agreement link in the page for ARD in the App Store.

Regards.

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