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Perpetual Licenses
Perpetual is a permanent software license for the major release version you are buying, plus any minor release updates to it (e.g. only 6.x.x). Zimbra Support is purchased annually in addition to the license cost (with first year mandatory) and entitles you to major release updates, portal access and more. Perpetual licenses offer the most cost-effective licensing model for multi-year deployment.
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