> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/welcome/readme.md).

# Nalpeiron Software Licensing & Monetization Docs

Docs for software licensing and monetization, entitlement management, and usage-based billing across SaaS, desktop, hardware, and on-premise products.

## The Nalpeiron Growth Platform 

**One platform. Any deployment. Control every entitlement. Meter every unit of value. Bill any business model. Turn every usage signal into growth for SaaS, Desktop, Hardware, and Air-Gapped On-Premise.**

<a href="/welcome/readme.md#which-product" class="button primary">Which product do I need?</a> <a href="/welcome/readme.md#switching-to-nalpeiron" class="button secondary">Migrate to Nalpeiron</a> <a href="/welcome/readme.md#role" class="button secondary medium">Browse by role</a> <a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/talk-to-us" class="button secondary medium">Talk to us</a>

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## Monetization Platform Components

The [Nalpeiron Growth Platform](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/the-platform/the-nalpeiron-growth-platform) seamlessly integrates [**Zentitle**](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs) (agile software licensing) with [**Zenmeter**](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs) (usage-based business models), [**Zengain**](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zengain-docs) (actionable insights), and [**Zenagent**](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/the-platform/the-nalpeiron-growth-platform/nalpeiron-zenagent) AI functionality.

This unified approach enables software companies to monetize their products more effectively, prioritize sales efforts, and enhance customer retention by integrating licensing, entitlement management, and real-time customer intelligence within a single ecosystem - driven by agentic workflows.&#x20;

#### Pick a component to review the specific documentation: <a href="#pick-a-product-to-review-the-specific-documentation" id="pick-a-product-to-review-the-specific-documentation"></a>

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Put Nalpeiron to the test, [get a free trial/POC today](https://nalpeiron.com/free-trial)
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## Learn and get help

[Nalpeiron University](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/join-nalpeiron-university) · [Explainer videos](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/explainer-videos) · [Changelog](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/platform-updates/nalpeiron-growth-platform-changelog) · [Support](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/ui-help/support) · [Talk to us](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/talk-to-us)

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## Monetization components in detail

Old and new business models share one control plane. The choice comes down to one question: are you granting the right to **run software**, or access to a **service**?

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#### Licensing & Entitlements

**Zentitle** runs your software license management.

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Perpetual, subscription, node-locked, concurrent, and feature-based licensing for Desktop, Hardware, and Air-Gapped On-Premise, and for SaaS when required. Offline activation and secure-environment support are part of the core design.

Usage features run at the entitlement level, so a desktop product can add a capped or burn-down metric without moving to a new system.

[Zentitle docs →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/)
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#### Metering & Monetization

**Zenmeter** runs SaaS metering and usage-based billing/pricing.

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The native metering service in the platform, sharing Zentitle's data model, identity, and entitlement framework. Your product streams usage events in. Zenmeter captures consumption by account, feature, plan, and time window, enforces limits in real time, and sends usage to the billing engine you choose.

Pay-as-you-go, token and credit, and hybrid base-plus-usage plans run on the same engine, with per-user metering.

[Zenmeter docs →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/)
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#### Revenue Intelligence

**Zengain** runs on both and delivers engagement data.

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Zengain’s actionable insights deliver a clear, data-driven approach to software monetization, sales prioritization, and customer retention.

Reads usage and entitlement data from either product and turns it into signals for sales and customer success: trial conversion, adoption, early churn warning, expansion, and overage-to-upsell alerts.

[Zengain docs →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zengain-docs/)
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### Zenagent MCP - **Using AI to support your teams**

Unlock the full potential of AI with Zenagent MCP and transform how you engage with your customers. Connect Claude/ChatGPT and others to the Nalpeiron Growth Platform, then ask about one customer or your whole customer base: who is on a trial, which subscriptions expire next month, and how much of an allowance each customer has used. Claude answers from your live account data. [Zenagent docs →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/the-platform/the-nalpeiron-growth-platform/nalpeiron-zenagent)

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## One control plane. One analytics database. One pane of glass.

