Get a license

A production license is obtained in one of two ways:

  • As a license string:
    • You can get a free Runtime Lite license string by signing in here with your ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.
    • You can get a Basic, Standard, or Advanced license string by purchasing one or more ArcGIS Runtime deployment packs.
  • From an ArcGIS account through user authentication:
    • Your app's user must be assigned a Runtime license by their portal's administrator. Your app's user must also sign in to your app using their ArcGIS account.

Production licenses

This table describes how to obtain each license level using either license strings or user authentication:

License levelLicense stringUser authentication
LiteA Runtime Lite license string is available for free.

Get your Runtime Lite license string now.
ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 and newer: sign in as a member who is assigned a Viewer or Lite user type.
BasicArcGIS Runtime deployment packs are available for purchase.

Contact the Esri office that serves you, or if you are in the United States, call Esri at 1-800-447-9778
ArcGIS Online: sign in as a member who is assigned a Contributor, Mobile Worker or Basic user type.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 and newer: sign in as a member who is assigned an Editor, Mobile Worker, or Basic user type.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1: sign in as a member who is assigned an Editor or Mobile Worker user type.
StandardArcGIS Runtime deployment packs are available for purchase.

Contact the Esri office that serves you, or if you are in the United States, call Esri at 1-800-447-9778.
ArcGIS Online: sign in as a member who is assigned a Creator or Standard user type.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 or newer: sign in as a member who is assigned a Creator, GIS Professional Basic, or Standard user type.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1: sign in as a member who is assigned a Creator or GIS Professional Basic user type.
AdvancedArcGIS Runtime deployment packs are available for purchase.

Contact the Esri office that serves you, or if you are in the United States, call Esri at 1-800-447-9778.
ArcGIS Online: sign in as a member who is assigned a Professional, Professional Plus, or Advanced user type.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 and newer: sign in as a member who is assigned a GIS Professional Standard, GIS Professional Advanced, or Advanced user type.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1: sign in as a member who is assigned a GIS Professional Standard or GIS Professional Advanced user type.

To learn how an ArcGIS Runtime license is assigned to a member in ArcGIS Online or in different versions of ArcGIS Enterprise, see Runtime license levels for ArcGIS accounts.

Extension licenses

Runtime extensions can be licensed by using an extension license string or user authentication with appropriate entitlements assigned.

Extension LicenseLicense stringUser authentication
AnalysisArcGIS Runtime deployment packs are available for purchase.

Contact the Esri office that serves you, or if you are in the United States, call Esri at 1-800-447-9778.
ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 and newer: sign in as a member who is assigned a Runtime Analysis add-on license extension.
Advanced EditingArcGIS Runtime deployment packs are available for purchase.

Contact the Esri office that serves you, or if you are in the United States, call Esri at 1-800-447-9778.
ArcGIS Online: sign in as a member who is assigned a Contributor or Mobile Worker user type and also assigned an Advanced Editing user type extension.

ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 or newer: sign in as a member who is assigned an Editor or Mobile Worker user type and also assigned an Advanced Editing user type extension.
StreetMap PremiumStreetMap Premium extension licenses are provided on an annual-term basis. StreetMap Premium mobile map packages cannot be used after the license has expired.

Contact the Esri office that serves you, or if you are in the United States, call Esri at 1-800-447-9778.
ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9 or newer: sign in as a member who has been assigned a Runtime StreetMap Premium add-on license extension.

Your Runtime Lite license string

You can get your production Runtime Lite license string here. You must sign in with an ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account to retrieve your license string.

Your Runtime Lite license string


Runtime license levels for ArcGIS accounts

Administrators of ArcGIS portals can assign ArcGIS Runtime licenses to ArcGIS accounts. This process has evolved over time. In ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 and newer, licenses are assigned through user types.

ArcGIS Online

When your application users sign in to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Runtime licenses are assigned based on user types.

ArcGIS Online

User types enable all four license levels:

User typeRuntime license level
Viewer or LiteLite
Contributor, Mobile Worker, or BasicBasic
Creator or StandardStandard
Professional, Professional Plus, or AdvancedAdvanced

To obtain an ArcGIS Runtime license using one of these user types, use:

  • ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 200.0 or newer
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET 100.7 or newer

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 and newer

When your application users sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 and newer, ArcGIS Runtime licenses are assigned based on user types.

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 and newer

User types enable all four license levels:

User typeRuntime license level
Viewer or LiteLite
Editor, Mobile Worker, or BasicBasic
Creator, GIS Professional Basic, or StandardStandard
GIS Professional Standard, GIS Professional Advanced, or AdvancedAdvanced

To obtain an ArcGIS Runtime license using one of these user types, use:

  • ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 200.0 or newer
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET 100.7 or newer

ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1

User types enabled two license levels:

User typeRuntime license level
ViewerLite
Editor, Mobile Worker, Creator, GIS ProfessionalBasic

To obtain an ArcGIS Runtime license using ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1, use:

  • ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 200.0 or newer
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET 100.0 or newer

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