Should you buy or build your software licensing?
It is tempting to build licensing in-house — but it is rarely a core competency, and the real cost in time, engineering, and risk is easy to underestimate. Here is an honest look at the decision, and why most software companies choose to buy.
What to weigh before you build
Building your own licensing is tempting when you have the in-house talent — but before you commit, do a deep discovery on the cost, time, risk, and effort versus a modern, battle-tested software licensing platform. These are the areas that matter most.
Focus
Keep your engineers on your core product, not on building and running licensing infrastructure.
Time to Market
Ship in days, not the months or years an in-house build takes before it is production-ready.
Lower Operational Cost
No DevOps, infrastructure, or dedicated licensing team to fund year after year.
Future Proof
New business models and deployment modes are already supported — and kept current for you.
Proven Scalability
A platform battle-tested across 1,000s of ISVs and millions of end users.
Build it yourself vs. buy Zentitle
The same outcome, two very different paths. Here is how an in-house build compares to a purpose-built platform.
The costs most teams underestimate
In-house licensing often looks cheaper up front, then runs into six figures over its life. These are the costs that rarely make it into the original plan.
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Powerful capabilities, built in
Adaptable and powerful — 1,000s of top software companies rely on Nalpeiron to deliver a solution that meets all of their requirements.
License Models
Price and package using any licensing model, including subscriptions and usage based. No ongoing engineering required.
Multi-Platform
SaaS, Windows, Mac and Linux, ARM, Android and Embedded Linux. Ship to multiple platforms faster and with less engineering effort.
Online & Offline
End-users can activate online or offline. The Nalpeiron Growth Platform is a powerful hosted platform with a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Dark Sites & VMs
License software in dark sites and offline customer environments, and prevent license abuse from duplicated Virtual Machines (VMs).
Sales Teams
Sales teams are armed with customer usage knowledge, signposting them to who to speak to and when in order to win deals.
Customer Success
Customer Success teams get simple super-early churn-risk warnings needed to guarantee better renewal rates, with no learning curve.
Revenue Opportunities
New revenue opportunities are uncovered automatically — all customer accounts are auto-scanned to reveal pre-qualified expansion deals.
Insights & Alerts
Actionable insights and alerts enable revenue-facing teams to win more new business, and keep and expand customer accounts.
Trial Conversions
Convert more trials. Sales teams know exactly when, why, and who to contact to close business — an unfair advantage for B2B SaaS.
Usage Analytics
Prospect and customer usage analytics are no longer a black box. Sales and CS get the full picture to engage and get results.
Best Experience
End-users get a smooth, fast, hassle-free experience. Support tickets cut by up to 60%. Drive up customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Optimized for SaaS
Deliver more revenue across the whole product lifecycle. Remove engineering dependencies. Gain, retain, and grow your SaaS customers.
Trusted by 1,000s of software companies
From startup to IPO, companies of every size — Enterprise, SMB, and Startup — run on Nalpeiron.
20+
Years Track Record
$1B+
Revenues Protected
300M+
Transactions / Month
99.9%+
Uptime SLA for 10 Years+
Don't take our word for it
Nalpeiron is consistently chosen to license and monetize software, SaaS, hardware, and IoT products.
“For any large software company that prizes the value of what they are making, Nalpeiron is the best way of ensuring the security of their software. With Nalpeiron, we can finally stop stressing over licensing issues and focus on what we do best: building great software.”
David O’Neal
Product Line Director, New River Kinematics
“We reached out to Nalpeiron because we wanted to move away from our proprietary licensing and switch to truly modern technology. It became evident that we’d found a provider who would work with us on our monetization strategy.”
Philippe Fontan
Technical Product Manager, Objectif Lune
“It is definitely the best licensing I have worked with in my support career. I have worked with around 10 different licensing platforms. None have been as reliable, easy to use and implement for support and customers alike.”
Kelly Bishop
Senior Associate, Quest
“Fantastic flexibility is key in how we license our software and features in order to provide a smooth experience for our end users. Nalpeiron delivered on this and more, with tools to integrate with our existing business systems.”
Mark Senior
Sales Director, Pointfuse
“The tool has plenty of features to match business requirements. Maintaining an in-house solution would be expensive and time consuming. Nalpeiron provides a service where you do not need to worry about this and can focus on your business.”
Chris Ang
CEO, Cognillo
“Our engineers were amazed at how easy it was to implement, and we had something up and running in a day. We were impressed.”
David O’Neal
Product Line Director, New River Kinematics
A software publisher's understanding of its core competencies with regards to building and maintaining a licensing technology platform is often a key driver in the build versus buy decision. Executives may come to the conclusion that although developing software is a core competency, developing and maintaining a platform of licensing technologies is not.
IDC
Industry Analyst Firm
Moving to Zentitle is straightforward
Zentitle ships with a superset of the licensing models the competition offers, plus extensive documentation, sample code, tutorials, and videos — and we support you through planning, migration, and deployment so your customers never feel the change.
Ready to skip the build?
Book a demo and we'll show you exactly how the platform meets your use case, and answer any questions you have along the way. Prefer to talk it through first? We're happy to help.