No purchase is required. PacBio software is free and available from our Software & Bioinformatics webpage, Bioconda, DockerHub, http://Quay.io , and the PacBio GitHub.
Depending on your analysis needs, you can either install the full SMRT Link software suite or select individual computational tools and workflows for your Linux server or cloud instance. For guidance, contact Technical Support or your Field Applications Bioinformatics Scientist.