For new users the software will be made available
free of charge for a testing period of two months.
After that period the following pricing scheme applies:
A basis price (see below) is charged per year for a single
machine. For additional machines this amount is to be multiplied
by the square root of the total number of machines (e.g. for a basis price
of US$ 3000 and for nine machines the annual price would be US$ 9000,
i.e. US$ 1000 per machine).
Pricing is on a per site basis. Machines of different
sites may not be lumped together in a single contract.
Licences will be issued subject to receipt of a signed
licence agreement.
The program is free for Academic Institutions. In
this case the licence agreement must be issued to, and signed by a group
leader at least. Members of the group are then entitled to run the program.
Basis Price Determination
Until 2011 the basis price has been US$ 3000.
Starting 2012 a new scheme applies in order to
counterbalance the ever accelerating currency depreciation.
At the start of every year a new basis price is determined.
It amounts to the value of 1000 Big Mac's in US$
as taken from the Big Mac Index (BMI)
for the ending year.
According to this scheme, Moloc's price was just above that of 1000
Big Mac's, on average since Moloc has been available.
The basis price for 2012 was US$ 4070 which derived from
the 2011-BMI
of US$ 4.07
The basis price for 2013 was US$ 4200 which derived from
the 2012-BMI
of US$ 4.20
The basis price for 2014 was US$ 4560 which derived from
the 2013-BMI
of US$ 4.56 (No update at the
usual site!)
The basis price for 2015 was US$ 4620 which derived from
the 2014-BMI
of US$ 4.62
The basis price for 2016 was US$ 4790 which derived from
the 2015-BMI
of US$ 4.79
The basis price for 2017 was US$ 5040 which derived from
the 2016-BMI of US$ 5.04
The basis price for 2018 was US$ 5300 which derived from
the 2017-BMI of US$ 5.30
The basis price for 2019 was US$ 5510 which derived from
the 2018-BMI
of US$ 5.51
Basis prices are now kept frozen at the 2019-value of US$ 5510
Big-Mac data are not freely accessible any more!
Actually the 2020 Basis price was at a reduced value of US$ 5000
This value will be kept in the future, until further notice.