Purchase & Activate License

About the License

After the free trial has ended, a license is required to continuing using FormulaBoost.

Key facts about FormulaBoost license:

  1. Licences are sold on a per machine basis.
  2. Licenses can be activated anytime during the free trial and the remaining time on the trial, if any, is added to the license key.
  3. Licenses cannot be resold but can be transferred to a new computer.
  4. Licenses commence at the earlier of: 1) the date you activated the key yourself and 2) 90 days after the purchase date of the key.
  5. To purchase license keys in bulk for your team or colleagues, please contact support for assistance.

Purchase Your Key

Purchase a license key by visiting the pricing page and clicking on the 'Purchase' button of the license you wish to purchase.

This redirects to checkout.stripe.com, a secure webpage hosted by Stripe Inc, our payment processor.


Once you have entered your information and clicked Pay, you will be redirected back to formulaboost.com where your license key and receipt information will be emailed to you and displayed on the webpage. If you refresh this webpage, your license key will not be displayed again.

You have successfully purchased a license key and are ready to activate it in Excel.

Activate Your Key

Please note that license keys activate at the earlier of: 1) the date you activated the key yourself and 2) 90 days after the purchase date of the key.

Activating your license key is done within Excel.

If you have not already installed FormulaBoost, install it first.

Open Excel and click the Activate button within the FormulaBoost tab of the Excel ribbon.

This button opens the following window:

Enter both pieces of information and click 'Activate Key'. When successful, you will receive a message at the bottom of this dialog. Close both dialogs and press the 'About' button on on the FormulaBoost ribbon. You will see that the license expiry date now reflects your activated license key. Your key has been successfully activated. No further action is required until you wish to renew your license key.

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