You are using the software for personal use for non-commercial purposes, such as to learn.

You may use Houdini Indie so long as you use your personal email address and are not purchasing through or on behalf of an organization. This is permitted even if you are working for a company that uses commercial Houdini licenses or which does not otherwise qualify for Houdini Indie, so long as your use of Houdini Indie is completely separate from the company.

You are an individual, not a company, using the software for personal use for commercial purposes where you receive financial considerations less than $100,000 USD per year from your use of the software, directly or indirectly.

You may use Houdini Indie, but if you are paid as a freelancer to produce content for an organization you may only share final renders with that organization, regardless of whether or not the organization qualifies to use Houdini Indie. If you want to share any other content, such as scene files or Houdini digital assets, and the organization does not qualify for Houdini Indie, then you and the organization will separately need to purchase commercial licenses.

You are an organization with less than $100,000 USD annual revenue and you have received less than $1,000,000 USD of funding in the last 24 months.

You can use up to 3 Houdini Indie licenses and 3 Houdini Engine Indie licenses. If and when you no longer meet this criteria you will be required to purchase full commercial licenses.

You are a small group of individuals working on a side project. There is no legal entity formed, you have no revenue, and you have not received any funding.

You may use Houdini Indie. If you later form a legal entity then your eligibility to use Houdini Indie depends on your annual revenue and funding.

For Clarity

You are an organization, such as a company, with $100,000 USD or more of annual revenue.

You are not permitted to use Houdini Indie, regardless of whether or not your annual revenue comes from use of Houdini.