FAQ · Buying and running a licence

How much do Reamer Research and Reamer Server cost?

Reamer Research is USD 1,800 per seat per year, and Reamer Server is USD 7,200 per seat per year. Each is paid once for the year and nothing renews automatically. A 30-day trial costs USD 225 for Reamer Research and USD 900 for Reamer Server. A seat is one product on one machine.

Reamer Research is USD 1,800 per seat per year, and Reamer Server is USD 7,200 per seat per year. Each is paid once for the year and nothing renews automatically. A 30-day trial costs USD 225 for Reamer Research and USD 900 for Reamer Server. A seat is one product on one machine.

The prices

  • Reamer Research: $1,800 per seat for a year, or $225 for a 30-day trial.
  • Reamer Server: $7,200 per seat for a year, or $900 for a 30-day trial.

Both work out at the same monthly rate, $150 and $600, and the trial costs one and a half months of that. Licences come only as a 30-day trial or a full year. There are no monthly plans, perpetual licences or volume discounts, and a firm pays the same price as an individual.

What one payment covers

  • One product on one machine for the term. Running both products on one machine needs one seat of each.
  • Unlimited runs on that machine. You are not charged per backtest, per strategy or per order.
  • Updates released during the term, sent at no extra cost when you ask by email, and support by email while the licence is active.
  • One named person for a Reamer Research seat. Each person on a team needs their own.

How you pay

  • Card, through Paddle, which acts as merchant of record and issues the invoice. Any sales tax or VAT for your country is shown at checkout.
  • Bank transfer, for annual licences, through an invoice from Paddle payable within 14 days. Trials are card only.

The licence key and kit arrive by email once payment clears. There is no sales call and no quote to request.

What it does not include

  • Renewal. At the end of the term nothing is charged. Renewing is a new purchase, made when you choose. A process that is already running keeps running after expiry; only starting a new one needs a current licence.
  • Refunds. All sales are final, which is what the trial is for. See the terms.

To buy or start a trial, see pricing. Firms that need an order form should see For firms.

Next questions

Is there a free trial?No. There is no free trial or free evaluation licence. There is a paid 30-day trial, USD 225 for Reamer Research and USD 900 for Reamer Server, which gives you the full product on the same terms as an annual licence. The 30 days start when you first activate, not when you buy.Can my firm pay by invoice or sign an order form?Yes. An annual licence can be paid by invoice, issued by Paddle and payable within 14 days by bank transfer, and a signed order form is available on request. Both are at the same prices as the card checkout. The 30-day trial is card only.What counts as a seat? Can I move it to another machine?A seat is one product on one machine at a time, with unlimited runs and processes on that machine. To move it, deactivate on the old machine and activate on the new one. If the old machine is lost, support releases the seat by hand. A Reamer Research seat is also personal to one named person.What happens when my licence expires?Anything already running keeps running. Expiry never stops a live process, including a Reamer Server instance that is trading. What it stops is starting a new process, so after expiry a restart will fail until you renew. Nothing renews or charges automatically; renewing is a new purchase.Can I get a refund?No. All sales are final, including the 30-day trial. Once a licence key has been issued against a completed payment, it is not refunded, and there is no partial refund or cancellation partway through a term. The paid trial is where you decide whether the product fits, and much of it can be checked for free before that.What exactly do I receive after buying?An email with your licence key and a link to download the kit. The kit is the product itself, compiled libraries and command-line tools with the full documentation and reference code, and it holds no key. You activate the key once per machine with the reamer-license tool, and the term starts then. Nothing is shipped physically and nothing is hosted for you.

Every answer here restates the documents that ship in the kit, which are authoritative. All questions.

Buy a licence30-day trial or annual licence. Key and kit by email on payment.