MacVisor is licensed per Mac, with no limit on VMs, jobs, or users on a licensed Mac. Every edition has every feature. They differ in who may hold the license, how it is billed, and the support that comes with it.
Choose a license
Prices in US dollars; taxes are added at checkout.
| License | Who it is for | Macs | Term | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Anyone, once | 1 | 30 days from the day the key is issued | Free |
| MacVisor 27 Professional | One individual, commercial or household use | 1 | One-time, covers MacVisor 27.x | $49 |
| MacVisor 27 Business | A company, team, or other organisation | 1 | One-time, covers MacVisor 27.x | $99 |
| MacVisor Enterprise | Organisations that need support and an SLA | 10 per license | Annual, per Mac | From $99 per Mac per month, minimum 10 Macs, billed annually, by quote |
Pricing is subject to change for new orders. Promotional pricing and discounts may be offered periodically; a license bought at a discount carries the same coverage as one bought at the standard price.
Professional may not be held by a company, team, or other legal entity; organisations buy Business, which has the same terms. Both are one-time purchases for one Mac, cover the MacVisor 27 series, and show in the app as MacVisor 27. Enterprise is billed annually per Mac and adds 24x7 support with an SLA.
All licenses activate online through Polar; there is no offline license. The free trial key is offered in the app; see Activate your license. All sales are final: try the trial first and read the refund policy. Pricing and terms may change for new orders.
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| Free Trial | Professional | Business | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing | ||||
| Who may hold it | Anyone, once | One individual | An organisation | An organisation |
| Macs per license | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Term | 30 days | One-time | One-time | Annual |
| MacVisor 27.x updates, until 31 December 2027 | During the trial | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ while subscribed |
| Shown in the app as | Trial | MacVisor 27 | MacVisor 27 | Enterprise |
| Features (every edition, no limits, DIY) | ||||
| macOS and ARM Linux VMs, cloud images set up by cloud-init | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapshots (disk and live), templates, linked clones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom networks, VLANs, DHCP reservations, port forwards | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Host-enforced network firewall | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
mvz CLI, headless VMs, CI/CD automation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest tools: shell, clipboard, files, tunnels, Docker and k3s on the Mac | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Always-on host: autostart at login, menu bar control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited VMs and users on a licensed Mac | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | ||||
| Documentation and email support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Work-day support, with no SLA | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Priority support, 24x7, with an SLA | ✓ | |||
| Training and build-farm design | ✓ | |||
| Help with firewall policy, custom networks, and VLANs | ✓ | |||
| Help with build pipelines, unattended build Macs, remote and headless access to hosts and VMs | ✓ | |||
| Custom feature development, cloud platform and automation integrations | ✓ | |||
| Purchase orders, invoicing, and volume quotes | ✓ |
Versions and requirements
Each major macOS release gets a matching MacVisor major release. The first is MacVisor 27, for macOS 27.
| MacVisor version | macOS 27 | Later macOS | Supported until |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacVisor 27 | ✓ | Under evaluation | 31 December 2027 |
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| MacVisor app, service, runners, CLI | Apple Silicon · macOS 27 (no Intel or macOS 26 build) |
| macOS guests | Any macOS the Virtualization framework can restore from an IPSW; automatic first-boot setup needs macOS 27 |
| Linux guests | ARM64 only |
| MacVisor Agent in a macOS guest | macOS 14 or later |
Updates and upgrades
A license includes the maintenance updates of its major version. MacVisor 27 is supported until 31 December 2027. Professional and Business licenses have no term; an Enterprise license runs for a year and renews.
When the next major macOS brings the next MacVisor, Professional and Business licensees upgrade at a discounted price. Staying on the version you have is always fine.
Activation and checks
A key is validated at activation and re-checked about once a week (by the background service when the app is closed), once after each app update, and at the end of an Enterprise term. A Mac that cannot reach Polar keeps working for 30 days after its last successful check; after that, adding VMs pauses until a check succeeds (Settings → License → Refresh License). Existing VMs keep running throughout.
Activation is per Mac: every license, including the trial, covers one Mac, with a little headroom for replacing a Mac. Deactivate on This Mac… releases a slot; the Polar customer portal does the same for a Mac that is gone.
Polar is MacVisor's merchant of record and handles checkout, taxes, invoices, subscriptions, and key delivery.
Your VMs are yours
Licensing gates the application, never your data. When a trial or license ends, .macvisor packages, disks, and snapshots remain ordinary files, and the VMs keep running.
Refunds
We do not offer refunds. The 30-day trial (the complete application, no payment details) exists so that you never need one. Use it on the Macs you intend to run MacVisor on, with your real workflow, and buy only once you are satisfied.
If something does not work as documented, write to us first; most reports are something we can fix or explain.
Polar processes every transaction, so any refund is issued by Polar under its terms. In exceptional circumstances we may agree a partial refund at our discretion, net of the payment-processing and platform fees that are not returned to us.
Where local consumer law gives you a statutory right to cancel or refund a digital purchase, that right applies in full.
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