Software licensing for software products

Lock in your software product’s success with smart software licensing. Protect your IP, streamline subscriptions, stop unauthorized access, and build in scalability.

What is software licensing?

A software license manages access and activations for your software. It’s a smart, efficient way to sell products like desktop apps, browser extensions, plugins, and themes, giving you control over user access and subscription management.

Software licensing also protects the maker’s intellectual property while ensuring the end user understands their rights and limitations when using the product.

Freemius software licensing: Complete control, effortless management

Our suite of powerful software licensing tools simplifies and strengthens license management. Whether generating unique license keys, managing activations remotely, or ensuring license validity in real time, Freemius makes the process seamless.

With flexible controls, centralized management, and a powerful API, you’ll have everything you need to efficiently handle software licenses and deliver customers a secure, intuitive experience.

Unique license key generation
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Unique license key generation

When a customer makes a purchase, Freemius takes care of the rest by automatically generating and securely sending them a unique software license key. This simplifies the entire process, making things hassle-free for your customers and letting you focus more on building your product.

Full control with remote activation and deactivation
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Full control with remote activation and deactivation

Take charge of your software licenses with the ability to manage activations and deactivations from any location with an internet connection. Customers can activate their licenses smoothly upon installation, and you have the power to revoke access when necessary, ensuring your product stays secure from illegal use.

Real-time software license validation for peace of mind
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Real-time software license validation for peace of mind

Protect your software with real-time license checks, ensuring only valid users can access your features. This safeguards the integrity of your product and gives you peace of mind, knowing your software’s value is preserved.

Automatic license sync with subscription status
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Automatic license sync with subscription status

When customers renew their subscription, their software license is extended automatically; if they cancel or miss a payment, the license expires at the end of the term. This seamless synchronization means less manual work for you and uninterrupted access for paying customers.

Flexible activation limits tailored to your needs
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Flexible activation limits tailored to your needs

Whether you want to limit activations by number of devices, users, API calls, or other criteria, Freemius gives you the flexibility to control how your software is accessed. Makers can easily customize limits for personal, business, or enterprise licenses, ensuring compliance with your intended usage terms and policies.

Stress-free license expiration management
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Stress-free license expiration management

Forget about manual tracking or missed renewals. Automatic license expiration management ensures customers receive timely notifications to keep them informed and encourage renewals, all without extra effort on your part.

Centralized dashboard management
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Centralized dashboard management

Keep everything license-related in check and enjoy instant insights from a single “all-in-one” dashboard. Monitor activations, renewals, and deactivations to address problems quickly. Cancel or delete licenses, issue new ones, change expiration dates, transfer ownership — makers can do it all from one convenient, centralized location.

Software license recovery for customers
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Software license recovery for customers

Empower customers by making it simple to recover purchased software license keys. They simply need to enter the email address associated with their license purchase, and an email with a download link is sent to them automatically.

Smooth migration with disruption-free license key import
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Smooth migration with disruption-free license key import

Our dedicated support for license key migration makes switching from another platform simple. While the import process isn’t self-served, we’re here to help every step of the way.

Freemius has successfully assisted many makers in migrating from platforms like Paddle, CodeCanyon, EDD, Lemon Squeezy, WooCommerce, Gumroad, ThemeForest, and FastSpring, ensuring a smooth transition without inconveniencing your customers.

Comprehensive event logs for audit and action
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Comprehensive event logs for audit and action

Keep track of every key event — activations, deactivations, renewals, and expirations — with automatically populated event logs. Use these logs for auditing, debugging, or triggering actions in your software through the webhooks mechanism, giving you unparalleled control and insights into your licensing system.

Flexible RESTful API
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Flexible RESTful API

Easily integrate software licensing into your product using our versatile RESTful API. Automate workflows, personalize user experiences, and connect with other systems, allowing you to adapt your software to meet your business’s unique needs.

Software licensing — the non-negotiable of monetization

If you’re serious about monetizing your software products, a reliable license management system isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s essential. With Freemius, you get a streamlined system that ensures your software is protected, your revenue is secure, and your customers are satisfied.

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