Upgrades, Trials and Licensing

How do I upgrade to the latest version?

Registered users of previous versions of WinZip applications are eligible to upgrade at 50% of the WinZip list prices. In order for you to receive a URL that will enable you to purchase an upgrade at this lower price, you will need to fill out the form for the correct application available from the links below. These forms ask for information that will enable us to locate your current license such as:

  • The name under which you registered
  • Your current email address
  • The email address you used when you registered
  • Your registration code
  • Other similar information

Please fill out the appropriate form and click the button to submit the form. Someone from our Service department will then search for your registration record and send a reply, usually within one day.

Click the appropriate link for:

WinZip Trial Period

WinZip offers a free Trial during 21 days and cannot be extended.

It does not require your credit card information to activate the Trial period, and you will not be charged after the Trial is over.

How to start WinZip Trial

  1. Access the WinZip webpage and select the product you want to try.
  2. Then select the Trial option:

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  1. After installing WinZip application, click Use Evaluation Version.

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  1. Trial period is active now.

You can purchase the full version at any time during your Trial period by clicking the Buy Now button.

WinZip multi-user licensing questions

EULA

WinZip licensing for use on Windows Terminal Server or Citrix thin clients

To license WinZip for your Windows Terminal Server/Citrix thin-client system, you will need to license a copy of WinZip for each of the client PC's or terminals that will use WinZip and for each server or computing device on which WinZip will be installed.

Note that the specific license agreement wording is:

You may install the Software on a hardware partition, blade, or terminal server ("Virtualization Environment") to run, use or access the Software by means of Your organization's computing devices directly connected to Your organization's internal network or Your organization's virtual private network. Use of the Software by Your employees (and Your organization's subcontractors contractually authorized to act on Your behalf) via such Virtualization Environment is permitted only up to the maximum number of site licenses purchased by Your organization. For the avoidance of doubt, You must acquire and dedicate one (1) license for each computing device using, running, or accessing the Software from Virtualization Environment and for each computing device on which the Software is installed, run, used or accessed from.

Are multi-user copies of WinZip software licensed concurrently?

WinZip multi-user license pricing is based on the number of computers that will access WinZip software within an organization, and is not based on metered concurrent usage.

Here is the section from the WinZip License Agreement that mentions concurrent usage:

THE SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE SHARED OR USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTING DEVICES. IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED MULTIPLE-USER LICENSES FOR THE SOFTWARE, AT ANY TIME YOU MAY HAVE AS MANY COPIES OF THE SOFTWARE IN USE UP TO THE NUMBER OF MULTIPLE-USER LICENSES YOU HAVE PURCHASED.

When ordering your WinZip license please provide the appropriate numbers as mentioned above. A Service representative will then be happy to reply with an exact quote.

If you have further questions, please feel free to submit a ticket to WinZip Service using this form.

Compiled from the official WinZip Knowledge Base (https://kb.winzip.com/)