Free trial of Archicad

[Emoke Csikos]

You can use a free trial to discover Archicad's full potential. This assessment is available to students, teachers or educational institutions (Educational), and professionals (Commercial).

In this article, we'll show you how professionals can request a free commercial trial of Archicad. If you are a student, teacher, or want to apply for licenses for educational institutions, read this article and our FAQ.

Note: We offer trial only for subscription. That means it will run the most up-to-date version of the software and all the others our licensing solution (10duke) is able to manage. Currently it runs only Archicad 27. The availability of trial for Archicad 26 is expected from April 10, 2024, and for Archicad 28, from October 4, 2024.

How to request a free evaluation

Use the trial to experiment all Archicad features for free. To request a free trial, go to the Graphisoft website. We automatically detect your location, but you can manually select a different country using the list at the top right (globe icon).

Register

1. In Commercial click on "Free trial";

2. Add "Archicad Collaborate Trial" to your cart;

3. Click on "View cart" and "Check out";

4. Enter the company information. It is not compulsory to enter credit card details. If you don't want to enter the data, uncheck the item "I would like to add my payment details now";

5. Finish your order by clicking on "Place order".

Download and start using our products

6. Once done with the process above, click on the "Start" button;

7. At the beginning of the product configuration, click on "I'm just trying a product";

8. Download Archicad according to your operating system;

9. Open Archicad and enter your Graphisoft ID.

That's it! Now you can test our features.

Frequently asked questions 

Questions may arise when requesting a free assessment. We've put together some frequently asked questions and hope the answers will help when using your trial Archicad license.

Who can access a free trial?

Any professional can request a free evaluation with a Graphisoft ID. With the free trial you can try Archicad Collaborate for 30 days. You don't need a credit card to use the trial.

Which Archicad features will I have access to?

You will have access to the full modeling capabilities and the Teamwork functionality (BIMcloud). Projects will not have watermarks on documents.

When requesting a free trial, you can choose one or multiple licenses.

What happens after the license expires?

Free trials cannot be renewed. After 30 days, it will automatically be converted into an annual subscription for a full Archicad commercial license if credit card information was provided during activation. You can cancel your subscription at any time.

Do you have any other queries? 

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