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Thales Sentinel: Software Monetization and Licensing
The world’s leading software monetization, licensing and entitlements platform, backed by Thales’ security.
Thousands of leaders across industries including Telecom, Cybersecurity, Industrial Automation, MedTech, IoT, LegalTech, CAD, and Generative AI use Thales Sentinel to maximize revenue from their software.
30+ Years of Experience
- Software Monetization
- Licensing & Protection
- Digital Transformation
450 Experts Worldwide
- 200+ Engineering
- 30+ Professional Services
- 30+ Technical Support
FORRESTER RESEARCH
301% ROI in 5 years
Reported by Sentinel platform customers in a Thales-commissioned Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact (TEI) study. The study found that the platform paid for itself in just 12 months on average.
WHAT WE DO
Thales Sentinel enables you to protect and grow revenue.
Software Licensing
Provide Copy Protection and IP Protection
Stop piracy, block hackers and crackers, and protect your secret sauce with advanced technology.
Control Access
Avoid revenue leakage due to accidental or deliberate misuse and overuse by enforcing licensing terms and conditions.
Software Monetization
Diversify Revenue Streams
Use an entitlement management system to set up customer-centric product bundles. Configure pricing and packaging tailored to your target markets.
Transform Business Models
Evolve your software business models to ensure sales growth and operational efficiency across business lines and distribution types.
We are spending a lot less time managing licensing matters now … We have more time to develop other innovative features for our solution."
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How to Get Software Licensing & Entitlements Right
Check out our practical guide to navigating the process of licensing, delivering, and protecting your software. Discover the importance of optimizing your software licensing. Avoid common mistakes with the expertise you need to get it right the first time.
Benefits of Thales Sentinel
Thales Sentinel is the platform for enterprise software vendors who seek to maximize market reach while licensing their offerings. Sentinel’s success has six pillars:
Secure Your Software
Maintain your competitive edge to protect against piracy and safeguard intellectual property.
Expand Market Share
Implement unique product packaging and pricing to attract new customers.
Streamline Fulfillment
Alleviate operational complexities by integrating with your ecosystem’s backend, including legacy licensing.
Deploy Flexibly
Distribute licenses via the cloud, on-prem, or on hardware keys for software that is hardware-embedded, on-prem or SaaS.
Harness Data Insights
Proactively upsell packages, renew subscriptions and increase customer satisfaction based on usage data.
With options like USB, software, and cloud licensing, Sentinel has a solution for every use case. We also implemented Sentinel entitlements...to monetize specific features in our offerings.”
Thales has played a vital role in protecting the core technology of our AI solution…"
Partnering with You
Software vendors choose Sentinel as much for Thales’ support partnership as for the technology. The Thales PTS (Premium Technical Services) is a Thales cornerstone, serving an advisory role based on longstanding expertise for collaborative, innovative solutions that accelerate software deployment, enable monetization, and continually optimize your customer lifestyle.
Determine business model pricing and packaging, and license delivery method.
Configure packaging features and other entitlements.
Provide the software to the customer and automate delivery.
Harness usage data to bolster your sales and increase customer satisfaction.
I cultivate a trusted relationship with my customers over the course of their Sentinel journey. I’m not only involved in the technical implementation but also how each process translates to real-life business outcomes.
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