Why license your software?

LDK is an easy-to-implement solution that puts you in control of how your customers use your software. Using the powerful licensing and entitlement solutions in LDK, you can implement flexible business models, become more customer-centric, and protect your IP.

Take your business to the next level with Sentinel LDK

Suitable for small to mid-size enterprises looking for an out-of-the-box licensing solution.
Perfect for traditional software vendors or hardware companies transitioning to software-based revenue.
Customizable for either on-premise, cloud, or hybrid deployment options.
Enables a single source of truth for hardware, software, and cloud-based licenses.

Sentinel LDK is a fully loaded software development kit that helps you efficiently manage your software licensing and entitlements. After implementing LDK you'll be able to streamline the way you issue, track, and monitor licenses to ensure you are getting the best value from your customers.

Built-in Agility

Respond to rapidly shifting consumer demands
Test business models without building from scratch
Access data to make insightful decisions

Protect your profitability

Stop losing revenue to piracy/misuse
Increase the inherent value of your software
Save time and money with less manual work
Reduce the burden on development

Utilize new business models

Leverage any combination of hardware, software and cloud-based licensing from a single implementation
Balance protection and security with flexibility
Flexible licensing options include time-based, usage-based and subscription models
Make changes on the fly to respond quickly to market shifts

Secure your investment

Prevent unauthorized use and distribution of your software
Protect your competitive edge and intellectual property
Mitigate risks from reverse engineering with cutting-edge technology

We needed to reduce the sales cycle and simplify our internal licensing processes so we could focus on our core competence.

Mr. Baha Ersin

COO, Herta

Read the Case Study

Sentinel LDK - Product Brief

Out-of-the-box Software Protection, Licensing, and Entitlement Management Solution

Based on award-winning technology, Sentinel has a strong global customer base with over 10,000 customers in over 100 countries across 30 industries.

€14 M

Our customers see an average revenue increase of €14 million within the first 3 years of partnering with us.

€700,000

They also save an average of €700,000 in operational efficiencies.

€5 M

Put up to €5 million back on the table every year through our cost-saving and monetization solutions.

Source: Based on business value assessments conducted by Sentinel.

Software Protection Types

Hardware Based Licensing

Highest level of copy and Intellectual Property protection
Portable
Eliminate the need for installing device drivers on end user machines
Supports a wide variety of business models, form factors and customization options

Software Based Licensing

Sentinel SL

Virtual software-based keys built on Sentinel HL protection technology
Eliminate need to help ship a product
Enable end users to quickly install and use application
Ideal for software publishers who need flexible license delivery

Cloud Based Licensing

Sentinel CL

User-centric licensing enables users to access software from any device
Strong solution for VM and Docker Environments
Immediate license enablement and control
Can be enabled with existing Sentinel LDK implementations

Increase the value of your software while protecting your competitive edge with easy-to-implement and easy-to-use-licensing

Software Licensing Challenges

Delivering physical goods can be a challenge such as hardware keys. Having IT departments wait 2-3 days to get a security key can be troublesome. Accessing office networks during a pandemic can be unreliable.

Advantages of Cloud Licensing

Cloud licensing has many advantages such as one identity of user, only one license will work at a time if they have installed on many machines which helps eliminate the need to activate the license on multiple devices; and thus helps eliminate piracy. It is also more secure and reliable.

For Independent software providers (ISVS), it also eliminates the need for shipping physical keys.

For Customers: Using the product reliably when accessing their office network is a challenge, this helps eliminate the need to collect physical keys.

LDK with EMS: Can sell the cloud service along with EMS so it reduces the need for IT departments to maintain servers or to get to the office. Being able to grand licenses through the cloud allows the product to be easier to use, consume, and be more reliable with this model of licensing.

LDK 8.0 Features

Cost Reduction, and increased efficiency, easy deployment in Linux, Windows, Mac, and cloud support. Consumes licenses anywhere, deploy them AWS, GCP, Azure, On Premise. Services for new and existing customers, replaces the vast IT efforts of ISVS

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Docker Support
Cloud Licensing

LDK with EMS Integration

Always updated, so security is always high

99.5% Uptime
24/7 monitoring
Auto backup, patch management
Industry compliant Isc, Soc2, GDPR
Global Support 24-7
Security managed by Thales Group

Docker: Open Platform

The container, Run all machines

Benefits of using Docker:

ISV Cost reduction
Increased R/D ISV Efficiency
Improved Deployment for Users
Application Isolation

Advantages of using new LDK Cloud Licensing

License mobility - can consume licenses from anywhere
Decoupling licenses from hardware - no more sl fingerprinting and secure storage issues
VM solution thats secure and fully agnostic
Docker Support - simple and effective Dock support
Easy for ISVs to implement - with no compromise on security, no code changes required, just replace licensing api library, envelope is fully supported
ISV has control of end-users licenses

Admin Control Center

Identity strings generation - Vendors can use ACC to produce identity strings for clients authentication, enable/disable, identities and or clients dynamically
Identity strings for clients - client ACC support identity strings (optional settings)
Limited access for specific licenses - Vendor can restrict access for clients to specific licenses based on license ID
Fingerprint for SL Keys - using admin control center on clients machine to generate fingerprint for SL Keys
Https Support - Improved security communication channel between client and server

Sentinel License Development Kit (LDK)