Every Licensing Model, One Platform
Node-locked, floating, subscription, perpetual, metered, feature-based, trial, and custom hybrid models are all supported natively with no plugins required. Switch or combine models as your product evolves. Your licensing infrastructure keeps up without a rebuild.
Offline and Air-Gapped Environments, Fully Supported
Offline activation uses file exchange; air-gapped activation uses manual code exchange. Both are supported as distinct, production-ready flows. LicenseSpring is one of the few vendors with native support for completely network-isolated deployments. Deploy confidently in government, healthcare, and defense environments.
Floating License Servers for Concurrent and Containerized Workloads
Control seat concurrency across virtual machines, containers, and multi-device environments without hardware fingerprinting. A floating license server manages entitlements dynamically, the right model for ephemeral infrastructure and enterprise deployments. Concurrent sessions are tracked and enforced in real time.
SDKs Built for Every Environment, Including Embedded and IoT
Native SDKs cover C/C++ (with ARM and RTOS compilation), Rust via the C++ linker, Java for Android, a dedicated Unity SDK for mobile, and more. Compile-time license enforcement is available for SDK and developer tool vendors who need enforcement before runtime. LicenseSpring meets your stack, not the other way around.
Self-Provisioned Hardware Key Licensing With No Proprietary Dongle Vendor Required
Use a standard YubiKey as a hardware license anchor, provisioned entirely through LicenseSpring. Unlike legacy dongle vendors, there's no third-party hardware lock-in or opaque supply chain dependency. It's a meaningful cost and flexibility advantage for software protected on physical devices.
End-User and Reseller Portals Included out of the Box
TThe License Manager Portal gives end users self-service control over activations, transfers, and entitlement visibility. The Reseller & Distributor Portal supports a full channel hierarchy:
Vendor → Distributor → Reseller → Sub-Reseller → Integrator → Business Unit
…all without custom development. Channel complexity is handled at the infrastructure level.
Subscription Billing Integration Without Replacing Your Billing System
LicenseSpring connects to external billing platforms like Stripe to verify and enforce subscription status without replacing your billing source of truth. Entitlements update automatically when subscription state changes. You keep your billing workflow; LicenseSpring enforces access based on it.
Marketplace And Plugin Licensing With Hierarchical Validation
For plugins and extensions distributed through app marketplaces, LicenseSpring validates host platform compliance before triggering plugin license checks, respecting the correct order of trust in marketplace architectures. Vendors distributing through multiple storefronts get a single enforcement layer that adapts to each channel's rules.
Enterprise Identity And SSO Built In
SAML, OIDC, and SSO integration is available for enterprise deployments that require identity federation. Entitlement management connects to the identity layer so access follows authentication with no custom middleware required. LicenseSpring supports the identity expectations of large enterprise procurement without a separate CIAM implementation.
Consumption-Based And Metered Licensing With Usage-Level Precision
Charge by API call, render, seat-hour, or any custom unit. LicenseSpring tracks consumption in real time and enforces limits or triggers overage logic based on your defined thresholds. Metered licensing is fully configurable per product and per customer, with no fixed billing increments imposed by the platform. Usage-based pricing models are production-ready from day one.
Thomas MühlbacherCTO, visplore