No student license for Marmoset Toolbag?

Bummer6

Didn't really know where to post, so I decided to play it safe and post in the general section, hope you don't mind.

I'm a student, and we sometimes use Marmoset toolbag 2 at my school for rendering our models. I'd like to keep working on some of my models from home after school. Problem is that Marmoset doesn't offer any kind of student discounts or student licenses. Pretty much all the other software we use has some kind of student license available, like Autodesk and Quixel. So why is it that Marmoset doesn't? I'm not exactly angry or annoyed, just sorta surprised. It just seems like a strange thing not to have.

Sukotto

Probably because it's not something people really "need". It's an endgame thing for showing off your model, just like Unity and Unreal(though these two are full fledged game engines) It's a render engine and neither of those have student discounts either. I personally don't see a need for a student version, it's only $130 for newcomers. Not much at all compared to other software. Plus Pixologic doesn't offer student licenses either, you have to go through a third party partner for that I believe

Odow

Mainly because marmoset is really cheap for what it is (also it's a permanent license), also student license price are for really pricey and must-have software that you need to learn, marmoset takes 15min to learn and isn't a need, you can do you render in maya or max.

130$ is nothing for something you'll use all your life. Just don't go out in your next 3-4 " Hey dude wanna hang out tonight" and you'll pay for it.

myclay

the student versions from Autodesk and quixel are non commercial only.

The Marmoset team as it seems wants you to actually being able to earn money with their product. the pricetag of $129 is for a student in my opinion ok.

Teessider

I think its a reasonably priced software regardless of no student discount. They have a sale on every now and again so maybe pick it up then?

Bummer6

thanks for all the answers! It does make sense now that I think about it. I kinda feel silly for not having thought of that before.