Passware Kit Forensic

The complete encrypted electronic evidence discovery solution.

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Passware Kit Forensic

Passware Kit Forensic Licensing and Updates Policy

Protect your Passware investment by ensuring you have constant access to technical support and the latest product enhancements.

Passware Kit Forensic comes in two licensing options: Annual and Perpetual.

Annual licensing is a one-year term license that includes all software updates while active. After one year, the license expires and Passware Kit Forensic stops working. Multi-year terms are also available by request.

A Perpetual license never expires. It includes one year of software updates. After that, Passware Kit Forensic keeps working, but renewing the Software Maintenance and Support (SMS) subscription is recommended to continue receiving updates.

Keeping your license up to date makes certain you have the latest Passware Kit features – we issue four major releases and multiple minor updates each year.

  • Always up to date with automatic software updates
  • Four major releases per year
  • Multiple minor updates and bug fixes
  • Download the software anytime you need
  • Additional dictionaries
  • One-business-day Customer Support

Passware Kit Forensic comes with one year of updates

New features are added to Passware Kit on a regular basis: four major releases plus multiple minor updates each year. This release cycle has been strictly followed for over 20 years. Stay current by renewing your license or SMS subscription.

Perpetual License SubscriptionPassware Kit Forensic
First year of SMS SubscriptionFree
1-year SMS renewal$655
3-year SMS renewal$1,675
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Passware SMS Subscription for Perpetual Licenses FAQ

Yes. You can renew the original SMS subscription that came with your license of Passware Kit Forensic.

SMS subscription can only be renewed for Perpetual licenses. Please login to your account to renew the SMS, or contact sales with your order ID or subscription email to receive a formal quote.

Yes, each license of Passware Kit Business and Passware Kit Forensic comes with a one-year SMS subscription (for Perpetual licenses) or access to updates (for Annual licenses). You will receive a Passware account login along with the software download link and product key.

The SMS subscription is normally renewed on an annual basis. Customers who have multiple SMS subscriptions can renew them for a particular number of months in order to co-term their licenses.

Customers can choose which SMS subscriptions to renew or renew them simultaneously. This does not affect the pricing.

Your Software Maintenance & Support (SMS) subscription lets you access new versions of the software when released and engage with our technical support team. After SMS expires you will not be receiving software updates and bugfixes; however, the software with Perpetual licensing will continue to run normally.

When SMS subscription renewal is purchased after it has expired already, the subscription is extended for one or more years starting from the previous expiration date, not from the purchase date.

The Passware Kit Business subscription will be replaced with the Passware Kit Forensic subscription, maintaining the same expiration date.