Unify all your products, business models, go-to-market options, deployment types (inc. dark sites), old and new cohorts of Customers on one platform - saving time, cost, and complexity.&#x20;

* **Finance and operations teams** control everything in one place with complex quote-to-cash flows solved. Integrations with CRM, ERP, Billing, and back office from one vendor.
* **Product managers** change a rate card for one cohort while another cohort's licenses stay exactly as sold. Review product usage analytics and drive competitive strategy.
* **Sales and CS teams** get engagement data from trial through end of life, with real-time alerts for buying and churn signals.
* **Engineering teams** get one set of APIs and MCP servers, no matter how many products or how complex the deployment; they simply need to learn the system once, with deployment anywhere, deferring business models to the sales and product teams.
* **Security teams** audit one system and one database instead of three.

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Nalpeiron controls entitlements, usage, and limits, and feeds the billing engine or ERP you choose, such as Stripe, FastSpring, or NetSuite. [Metering vs billing: who does what →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/zenmeter-and-monetization/usage-based-pricing-and-billing-ubb/metering-vs-billing-who-does-what)
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## How the setup works

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#### Define products, offerings, and entitlements

Model every product, edition, feature, and plan with no-code packaging. Change them without a release.
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#### Enforce and protect

Enforce entitlements online, offline, and air-gapped, with VM clone detection to stop license abuse.
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#### Monetize and grow

Provision automatically from orders, meter usage, feed your billing system, and act on renewal and expansion signals.
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## Which component do I need? (or use both...) <a href="#which-product" id="which-product"></a>

**Zentitle** is predominantly aimed at complex, often multi-deployment models, including on-prem-only models, a mix of SaaS and on-prem, or IoT/hardware and license-code-based options. This offers online, offline, and dark-site deployment - all connected to a central control plane: Zentitle. This includes models like node-locked and concurrent licensing.

**Zenmeter** is more of a pure SaaS-focused platform, where all users are internet-connected, with identity-driven access, and where real-time usage tracking is required, along with connectivity to billing systems for usage-based (utility) billing options.

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>If…</th><th>Use</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Your application is installed and runs in the customer's environment</td><td>Zentitle</td></tr><tr><td>You need offline activation or a Local License Server</td><td>Zentitle</td></tr><tr><td>Users authenticate with activation codes or Account-Based Licensing</td><td>Zentitle</td></tr><tr><td>You sell maintenance periods or perpetual licenses</td><td>Zentitle</td></tr><tr><td>You create entitlements sold later, such as hardware placed in a store</td><td>Zentitle</td></tr><tr><td>You run a SaaS or web application in your own infrastructure</td><td>Zenmeter</td></tr><tr><td>Users log in to your application with your own authentication</td><td>Zenmeter</td></tr><tr><td>Users buy add-ons, top-ups, or upgrades self-serve</td><td>Zenmeter</td></tr><tr><td>Usage is measured continuously and billed by consumption</td><td>Zenmeter</td></tr><tr><td>You need feature limits per user, not only per license</td><td>Zenmeter</td></tr></tbody></table>

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A single product runs on one platform. A product line can use both, for example, a desktop edition on Zentitle and a cloud edition on Zenmeter.  [Full comparison and decision tree →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/the-platform/the-nalpeiron-growth-platform/zentitle2-vs.-zenmeter-which-is-best-for-your-needs)
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## Every licensing model, one platform

Price and package for better market fit without re-engineering your product.

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>Model</th><th>What it does</th><th>Read more</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Feature-based</td><td>Enable or disable individual features and modules per customer</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/get-started/pricing-and-packaging-with-zentitle">Pricing &#x26; packaging</a></td></tr><tr><td>Subscription</td><td>Recurring access with renewals and plan management</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/entitlements-with-subscriptions">Subscriptions</a></td></tr><tr><td>Perpetual</td><td>Buy once, use indefinitely, with optional maintenance</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-product-catalog/plans">Plans</a></td></tr><tr><td>Usage and consumption</td><td>Charge for credits, tokens, or metered use</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/usage-based-licensing">Usage-based licensing</a></td></tr><tr><td>Concurrent (floating licenses)</td><td>Shared seat pools that limit simultaneous users, not total users</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/premium-features/network-licensing">Network licensing</a></td></tr><tr><td>Capacity-based</td><td>Tier access by devices, users, or utilization</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-product-catalog/licensing-and-business-models">Licensing models</a></td></tr><tr><td>Time-limited</td><td>Licenses that expire on a set date, with optional grace periods</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/subscription-grace-periods">Grace periods</a></td></tr><tr><td>Maintenance add-on</td><td>Track maintenance contracts alongside licenses for support eligibility</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-entitlements/maintenance-options">Maintenance options</a></td></tr><tr><td>Suite-based</td><td>Bundle multiple products under one license</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-entitlements/entitlement-groups-bundles">Entitlement groups</a></td></tr><tr><td>Trial</td><td>Time-limited or feature-restricted evaluations</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/trial-management">Trial management</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Deploy anywhere

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#### Online

Cloud-connected licensing with instant entitlement checks and real-time updates.

