Stop paying for software you don't use
Most overspend is invisible: idle seats, editions richer than the workload needs, and three tools doing one job. LICENSEWARE reads your real deployment and usage data across every major vendor, then turns it into right-sizing decisions you can defend to finance.
The problem
Spend hides between what's bought and what's used
The data to fix this already lives in your discovery and ITSM tools. What's missing is the licensing logic that turns raw inventory into a defensible right-sizing case, per vendor, with the rules each vendor actually enforces.
Idle seats
Inactive Microsoft 365 accounts still billed at the full tier, long after anyone used them.
Over-provisioned editions
Oracle Enterprise Edition where Standard Edition 2 would do, and all-apps Creative Cloud for single-app users.
Functional overlap
Three tools doing one job, none retired, each renewed on autopilot year after year.
How it works
From raw inventory to reclaimed spend
Connect what you already run. Let the vendor logic do the math. Act on a costed, prioritized list.
Pull from 58+ sources (Lansweeper, SCCM, Flexera, Snow, ServiceNow, vCenter) or use the LICENSEWARE Collector. No new agents required.
Inventory is normalized and matched, then each vendor-specific app applies real licensing rules to surface downgrade, consolidation, and reharvesting opportunities.
NEO turns the analysis into a prioritized, costed optimization report you can take to finance and procurement in minutes.
The apps that do the work
Vendor-specific optimization, automated
Cost lives vendor by vendor, so optimization does too. Each app applies its vendor's licensing model to your deployment data and surfaces the savings a generic SAM dashboard misses.
Software Inventory Manager
Recognizes, enriches, and categorizes every install, then surfaces functional overlap and redundant tooling. The starting point for finding waste you didn't know you had.
Microsoft Deployment Manager
Right-sizes the Microsoft estate. Flags inactive M365 accounts to reharvest, surfaces E5-to-E3 and F3 downgrade potential from real usage, and exposes illogical allocations on non-human accounts.
Oracle Database Manager
Calculates gross consumption and financial liability, then identifies edition downgrades (Enterprise to Standard Edition 2) and OCI BYOL consolidation, while flagging legacy infrastructure risk.
Red Hat Deployment Manager
Assesses RHEL subscription usage, highlights unmanaged distributions and end-of-life risk, and surfaces OS standardization and infrastructure consolidation opportunities automatically.
Adobe Deployment Manager
Right-sizes Creative Cloud bundles from actual deployments and named users, so single-app users stop carrying all-apps cost and unused seats get reclaimed.
Oracle Middleware Manager
Automates analysis of WebLogic and Fusion Middleware usage, bundling, and license requirements, giving you the insight to consolidate footprints and cut compliance risk.
Oracle Java Deployment Manager
Gives visibility into Java versions, editions, and components installed, with requirements made explicit, critical now that Oracle prices Java SE per total employee count.
NEO
Reads every report and produces the Software Rationalization & Cost Optimization insight: redundancies, overlap, and financial waste, with prioritized, costed recommendations in minutes.
Works alongside
What you get
Savings you can take to finance
The figures below come from sample NEO optimization reports. Yours are generated on your own data.
$112K+
Idle M365 reclaimed
Inactive E5 seats flagged after 90+ days and downgraded to E3, with no functional impact.
EE → SE2
Oracle right-sized
Enterprise Edition workloads matched to Standard Edition 2 and on-prem databases moved to OCI BYOL.
$186K
Overlap removed
Redundant tools consolidated onto the platform your teams actually use.
Proof
What customers say
Simple, reliable, and cost-effective for licence management. It's my go-to software for any licence-related issue, and it helps me analyze our data in much greater depth.
See your savings on your own data
Upload a sample or connect a source and get a costed optimization view in days. Pay only for what you analyze.
Plans
Pricing that scales
with your estate
Start with one-off analysis, move to a subscription as your needs grow. Pick what you use, pay only for what you need.
PAYG
Pay as you go
From
$1 / device
one-off
- Consumption-based pricing
- Any apps or all apps, on-demand
- Volume discount applicable
Chill
For smaller estates
≤ 1,000 devices
$150
per month
- Contract and license management
- Software inventory analysis
- Instant answers to licensing questions
Core
For larger estates
> 1,000 devices
$3.36 / device
per year
- Everything from the Chill plan
- API connectors for any data source
- Premium support with onboarding
Advanced
For complex estates
> 1,000 devices
Custom
via partner or direct
- Everything from the Core plan
- Advanced analysis for complex vendors
- Extended support by SAM experts
Volume discounts and multi-year terms available — tell us about your estate.
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