Licensing that works with your infrastructure, not against it
AuthGuru supports cloud, on-premise, offline, and hybrid deployment models — so a disconnected environment, a private data center, or a fully cloud-based product are all supported the same way, not treated as edge cases.
Talk to us about your licensing deployment methodYour commercial model shouldn't bend to fit the tool
Many licensing platforms are built cloud-first, with offline or on-premise scenarios treated as an afterthought or unsupported entirely. For publishers whose software runs in industrial, embedded, air-gapped, or customer-controlled environments, that assumption breaks the product. Deployment model support determines whether a licensing platform actually fits your customer base — or only fits the easiest part of it.
Licensing deployment models for every environment
Cloud, on-premise, offline, or hybrid — AuthGuru supports the environment your software actually runs in, so deployment reality doesn't limit how your licensing works.
Cloud
License validation and management handled entirely through online infrastructure. Fits connected, SaaS-style, or web-delivered software where the customer is always reachable.
On-Premise
Licensing infrastructure hosted within the customer's own environment, under their control. Common with enterprise buyers who require internal ownership of infrastructure.
Offline
Licensing operates with no network dependency at all, validated locally. Built for air-gapped, industrial, or highly restricted environments where connectivity isn't possible.
Hybrid
A combination of online and offline validation depending on context. Fits products with mixed connectivity across different customer sites or deployment stages.
Why deployment flexibility matters
Deployment support determines which customers you can actually reach, whether enforcement holds up without connectivity, and whether offline is a native capability or a bolted-on workaround.
Reaches more customers
Industrial, regulated, and air-gapped customers become addressable, not excluded by a cloud-only assumption.
Enforcement holds without connectivity
Offline doesn't mean unprotected — hardware-based delivery maintains enforcement without any connectivity at all.
Time-bound terms still work
RTC dongles support accurate time-based licensing even with zero network access to validate against.
Native, not bolted on
Offline support is built into AuthGuru directly, not a separate system patched on for edge cases.
Same licensing logic, different infrastructure
Changing where the software runs doesn't require changing how it's licensed or sold — the three decisions stay independent.
Independent of licensing model
Deployment is purely an infrastructure decision — the commercial terms behind it don't need to change.
Independent of delivery method
How the license reaches the customer stays separate from where the software actually runs.
No re-platforming required
Moving from cloud to on-premise, or adding an offline option, doesn't mean rebuilding your licensing setup.
Built for publishers with more than one deployment reality
This reference fits teams whose customers don't all run in the same kind of environment.
IT and operations buyers
Evaluating infrastructure fit before committing to a licensing platform.
Industrial or regulated sellers
Publishers selling into environments with strict connectivity or compliance constraints.
Mixed connectivity customer base
Any team whose customer base spans both connected and fully disconnected deployment scenarios.
Works alongside
Deployment model is one of three independent decisions behind every license — closely tied to how it's delivered, sold, and protected once it reaches your customer.
Talk to us about licensing deployment models
Tell us where your software runs today, and where it might need to run next — we'll show you how AuthGuru supports both.
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