Licensing & Charges

How long is my license valid?

Your CATME license, unless otherwise notified, will expire on July 1st. Starting in April, a new license will last until July 1st of the next year.

Can students pay to use CATME?

You can inquire more into student pay by reaching out to licensing@catme.org. There are specific requirements, such as a reliable vendor for license keys, that must be met to be approved for student pay. 

What are the types of licensing?

The four licenses that CATME offers are listed below. You will receive a pending license on your CATME account until a license is purchased or applied to your account. Unless there is an existing license for your department, school/college, or institution, a CATME license will need to be purchased. All licenses allow for unlimited CATME use. The minimum fee for all licenses is $100. The determination of unique student counts varies across the four license types.

  1. Individual license--available for any instructor who is interested in using CATME for creating teams or using peer feedback tools.
  2. Departmental license--covers all instructors within a given department at an institution. Each unique student across the department is only counted once. If multiple departments have departmental licenses at the same institution, each student list will only be unique within the departments.
  3. Institutional license--covers all instructors within an entire institution. All students will only be counted once across the institution.

 

For more information, see our CATME Licensing video.

Are instructors charged every time a student uses CATME?

No, an instructor/department/institution only pays once for a CATME license within the license year. With an active license, instructors have unlimited usage of CATME for the license year.

Are there charges for creating an instructor account or student account?

No, we charge when a survey with unique students (not @sysiphus.com addresses) is created.

How will I be informed of the charge?

An invoice will be sent to your institution.

Can I get a quote based on my estimated unique student count?

Yes, please contact licensing@catme.org and request a quote.

For more information, see our Finding Your Unique Student Count video.

What data does CATME base their charges on?

The invoice charges are based on either an estimate given by the user that requested the license, or the previous year’s historical use from the instructor, department, or institution.

For more information, see our Finding Your Unique Student Count video.

What is a unique student?

A unique student is determined by the student’s email ID. These ID’s are counted in different ways for the different license types. For example, if two instructors request separate instructor licenses, it is possible that one or more students will be in both classes. The unique student count for each instructor requesting a license will include these shared students, and therefore the unique student ID will be counted towards a licence fee twice. If, however, both instructors decided to purchase a departmental license, their shared students would only be counted towards their unique student count once. 

For more information, see our Finding Your Unique Student Count video.

How much does CATME cost?

CATME uses a tiered pricing structure for our licenses that is based on a unique student count for the license. 

Rates effective July 1, 2022

Unique Student Count RangeFixed License Fee
1 - 150$268.00
151 - 300$603.00
301 - 500$1,073.00
501 - 1,000$2,012.00
1,001 - 2,000$4,023.00
2,001 - 4,000$8,046.00
4,001 - 6,000$13,411.00
6,001 - 10,000$21,457.00
10,000+$26,821.00
Note: There is a one-time fee scaled to your unique student usage for the following.

1. CATME Canada: Moving your license to our CATME Canada servers, minimum of $500.
2. CATME/Canvas Integration: Enabling your CATME license to work with your Canvas LMS, minimum of $1,500.

 

PLEASE NOTENew rates effective July 1, 2024 (fiscal year 2025)

Unique Student Count Range
Fixed License Fee
1 - 150
$272.00
151 - 300
$611.00
301 - 500
$1,087.00
501 - 1,000
$2,038.00
1,001 - 2,000
$4,075.00
2,001 - 4,000
$8,150.00
4,001 - 6,000
$13,584.00
6,001 - 10,000
$21,734.00
10,000+
$27,167.00
Note: There is a one-time fee scaled to your unique student usage for the following.

1. CATME Canada: Moving your license to our CATME Canada servers, minimum of $500.
2. CATME/Canvas Integration: Enabling your CATME license to work with your Canvas LMS, minimum of $2,038.