[Licensing & Management APIs →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/licensing-and-management-apis)
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#### Offline

Encrypted, signed offline activation, with self-service through the End User Portal.

[Offline activation →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/offline-activation)
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#### Dark sites

A Docker-based Local License Server runs on the customer's network with no internet access and is managed from the same control plane.

[Local License Server →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-local-license-server/local-license-server-lls)
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## Nalpeiron Enterprise Security

[Security & platform details](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/enterprise-security/security-and-platform-details) · [Platform locations](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/enterprise-security/security-and-platform-details/platform-locations) · [Business continuity](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/enterprise-security/security-and-platform-details/business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery) · [GDPR](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/enterprise-security/security-and-platform-details/gdpr-compliance)

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## Switching to Nalpeiron

Migration guides map your current system's concepts, licenses, and activations to Nalpeiron.

### From a homegrown system

Cost, time-to-market, scalability, and maintenance trade-offs of replacing in-house licensing. [Learn more here](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/welcome/readme/buy-vs-build-considerations-for-a-software-licensing-monetization-project)

### Starting a new project

Add a product, create editions and entitlements, and integrate the API.

* Zentitle: [Get started here](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/get-started/onboarding-zentitle2)
* Zenmeter: [Get started here](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/platform-quick-start/overview)

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## Switching from a Legacy Licensing Supplier

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>From Revenera FlexNet (Flexera, FlexLM)</h4></td><td>Licensing architecture, license model mapping, and enforcement integration.</td><td><a href="https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/revenera/">https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/revenera/</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>From Thales Sentinel (Gemalto, SafeNet)</h4></td><td>Sentinel LDK, RMS, and EMS concepts mapped to Zentitle.</td><td><a href="https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/thales/">https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/thales/</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>From 10Duke</h4></td><td>Entitlement and licensing concepts mapped to Zentitle.</td><td><a href="https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/10duke/">https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/10duke/</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>From Reprise RLM</h4></td><td>RLM license servers and license files mapped to Zentitle and the Local License Server.</td><td><a href="https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/reprise-software/">https://nalpeiron.com/alternative-to/reprise-software/</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Why switch to the Nalpeiron Growth Platform  <a href="#why-switch" id="why-switch"></a>

<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th>What you need</th><th>How Nalpeiron handles it</th><th>Read more</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Change customer rights without reissuing license files</td><td>Cloud-based dynamic entitlements: upgrade, downgrade, or renew from the UI or API</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-entitlements/entitlements">Entitlements</a></td></tr><tr><td>Provision automatically from deals and orders</td><td>Entitlements issue and update as CRM deals and subscriptions change</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/order-fulfillment">Order fulfillment</a></td></tr><tr><td>License isolated and dark-site networks</td><td>Local License Server using the same protocol as the cloud, so the application needs no changes</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/dark-site-local-license-server-network-based-licensing">Dark site licensing</a></td></tr><tr><td>Replace license keys with logins</td><td>Account-Based Licensing with OpenID Connect providers such as Entra ID, Okta, and Auth0</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-administration/configuration/account-based-licensing-identity-based-licensing">Account-Based Licensing</a></td></tr><tr><td>Stop cloned virtual machines reusing an activation</td><td>Nonce-based validation that denies refresh requests from clones</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/virtual-machine-control">Virtual machine control</a></td></tr><tr><td>Let customers manage their own licenses</td><td>Brandable End User Portal for allocating licenses, viewing usage, and offline activation</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/premium-features/end-user-portal-eup">End User Portal</a></td></tr><tr><td>Sell through distributors and resellers</td><td>Multi-tier Reseller Portal with delegated permissions and central visibility</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-resellers/introduction-to-resellers">Reseller Portal</a></td></tr><tr><td>Connect licensing to CRM, commerce, and billing</td><td>Salesforce, FastSpring, Stripe, Slack, Zapier, and n8n integrations, plus webhooks</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/integrations/introduction">Integrations</a></td></tr><tr><td>Turn over-use into revenue</td><td>Overdraft tracking feeds upsell and renewal evidence into Zengain</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/overuse-tracking-overdrafts">Overdraft tracking</a></td></tr><tr><td>Control where data lives</td><td>Multi-tenant or single-tenant hosting in Europe or US data centers</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/the-platform/single-tenant-hosting">Single-tenant hosting</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Why choose Nalpeiron

