Do I have to own an iLok USB Dongle to activate my plugin?

An iLok USB dongle is not required, and you can activate licenses on either a USB iLok Dongle or on the iLok Cloud. Machine activations are not available for our products at this time.

I don't see the iLok Cloud option as an activation location, only iLok USB.

If you do not see the option to activate your license to iLok Cloud, you may not have a cloud session open in iLok License Manager. To start a cloud session, Open the iLok License Manager application, then go to FILE > Open Your Cloud Session. Then you should see iLok Cloud as an available activation.

There are no activation locations available in iLok.

If there are no locations available to activate your plugin in iLok License Manager, you either need to insert an iLok USB Dongle into your computer, or start an iLok Cloud session to see the available authorization locations in the prompt.