InstallShield
AutomatedWindows installer creation software for building MSI, EXE, APPX and MSIX installers.
Active plans
4
Total changes
4
Last change
Jul 15, 2026
Price trend
no history
What we know about InstallShield’s pricing
Moderately activeChanges in 12 months
4
Cadence
Multiple changes per day
Direction
New plan recently added
Category position
Pricier than 99% of Developer Tools tools (1073 compared)
Current pricing
Professional
yearly$393.58/mo
billed annually · $4,723/yr
$4,723 total, 3-year subscription, node-locked
- yearly$393.58/mobilled annually ($4,723/yr)
- Build MSI, EXE, APPX and MSIX installers
- Build 64 bit Installers
- Support for .NET Framework 4.5 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Standalone Command-Line Build
- Microsoft Visual Studio Integration
- Create Windows Installer Patches (MSP)
- Advanced UI Editor
- Automated Patch Design
- DLL, EXE, VBScript, and Jscript, PowerShell and managed code Custom Actions
- Deploy Databases to Microsoft SQL Server/Oracle/MySQL/Azure SQL Databases
- Prerequisite Editor
- Free Trial
Premier
yearly$649.58/mo
billed annually · $7,795/yr
$7,795 total, 3-year subscription, node-locked
- Everything in InstallShield Professional
- Multi language Installations
- Create Advanced Bootstrappers with Suite Installations
- Extend Suite/Advanced UI Projects with C# and InstallScript Actions
- Enable Windows Roles and Features During Your Installation
- Provision Virtual Machines from the InstallShield IDE for Testing Installations
- Automate Events at Build Time
- Multi-Tier Installation Template
- Install Web Applications to Microsoft® Azure™ and Microsoft® IIS using Microsoft Web Deploy
- Free Trial
Premier - Local License Server
customCustom
- customCustom Pricing (3 Year Subscription)
- Use InstallShield's Standalone Build (SAB) to build on local license servers
- Access to previous versions of InstallShield
- Instances are hosted in your own data centers.
- Supports build machines that have random (or dynamically generated) mac addresses.
- 99 SAB licenses with each LLS license
Premier - Cloud License Server
customCustom
- customCustom Pricing (3 Year Subscription)
- Works on any cloud environment - Azure DevOps/AWS/GCP.
- Use InstallShield's Standalone Build (SAB) to build on dynamically created VMs in the cloud, specifically, hosted agents in Azure DevOps.
- CLS instances are hosted in Revenera data centers.
- No maintenance needed from you.
- Supports build machines that have random (or dynamically generated) mac addresses.
- 99 SAB licenses with each CLS license
Price history
Last 4 changes
| Date | Plan | Change | Old | New | Δ% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Premier - Cloud License Server | new plan | — | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Premier - Local License Server | new plan | — | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Premier | new plan | — | $7,795 | — |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Professional | new plan | — | $4,723 | — |
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