Introducing Licenseware Collector: Free, Agent-Based SAM Data Collection for Everyone

We’re proud to unveil Licenseware Collector, our free, agent-based data collection tool that puts powerful SAM, software asset management, capabilities within reach of every company, regardless of size or budget.

Licenseware Collector is a lightweight, cross-platform discovery solution that quietly runs in the background on your devices, Windows, macOS, Linux, even Docker environments, and collects software and hardware usage data with negligible impact on performance. Once installed, the Collector periodically wakes on a defined schedule, scans installed applications and usage, packs the information into compact JSON files, and securely transmits them via API into the Licenseware platform.

No heavy agents, no intrusive monitoring, no steep learning curve, deployment is simple and can be automated using standard enterprise tools such as SCCM, Intune, Jamf or Ansible. Updates are automatic. Maintenance is minimal. Once configured, teams get ongoing visibility into their software landscape with near-zero overhead.

What Collector Enables

With data collected via Licenseware Collector, organizations can:

• Build full software and hardware inventories across heterogeneous device fleets (Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker) without manual effort.
• Gain continuous visibility by scheduling scans daily, weekly, or monthly depending on their compliance and usage needs.
• Identify unused, under-used, or redundant software before it becomes a cost or compliance issue.
• Feed clean, structured data into the rest of Licenseware’s modular SAM stack, for normalization, license reconciliation, usage analytics, audit readiness, contract linking, cost optimization, and more.

For teams already using other discovery tools (or even legacy manual processes), Collector offers a simple automated alternative or an addon for supplemental data such as software metering not seen in a number of tools, and for those starting fresh, it’s an ideal way to bootstrap a SAM program with minimal friction.

🤓 Read more here: https://help.licenseware.io/licenseware-collector-overview

A Community-Hearted Commitment to Comoditize SAM 💙

We saw how expensive, clunky, vendor-locked SAM tools put real license governance out of reach for many companies. We wanted to change that. With Licenseware Collector we’re reaffirming our commitment to a community-driven, open, modular ecosystem. By giving away core data collection capabilities for free, we’re putting the power of SAM into the hands of those who need it most, small and mid-sized enterprises who deserve the same compliance, transparency, and cost-efficiency as large enterprises.

We’ll do our best to make Collector the first step for many companies in launching their own SAM journey. We encourage feedback, contributions, and shared learnings, because making SAM accessible isn’t just a product goal, it’s a community mission.

Get Started Today ⚡️

Installation is easy: sign up on the Licenseware site, generate your API key, download the agent, and deploy it across your devices. Within minutes, you get a unified view of software and hardware usage across your fleet.

👉 Get started here

We’re excited to see what organizations, big and small, will build with this foundation.