Surfer is offered in two license types: Subscription and Perpetual with Maintenance.

A subscription license is a term based license. You can choose to purchase for either a yearly or monthly subscription and you will have access to the latest version of Surfer for that entire term. 

A perpetual license is a one-time purchase. Once you purchase a perpetual license it is your forever and it comes with one free year of software maintenance. While your software maintenance is active you can update to the latest version of Surfer and access priority technical support, at the end of your free year you will have to choose to renew maintenance to continue receiving these benefits. 

A single-user license grants one user the right to use the software license. For each single user license you purchase, you will receive a unique product key. This license may not be used by multiple people.

A concurrent-use license, also called a “network” or “floating” license, is tied to a network. The License Manager or License Administrator software is installed on a license server on the company network. The product can be installed on as many client machines as desired. The product usage is controlled by the license server and is limited to the number of concurrent seats that were purchased.

For further information on licensing, contact us and we would be glad to create a solution that will fit your needs.

The most recent version of Surfer is version 24.1.181 from September 14, 2022.

The most recent version of Surfer Beta is version 25.0.157 from September 14, 2022. Surfer Beta is available to users with active maintenance.

 

Golden Softwarre only support the current version of Surfer. Emergency fixes to previous versions are released at their discretion.

System requirements:
Windows 7 SP1, 8 (excluding RT), 10, 11 and higher
32-bit and 64-bit operation system support
1024x768 or higher monitor resolution with minimum 16-bit color depth
At least 500 MB free hard disk space
At least 512 MB RAM for simple data sets, 1GB RAM recommended


3D View requirements:
OpenGL v3.2 or later, including the following support:
Vertex, Fragment, and Geometry shaders
GLSL (GL Shading Language) 150

Minor updates (i.e. version 12.0 to 12.1, when available) may be downloaded for free if your serial number is registered. Connect your computer to the Internet, then go to Help | Check for Update in Surfer. This will download the latest patch and install it on your machine.

Major upgrades contact Hearne.

After your order has been processed, Hearne will send you an email containing download instructions and your product key.

In addition, after you install Surfer and run it for the first time, you can also find your serial number by opening the software and going to Help | About Surfer. The About Surfer dialog box will show the serial number.

If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, then Surfer 12 32-bit is installed automatically.

If you are using a 64-bit version of Windows, then Surfer 12 64-bit will be installed automatically. There is an option to install the 32-bit version instead, but we recommend installing the 64-bit version of Surfer 12. Although Surfer 32-bit is capable of installing and running on Windows 64-bit, the 32-bit version of Surfer 12 does not take advantage of the increased 64-bit memory space.