Licensing is mission-critical: when it fails, customers can't use what they paid for. Enterprise software companies need a vendor that will still be there and still be an expert a decade from now. US, UK, and European support. Two data centers: for both US and European Customers.

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**Since 2005**

First commercial cloud licensing platform. Independent and focused only on software monetization (not PE-owned).
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**8+ years**

Average customer tenure. Many customers have grown from start-up to IPO or acquisition on our platform.
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**100M+**

Licenses managed on the platform, with 300M+ transactions a month and 99.9%+ uptime for over a decade.
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**Under 1 hour**

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**Specialists, not generalists**

Licensing, entitlements, and monetization are all we do, built on our own technology and two issued U.S. patents.

**Proven at enterprise scale**

SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS Level 1. Working with 100s of B2B enterprise-class clients for 20+ years.
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**A partner, not a supplier**

Onboarding and training are included. Our team advises on pricing, packaging, and rollout, not only the software.

**Deploy on your terms**

Multi-tenant or single-tenant hosting in US and European data centers, plus dark-site, reseller, CRM, and ERP support.
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[About Nalpeiron →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/nalpeiron-overview) · [Why customers choose us](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/nalpeiron-overview/why-choose-us) · [Our customers](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/nalpeiron-overview/nalpeiron-customers) · [Key questions to ask a licensing vendor](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/about-nalpeiron/nalpeiron-overview/key-questions-to-ask-a-software-licensing-vendor)

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"By leveraging Nalpeiron's platform, UiPath ensured its licensing operations could keep pace with its rapid growth, allowing it to focus on its core mission of accelerating human achievement through automation. This partnership has been integral to UiPath's success."

**— Mihai Faur, SVP – Chief Information Officer, UiPath**
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## Software Monetization Use Cases

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>SaaS applications</h4></td><td>One system of record for orders, plans, and features.</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/saas-applications">https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/saas-applications</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>AI and usage-based pricing</h4></td><td>Credits, tokens, and hybrid plans with hard or soft limits.</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/welcome/readme/pricing-options-for-modern-saas-and-ai">https://docs.nalpeiron.com/welcome/readme/pricing-options-for-modern-saas-and-ai</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>IoT and hardware</h4></td><td>Feature and capacity-based licensing for devices.</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/iot-and-hardware-licensing">https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/iot-and-hardware-licensing</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Defense and secure sites</h4></td><td>Licensing for air-gapped government and industrial networks.</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/zentitle-overview/zentitle-quick-overview/critical-differences-for-secure-site-offline-dark-site-management">https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/zentitle-overview/zentitle-quick-overview/critical-differences-for-secure-site-offline-dark-site-management</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>ERP and billing systems</h4></td><td>Drive entitlements from orders and push consumption for invoicing.</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/entitlements-with-erp-and-billing-systems">https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/entitlements-with-erp-and-billing-systems</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>PE, M&#x26;A integrations</h4></td><td>Unify rights and customer history across acquired product lines.</td><td><a href="https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/zentitle-and-m-and-a-deals">https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory/zentitle-and-m-and-a-deals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

[All use cases →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/use-cases/use-case-directory)

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## Browse useful docs by role <a href="#role" id="role"></a>

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#### Zentitle

**Product & pricing**

* [Product paradigm](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-product-catalog/product-paradigm)
* [Licensing and business models](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-product-catalog/licensing-and-business-models)
* [Pricing & packaging](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/get-started/pricing-and-packaging-with-zentitle)
* [Feature control types](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-product-catalog/products/add-a-product/product-step-2-features/feature-control)

**Engineering**

* [Licensing & Management APIs](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/licensing-and-management-apis)
* SDKs: [.NET](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/the-licensing-client-.net) · [C++](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/the-licensing-client-c++) · [Java](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/the-licensing-client-java)
* [Offline activation](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/offline-activation)
* [Local License Server](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-local-license-server/local-license-server-lls)
* [Webhooks](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-administration/webhooks)
* [No-code test application](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/no-code-test-application)
  {% endtab %}

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#### **Zenmeter**

**Product & pricing**

* [Zenmeter quick overview](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/zenmeter-and-monetization/zenmeter-quick-overview)
* [Product paradigm](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/ui-product-catalog/product-paradigm)
* [Pricing & packaging models](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/ui-product-catalog/zenmeter-pricing-and-packaging)
* [Credits and rate tables](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/zenmeter-concepts/credits-and-tokens)
* [AI credit & token monetization](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/zenmeter-and-monetization/usage-based-pricing-and-billing-ubb/ai-credit-and-token-monetization)

**Engineering**

* [Platform quick start](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/platform-quick-start/overview)
* [API quick start](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/developers/api-quick-start)
* [API guide](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/developers/api-guide)
* SDKs: [.NET](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/developers/consumption-client-dotnet) · [Node.js](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/developers/consumption-client-nodejs)
* [Full API spec](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/developers/full-api-spec)
* [FastSpring integration](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zenmeter-docs/integrations/fastspring)
  {% endtab %}
  {% endtabs %}

{% columns %}
{% column %}
**Administration**

* [New user setup](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/using-the-platform-ui/new-user-setup)
* [User permissions](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-administration/users/user-permissions)
* [Import customers](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-administration/configuration/import-customers)
* [End User Portal](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-administration/configuration/end-user-portal)
* [Audit log](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-administration/audit-log)
  {% endcolumn %}

{% column %}
**Sales & Customer Success**

* [For BDRs, SDRs, and AEs](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zengain-docs/for-sales-training/for-bdr-sdr-aes)
* [For CS teams](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zengain-docs/for-sales-training/for-cs-teams)
* [Customer health score](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zengain-docs/for-sales-training/key-sales-functionality/customer-health-score)
* [Across your organization](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/welcome/readme/the-nalpeiron-growth-platform-helps-across-your-organization)
  {% endcolumn %}
  {% endcolumns %}

***

## Frequently asked questions

<details>

<summary>Can Nalpeiron license offline and fully air-gapped software?</summary>

Yes. Offline activation uses an encrypted, signed token exchange. For dark sites, the Local License Server runs inside the customer's network as a Docker container and uses the same protocol as the cloud, so your application needs no changes. [Local License Server →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-local-license-server/local-license-server-lls)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Can I move on-premise customers to subscriptions or seats-plus-usage?</summary>

Yes. Perpetual, subscription, and usage-based offerings run side by side in Zentitle, so existing customers keep what they bought while you move them to new offerings through the UI or API. [Change an offering →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/ui-product-catalog/offerings/managing-offerings/change-offering-upgrade-downgrade)

</details>

<details>

<summary>How does Nalpeiron stop license abuse from cloned virtual machines?</summary>

The Licensing API uses nonce-based validation. A cloned machine presents a stale nonce, so its refresh request is denied. [Virtual machine control →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/developers/virtual-machine-control)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Is there a self-service portal for end users?</summary>

Yes. The brandable End User Portal lets your customers allocate licenses to their staff, view usage, and activate or deactivate offline machines. [End User Portal →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/premium-features/end-user-portal-eup)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Which billing systems and ERPs does Nalpeiron work with?</summary>

Any. Nalpeiron controls entitlements and usage, and feeds the billing engine or ERP you choose, such as Stripe, FastSpring, or NetSuite. [Integrations →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/integrations/introduction)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Why not build licensing internally?</summary>

Homegrown licensing becomes permanent engineering work: offline activation, clone protection, portals, integrations, and security reviews. [Buy vs build considerations →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/welcome/readme/buy-vs-build-considerations-for-a-software-licensing-monetization-project)

</details>

<details>

<summary>How long does it take to get up and running?</summary>

A cloud account can be integrated and running in days. Enterprise migrations start with a two-day discovery workshop that maps your systems and quote-to-cash flow into a rollout plan. [Integrating is easy →](https://docs.nalpeiron.com/zentitle2-docs/get-started/integrating-is-easy)

</details>

***

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