Support the commercial model your business actually runs on
AuthGuru supports multiple licensing models, so how you sell your software isn't constrained by how your licensing platform is built.
Talk to us about your licensing model needsYour licensing model is a commercial decision, not just a technical one
How you license your software shapes your revenue — one-time sales, recurring subscriptions, seat-based access, or usage-driven pricing all create different cash flow, customer relationship, and growth dynamics. A licensing platform that only supports one model forces the commercial decision to bend around the technology. AuthGuru is built to support multiple models, including using more than one across different products or customer segments.
Licensing models for every use case
AuthGuru supports one-time sales, recurring subscriptions, trial access, fixed-term licenses, and usage-based pricing — set the terms your way, or match what your customer's situation calls for.
Perpetual
A one-time license, valid indefinitely once issued, with no recurring renewal required. Fits traditional software sales where the customer pays once and owns the license permanently.
Subscription
Recurring, time-bound access renewed on a set commercial cycle. Suits SaaS-style businesses and any publisher moving toward predictable, recurring revenue.
Trial
A limited-time evaluation license, typically with reduced functionality or a fixed duration. Used for pre-sale evaluation, proof-of-concept, or letting prospects test before they commit.
Time-Bound
A license valid for a fixed, defined period, independent of a subscription cycle. Matched to project timelines or contract-length engagements with a clear end date.
Usage-Based
A license tied to actual consumption or usage metrics, so cost scales directly with value delivered. Fits commercial models where usage — not seats or time — drives revenue.
Why model flexibility matters
The right licensing model affects revenue predictability, deal friction, and how easily your business can change direction later — not just how a license technically gets issued.
Matches your actual business
Your revenue model isn't constrained to whatever a licensing tool happens to assume by default.
Supports growth and change
Shift from perpetual to subscription, or run both at once, without re-platforming your licensing system.
Reduces enterprise deal friction
Floating and usage-based options accommodate how larger customers actually prefer to buy.
Stays independent of delivery
Licensing model stays separate from delivery method, so either one can change without affecting the other.
One data model, every commercial structure
Choosing or combining licensing models doesn't require separate infrastructure — everything runs through the same underlying system.
Defined at the entitlement level
Each licensing model is configured against the same entitlement data used across the rest of AuthGuru.
Enforced through the same system
Protection and license enforcement apply consistently, regardless of which commercial model is in use.
Works across delivery and deployment
Licensing models pair with delivery methods and deployment options without requiring separate infrastructure for each combination.
Built for publishers rethinking how they sell
This reference fits publishers actively reconsidering their commercial model, not just maintaining an existing one.
Shifting to subscription
Publishers evaluating a move from perpetual licensing to recurring, subscription-based revenue.
Running multiple models
Teams supporting several commercial models simultaneously across different products or customer segments.
Auditing platform fit
Anyone assessing whether their current licensing platform actually supports the business model they want to run.
Works alongside
A licensing model rarely stands on its own — it shapes and is shaped by how licenses are managed, delivered, deployed, and enforced across the rest of AuthGuru.
Talk to us about the licensing model your business needs
Tell us how you sell today, and we'll show you how AuthGuru maps to it — including running more than one model at once.
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