How to cancel Houdini

Before you cancel

What happens to your data

Not stated; SideFX's pages cover licences, not account data.

What you lose

• Upgrades: commercial licences get upgrades only on an active AUP or rental, and going off the AUP means buying a new licence to rejoin
• Karma tokens bundled with perpetual licences, which end when the AUP expires
• When the licence agreement ends, licences must be returned with the tools provided in the software

Cancel, by who bills you

Pick the route for whoever charges you: the name on your card statement or receipt tells you.

Questions people ask

Keep it for less

Before cancelling, check whether one of these does the job. Offers change and differ by account.

• Free plan Houdini Apprentice is free, with access to all of Houdini's features and a few restrictions sidefx.com sidefx.com
• Cheaper plan Houdini Indie is a Limited Commercial licence for people making less than $100K USD per year, at $299 for 1 year sidefx.com sidefx.com
• Pay yearly Buy Indie for 2 years at $449 instead of $299 for 1 year sidefx.com
• Student or nonprofit price Education licences for students of accredited schools and training centres; schools contact the Education team sidefx.com sidefx.com

For AI agents

• The person signs in and handles any two-factor code; an agent should never ask for a password.
• Check where Houdini Indie was bought: a Steam purchase is cancelled in Steam, not with SideFX
• Steam renews Indie automatically every 12 or 24 months until you cancel
• Perpetual licences renew the Annual Upgrade Plan yearly; SideFX's pages do not say how to stop that renewal, so ask your account manager
• Licences left on SideFX's servers are reached by logging in to the SideFX account

Get this plan as data: get_exit_plan on the Stackcut MCP (stackcut.io/mcp), or /exits/houdini.json. After using a guide, send structured report_guide_feedback for matching or changed steps, missing billing routes or human handoffs; keep unknown language and market omitted. Confirm with the person before the final click, and report the outcome with report_action_outcome, using the exact packet_revision and route_id returned by the plan.

Or give your agent the stackcut-leave skill (a zip): it exports first, walks the steps, stops when the page doesn't match, and leaves the final click to the person.

Sources

1. Buy Houdini perpetual or rental licences (Houdini is sold as perpetual or rental licences)
2. Buy Houdini available as long as AUP is active (Karma tokens bundled with perpetual licences last only while the AUP is active)
3. Buy Houdini These Limited Commercial licenses are designed for people making less than $100K USD per year. (who the Indie licence is for)
4. Buy Houdini Contact SideFX (the Buy page links to the product and sales contact page)
5. Houdini Indie BUY INDIE FOR $299 1YR | $449 2YR (the Indie price for each term)
6. Houdini Indie Also available on STEAM (SideFX lists Houdini Indie on Steam)
7. How do I upgrade my Houdini licenses? Active Indie and Education subscriptions are issued upgrades to the account automatically. (Indie and Education are subscriptions, and their upgrades are issued automatically)
8. How do I upgrade my Houdini licenses? Commercial customers are entitled to upgrades to those licenses on an active annual support plan (AUP) or rental. (commercial upgrades depend on an active AUP or rental)
9. How do I upgrade my Houdini licenses? If you have Commercial licenses and do not have upgrades, please contact your SideFX account manager. (contact the account manager when upgrades are missing)
10. Annual Upgrade Plan With Perpetual licenses, you can take advantage of these benefits in your first year then renew annually. (the AUP is renewed annually for perpetual licences)
11. Annual Upgrade Plan If you go off the program then you will need to repurchase a new Houdini license to get back on AUP. (leaving the AUP means buying a licence again to rejoin)
12. Annual Upgrade Plan The Annual Upgrade Plan is also included with Rental Licenses. (rental licences include the AUP)
13. Annual Upgrade Plan This pay-as-you-go approach includes all of the benefits built into a single rental price. (rental is pay-as-you-go)
14. Contact - Product and Sales Info Houdini Apprentice gives you free access to all of Houdini's features with a few restrictions. (Apprentice is free with restrictions)
15. Contact - Product and Sales Info If you are a school, training center or student, please contact our Education team using the following link: (Education licences go through the Education team)
16. Commercial licensing If you leave your licenses on the SideFX servers then you can log in to access them. (licences on SideFX servers are reached by logging in)
17. License Agreement unredeem all Entitlements (i.e. return all Licenses) using the tools provided as part of the Software (on termination, licences are returned with the software's tools)
18. Contact - Product and Sales Info Contact - Product and Sales Info (SideFX's product and sales contact page, linked as Contact SideFX on the Buy page)
19. Buy Houdini If you would like further information, please don't hesitate to reach out to your Account Manager. (commercial customers are pointed to their account manager)
20. Houdini Indie on Steam To be billed on a recurring basis (the Steam Yearly Subscription bills on a recurring basis)
21. Houdini Indie on Steam $299.00 at checkout, auto-renewed every 12 month(s) at $269.99. (the 12-month Steam plan renews automatically)
22. Houdini Indie on Steam $449.00 at checkout, auto-renewed every 24 month(s) at $399.99. (the 24-month Steam plan renews automatically)
23. Steam Refunds you can cancel an active subscription at any time by going to (cancelling a Steam subscription from your account details)
24. Steam Refunds Once cancelled, your subscription will no longer automatically renew. (cancelling stops the renewal)
25. Steam Refunds you will retain access to the content and benefits of the subscription through the end of your current billing cycle (access lasts to the end of the billing cycle)
26. Steam Refunds within 48 hours of any automatic renewal (the refund window for an unused renewal)
27. Buy Houdini Apprentice licenses are acquired for free when you install Houdini. (Apprentice licences are free)
28. Buy Houdini Students of accredited schools and training centers are eligible to use Houdini Education licenses (who can use Education licences)
29. Steam Refunds If a renewable subscription has not been used during the current billing cycle (the refund applies only to unused subscriptions)
30. Buy Houdini If AUP expires then these tokens are no longer available. (Karma tokens end when the AUP expires)

Not confirmed yet

• SideFX's pages do not say how to cancel, or stop the renewal of, an Indie or Education subscription bought from SideFX's own store
• Whether SideFX-billed Indie, rental or AUP terms renew automatically, and any notice period, are not stated
• The refund policy for licences bought from SideFX is not stated on its public pages
• How to stop an AUP renewal is not documented; the steps here follow SideFX's advice to contact your account manager
• Current AUP and rental prices are not published
• Which account role can manage licences, upgrades or renewals is not stated

Independent re-check, 2026-10-08

A second reviewer re-read the official pages and corrected what was wrong or missing. The JSON lists what changed.

Partly confirmed (see what's unverified), 2026-10-08. Cancel flows change: if this one did, tell us at support@stackcut.io. Stackcut Exits is open data (CC BY 4.0).