What Is a Flood Modeller Cloud Licence?
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In today's fast-paced modelling environments, teams demand more flexibility, collaboration, and value from their software. Flood Modeller's cloud licensing offers a powerful evolution from traditional standalone licences, enabling organisations to work more efficiently, scale easily, and maximise their investment.
Whether you're managing multiple projects, coordinating across teams, or simply looking to get more out of your existing licences, a move to cloud licensing can deliver significant benefits and remove bottlenecks.
What Is a Cloud Licence?
Before defining what a cloud licence is, it's helpful to clarify what it is not. The term "cloud" can often lead to misconceptions:
It is not a virtual machine that requires remote desktop access.
It is not a SaaS or browser-based version of Flood Modeller.
It is not complex infrastructure that your team needs to deploy or manage.
Instead, a cloud licence operates similarly to a network (floating) licence, allowing multiple users to access Flood Modeller from a shared pool of licences hosted on a central server. This server may be located on-premises or in the cloud.
The key difference is that a cloud licence maintains a secure internet connection, enabling a variety of advantages over traditional network licensing and even greater benefits than legacy standalone licenses. This delivers enhanced flexibility, accessibility, and efficiency for Flood Modeller users, as well as for IT and procurement teams.
Key Benefits of Cloud Licensing
1. Maximise Licence Utilisation
Unlike standalone licenses, which tie the software to a single machine, cloud licenses can be dynamically checked in and out by users throughout your organisation.
With cloud licensing:
Licences are shared across multiple users
Idle licences become instantly available to others
Peak workloads can be managed without over-purchasing
The result: You get more value from fewer licences, reducing overall costs. This shift enables a more agile approach to resource allocation, ensuring licences are used where and when they're needed most.
2. Empower Team Collaboration
Modelling is rarely a solo task. Whether your team is in one office or spread out right across the globe, cloud licensing removes bottlenecks and supports continuous progress.
Cloud licences support collaborative workflows by:
Allowing multiple users to access the software across teams
Supporting distributed teams working from different locations
Enabling seamless transitions between project phases
The result: The right people can access the tools they need, exactly when they need them. From building and refining models to reviewing outputs or extracting key data such as water levels, cloud licensing enables role-based access without delays - freeing up specialist modellers to focus on high-value tasks while others efficiently support the workflow.
3. Flexibility for Changing Workloads
Project demands fluctuate, deadlines approach, workloads spike, and team sizes can change.
Cloud licences help you adapt by:
Supporting multiple users during peak periods
Eliminating the need to reassign or move licences manually
Allowing temporary scaling without long-term commitment
The result: You gain the flexibility to respond to changing demands without disruption. Teams can scale usage up or down as workloads fluctuate, ensuring licences are always used efficiently, helping you meet tight deadlines, support multiple projects simultaneously, and avoid unnecessary cost or administrative overhead.
4. Simplified IT Management
Managing standalone licences across many machines can become time-consuming and complex. Even traditional network licensing requires some level of IT input.
Our cloud licensing simplifies IT administration even further by:
Centralising licence management
Removing software updates and activation overheads
Allowing IT teams to monitor usage and optimise resources
The result: Reduced IT burden and greater control, with license management becoming simpler, more transparent, and less time-consuming. This enables IT teams to focus on other activities while ensuring users have reliable, up-to-date access to Flood Modeller.
5. Cost-Effective Growth
As your organisation grows, cloud licensing scales with you:
Giving additional users access without purchasing new licences for each person
Supporting junior staff, trainees, or occasional users
Optimising spend by aligning licence capacity with actual usage
The result: Scalable growth without unnecessary cost. You can expand access as your organisation evolves or enters new regions, ensuring the right people have the tools they need while maintaining control over expenditures. This maximises licence utilisation and enhances the value of your original investment.
Ready to Make the Change?
If you're an existing Flood Modeller user, now is the perfect time to review how your licences are being used. Moving to a cloud licence model is not just a technical upgrade; it's a strategic improvement that supports growth, efficiency, and collaboration.
If you are not yet a Flood Modeller user, all subscriptions include a multi-user cloud license, dedicated technical support, and regular product updates. Explore all Flood Modeller has to offer by starting your free trial today.
Not sure which of our three editions is right for you? Check out our pricing options to find the right edition for your needs or reach out to our sales team for more information.
Contact us today to discover how cloud licensing can transform your modelling workflows.
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