Princeton Software Center - Faculty & Staff Software Purchases and Licensing


The Princeton Software Center, formerly the OIT Store, is the new website to obtain Princeton volume and site licensed software. Faculty and staff may buy and download software through the Princeton Software Center using a chartstring. Some software may require a credit card for purchase. You are able to order software on behalf of another user. 

The OIT Store Back Office has been shut down and will no longer send auto-generated license expiry email notifications. When purchasing licenses in the Princeton Software Center, we would suggest creating reminders for license expiration dates so you can conveniently purchase or renew your Princeton Software licenses if continued access will be needed.

Software for Faculty, Staff and Departments

Princeton offers several software products for which we have site or volume licensing for use on institutional computers only. 

Work at Home rights

Some software products licensed for institutional computers include Work At Home (WAH) Rights, which allow faculty or staff to install a copy on their personally-owned computer. Faculty and staff are entitled to install selected products on one personally-owned computer by virtue of being a Princeton University employee.  When a faculty/staff member leaves the employ of Princeton University, they must remove any software installed under Work at Home rights. See  Software Retention Policy.

How to Obtain Princeton Software

You may buy and download software through the Princeton Software Center. The storefront consists of two tabs, Princeton Software Center and OnTheHub Provided Software. Princeton Software Center offerings are processed by Princeton Software Center staff; OnTheHub Provided Software offerings are processed by Kivuto Solutions directly. 

  1. Navigate to the Princeton Software Center
  2. Provide your Princeton netID
  3. Navigate to the software product page
  4. Add product to your cart
  5. For Princeton Software Center purchases, please see the notes on the product page for estimated processing time.
  6. For OnTheHub Provided Software purchases, upon completion, you will be provided any installers or license keys necessary to begin use.  
  7. Be sure to save a copy of your download and product key. Important: Kivuto does not keep a record of your product keys. If you do not retain a record of your product key and download, you will have to re-purchase the software.  
  8. Kivuto follows a strict no-refund policy on all of their OnTheHub Provided software, as they pay the publisher right away for the sale and, once issued, the key can not be revoked or re-used. Users are invited to review the refund policy during the check out process. 

Available Software:

For a complete list of software available for purchase, login to the Princeton Software Center

As a Princeton staff or faculty member, the following software is also available for download at no charge:

Sales Tax Exemption Information

Princeton is a "tax exempt organization". However, as a general rule, the following conditions must be met for a purchase to qualify as tax exempt:

Additional information regarding Sales Tax Exemptions can be found by visiting, https://finance.princeton.edu/buying-paying/other-buying-and-paying-topics/sales-tax-exemptions

Help with Your Purchase

Contact softwarecenter@princeton.edu with any software questions.

Contact Princeton Software Center regarding Princeton Software Center purchases. 

Contact Kivuto regarding OnTheHub Provided Software purchases: