About Keygen
Keygen is a fair-source software licensing and distribution API designed for developers to integrate licensing into their applications. It serves development teams needing either self-hosted or cloud-based licensing and distribution, with the goal of simplifying license management and secure software delivery.
Key Features
Keygen serves as a licensing and distribution API that developers can drop into apps, with options for self-hosted or cloud hosting to fit on-prem needs and scale across teams. It supports container workflows, auditability, and secure delivery across environments:
Self-hosting support
Enables deploying Keygen EE in customer environments, providing on-premises hosting options.
OCI/Docker container registry
Integrates with OCI/Docker registries to manage container images as part of licensing workflows.
Historical request logs
Maintains historical records of API requests for auditing and troubleshooting.
Event/audit logs
Provides event auditing and logs for compliance and monitoring.
Summary
Best for development teams shipping licensed software, security/compliance stakeholders requiring audit trails, and IT/DevOps teams managing on-prem or cloud deployments.
Pricing
View pricingStd 2
$299 / monthly
- Up to 10,000 active licensed users (ALUs)
- Up to 100k API requests per day
- Up to ∞ license types
- Up to ∞ products
- Up to ∞ releases
- Up to ∞ teammates
- Slack + email support
Dev 1
Free / monthly
- Up to 100 active licensed users (ALUs)
- Up to 10 product releases
Std 1-5
Refer to website for pricing / yearly
- Software Licensing API
- Licensing Analytics
- License Entitlements
- Device Activations
- User Identities
- Perpetual Licenses
- Timed Licenses
- Trial Licenses
- Node-Locked Licenses
- User-Locked Licenses
- Floating Licenses
- Metered Licenses
- Feature Licenses
- Offline Licenses
- Distribution API
- Custom Environments
- Roles and Permissions
- Request Logs
- Audit Logs
- Priority Support
Ent 1-3
Refer to website for pricing / yearly
- Software Licensing API
- Licensing Analytics
- License Entitlements
- Device Activations
- User Identities
- Perpetual Licenses
- Timed Licenses
- Trial Licenses
- Node-Locked Licenses
- User-Locked Licenses
- Floating Licenses
- Metered Licenses
- Feature Licenses
- Offline Licenses
- Distribution API
- Custom Environments
- Roles and Permissions
- Request Logs
- Audit Logs
- Priority Support
- SAML/SSO
- IP Black/Whitelisting
- Custom Rate Limits
- 99.99% Uptime SLA
