Evaluation Licensing Business Models

Evaluation licensing business models are marketing tools for the software publisher, providing potential end users with the opportunity to test software without making a financial commitment. An evaluation license can be based on fully-functional trialware or on semi-functional demoware. The license can be limited by time or by executions.

When a potential end user subsequently decides to purchase the software, the software vendor can offer any of the paid licensing models described in this guide, with the appropriate key type and locking type. The software vendor uses Sentinel EMS to create and finalize the new license. The evaluation license is then seamlessly converted to a purchased license at the end-user site.

The evaluation licensing business models described below are:

>Trialware

>High-security Time-limited Evaluation

>Execution-limited Evaluation

>Demoware