CodeMeter - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Different geographical areas have cultural and GDP-specific traits. You cannot apply the same business model to all and be a sales champion. But even within the same country, you should fine-tune your sales tactics. That's where software licensing comes in to support you.

Combine traditional and novel business models with CodeMeter, by offering a mix of perpetual, subscription, lease, feature-on-demand, and pay-per-use licenses. Restrict the distribution of your software to the geographies of your interest. Set date and time limits. Offer a demo or trial version. Allow for licenses to be borrowed or transferred.

CodeMeter:

- supports the complete gamut of IT systems available, from the cloud to personal and industrial computers, from embedded and IoT devices, down to PLCs and microcontrollers

- provides a vast range of automatic protection modules that address the specific nature of Windows, Linux, macOS, .NET, Python, JavaScript, Java, and Android systems - each coming with a set of features, including modular licensing, IP protection, code moving to a hardware or cloud container, file encryption, and compile-time obfuscation, on top of the evergreen automatic protection

- comes not just with automatic means of protecting software but also with proprietary APIs

- offers hardware, software, and cloud license containers, where dongles are available in multiple USB sticks, memory cards, and ASIC form factors and where software-type containers can be bound either to the end user endpoint or a third-party certified memory card

- features 23 preset license models that can be further fine-tuned to match all market demands; these include, among others, perpetual, single and network, subscription, pay-per-use, feature-on-demand, demo, and trial licenses

- includes a database-driven license and entitlement management solution that automates the process of creating, delivering, and managing licenses, that encompasses all license operations like moving, borrowing, generating backup, providing time-limited, upgrade, or trial licenses, reselling, splitting, and returning licenses, that can be installed on-premises or in the cloud, at the end-user facilities or at Wibu-Systems' datacenter, and that can be integrated with mainstream ERP, CRM, and e-commerce platforms

- optionally combines high-end hosting capabilities with state-of-the-art redundant fail-safe operations, complete, automated database backup, installation service, system and application-level maintenance, and security monitoring

Pre-sales, consulting, support, and training services round off the offering.

Additionally, all applications using PKCS#11, Microsoft KSP, or OpenSSL interfaces can benefit from a plugin made for CodeMeter dongles that securely stores the digital certificates. These can then be used for the identification of people and machines purposes.