Agilis vs the competition


License management is the only thing we do, and we back the products with strong technical support. The matrix below compares Agilis against a leading competitor, category by category. Click on a section header below to expand it for details.

License Models
  • Basic product activation
  • Basic floating licensing
  • Basic trial licensing
  • Advanced product activation
  • Advanced floating licensing
  • Advanced trial licensing
  • Complex License Configurations
Agilis
Leading Competitor
Programming Languages
  • Native Java
  • Multiplatform C/C++ (standard platforms)
  • Multiplatform C/C++ (non-standard platforms)
  • Basic .NET
  • Native .NET
Agilis
Leading Competitor
Integration
  • Single application integration for all licensing scenarios
  • Basic back office integration
  • Cloud ecosystem fit (advanced back office integration APIs)
Agilis
Leading Competitor
Deployment
  • Flexible license server deployment options
  • Cloud service based product activation
  • Cloud service based floating licensing
  • Cloud service based enterprise license pools
  • Cloud services provided by licensing vendor
Agilis
Leading Competitor
Operation and Analytics
  • Basic reporting
  • Expiring-license reports
  • Real time alerts
  • Basic auditing
  • Online auditing and reporting
Agilis
Leading Competitor

Licensing models — head to head


Below: how Agilis compares to a leading competitor on the two most common licensing scenarios. For more depth, see product activation and floating licensing.

  • Online activation
  • Online deactivation
  • Self-service offline activation
  • Secure Self-service offline deactivation
  • Automatic node locking
  • Leased activation
  • Anonymous-user activation
  • Enterprise license pool
  • Internet-hosted activation
  • Redistributed-server activation
  • Single application integration for activation and floating licensing
  • Support Native Java applications

Orion Product Activation
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]

The Competition
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]

  • Conventional LAN-based floating license
  • Secure from concurrent-user oversubscription
  • Non-secure offline commuter license
  • Secure offline commuter license
  • Redistributed license server
  • WAN-hosted floating license server for global enterprises
  • Internet-hosted floating license server
  • Named-user floating license model
  • Multiple/hierarchical floating license pools per license
  • Complex license configuration
  • Real time visibility into customer license usage
  • Real time alerts
  • Concurrent-usage sampler for analysis
  • Comprehensive online reporting and analytics
  • Offline reporting and analytics
  • Scalable to millions of concurrent-user licenses
  • Single application integration for activation and floating licensing
  • Support Native Java applications

Orion Floating Licensing
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]
  • [y]

The Competition
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [y]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]
  • [n]


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