CodeMeter License Portal - Self-Service Licensing for Every Business Model

CodeMeter License Portal is the customizable, browser-based self-service extension of CodeMeter License Central. It empowers software vendors, resellers, enterprises, universities, and individual end users to activate, deactivate, restore, and assign licenses without vendor intervention. Designed for scenarios from B2C and B2B to B2E and academic licensing, CodeMeter License Portal adapts to your branding, integrates with your existing systems, and supports flexible business models with robust security and precise control.

CodeMeter License Portal transforms licensing from a vendor-driven, support-heavy process into a scalable, customer-friendly system. Extending your CodeMeter License Central environment, it gives vendors and end users the power to activate, deactivate, restore, and assign licenses on their own — with role-based permissions, hierarchical structures, and API integration to your business systems. The result: faster deployments, lower support costs, improved compliance, and a better customer experience at every touchpoint.

Key benefits include:

• Customer Self-Service: Empower end users to activate, deactivate, and restore licenses instantly, reducing support overhead.

• Flexible Business Models: Manage B2C, B2B, B2E, reseller, and project-based licensing with granular role and group structures.

• Hierarchical Organization: Structure customers, resellers, and teams in up to 10 levels for precise license assignments.

• Multi-Container Support: Seamlessly manage CmActLicenses, CmDongles, Personal CmCloudContainers, and Enterprise CmCloudContainers.

• Workflow Automation: Integrate with ERP, CRM, and e-commerce systems via API for license creation, distribution, and reporting.

• Corporate Branding: Adapt the portal’s look & feel to your brand with white-label options and SSO integration.

• Proactive Notifications: Configure alerts for expiring licenses, excessive restoration requests, or new group invitations.

Built to combine flexibility with ease of use, CodeMeter License Portal offers a comprehensive set of functions for vendors, resellers, and end users alike. These include:

• Self-Service Portal: End users can manage their own licenses.

• SSO Integration: Default integration available; customizations possible via Wibu-Systems Professional Services.

• Customizable Corporate Design: Match your brand identity.

• Hierarchical Management: Up to 10 levels of resellers, customers, and subgroups.

• Activation & Deactivation: Directly via CodeMeter License Central.

• License Grouping & Assignment: Allocate licenses to users, groups, or projects.

• Support Processes: Automated workflows for lost licenses or transfers.

• Multi-Container Management: Local (CmActLicense), mobile (CmDongle), Personal CmCloudContainer, and Enterprise CmCloudContainer.

• License Project Management: Prepare and lock configurations for complex deployments.

• Integrated License Models: Pre-configured support for the 7 most common licensing models.

• Role-Based License Creation & Reporting: Allow authorized users, resellers, or customers to generate licenses within defined roles, with reporting tools to track and analyze issued licenses.

• Configurable Notifications: Email, in-portal, or API-driven alerts.

End users register once, add tickets to their account, and access all their licenses without tracking multiple keys. They can activate, deactivate, and restore licenses independently, ensuring availability and security while reducing vendor support workload.

Administrators can create accounts, structure teams, and assign/revoke licenses instantly, while maintaining oversight. SSO integration streamlines onboarding, and hierarchical structures enable precise allocation across departments or subsidiaries.

Resellers can issue, distribute, and manage licenses directly, within your controlled framework and branding. This decentralization scales operations and strengthens reseller relationships.

Personal CmCloudContainers for individuals and Enterprise CmCloudContainers for servers or groups are created automatically. Administrators manage licenses centrally, while users import them to their devices for instant cloud access.

Different roles can be defined in CodeMeter License Portal. A group administrator can create, modify, and delete accounts, subgroups, and projects, and assign or revoke licenses.

In B2C scenarios, licenses are typically personal (assigned to individuals). In B2B scenarios, licenses can be assigned to a person within a group, to a group itself, or to a project. Licenses assigned to individuals are visible to both the group administrators and the individual. Licenses assigned to groups or projects can be marked as “public” (visible to all members) or “admin only” (visible only to administrators).

Users can activate and deactivate their own licenses. Deactivation can be disabled by the software vendor for all or specific licenses.

Notable features include support processes for lost licenses or license transfers. The software vendor defines the rules for when users can help themselves — for example, whether licenses may be transferred to another container even if the original container is unavailable. All actions are logged, and anomalies can be analyzed through reporting.

CodeMeter supports license containers in the cloud, on local computers, and on mobile dongles. All of these can be managed with CodeMeter License Portal.

Particularly noteworthy is cloud container management:

• Individuals automatically receive a personal CmCloudContainer.

• For license servers, a technical user account can be created, which automatically receives an Enterprise CmCloudContainer. The administrator can manage it, activate/deactivate licenses, and make them available via a license server.

• Groups also automatically receive an Enterprise CmCloudContainer. Group administrators can activate/deactivate licenses, and all group members can import the container to their local machine to use these cloud-based licenses directly.

Through a role-based system, the software vendor can allow employees, resellers, and customers to create licenses themselves. Products are assigned to specific categories, and roles are defined for each category. Administrators with the corresponding role can create licenses for the relevant products within their group.

Typical use cases include demo versions, customers with framework agreements, and resellers.

• Demo versions

• Customers with framework agreements

• Resellers

Created licenses can be analyzed via reporting and, if necessary, billed through an external system.

A messaging module can display individual messages, for example:

• Invitations to join another group

• Impending license expiration

• License expiration

• License activations and deactivations

• Excessive use of the recovery function

Notifications can be shown in CodeMeter License Portal, sent via email, or transmitted to a third-party system.

For complex licensing structures, there are use cases where a license administrator prepares the license setup, and an on-site colleague should not be able to change it. For such cases, CodeMeter License Portal offers license project management.

An administrator creates a project with virtual license containers, configures the licenses, and publishes the project. On-site, the virtual containers are transferred to real containers. If the project needs to be modified later, the administrator switches it back to “edit mode,” makes the changes, and republishes it. On-site colleagues can then retrieve the updated configuration. If an internet connection is available, updates can also be fetched automatically via the Activation Wizard.

In CodeMeter License Central, all license options are available as technical parameters, allowing the software vendor to define any licensing model manually.

In CodeMeter License Portal, the seven most common license models are pre-implemented as simple options:

• Perpetual single-user licenses

• Perpetual multi-user licenses

• Single-user subscription

• Multi-user subscription

• Demo licenses

• Prepaid time-limited licenses

• Internal and Not-for-Resale (NFR) licenses

These models can be created, configured, and used immediately without in-depth CodeMeter expertise. Individual features can also be defined and activated separately within these models.

The REST-like API enables:

• Embedding activation workflows directly in protected software (Software Activation Wizard)

• Triggering license creation from ERP, CRM, or e-commerce systems

• Assigning and removing licenses for groups and users

The interactive API Guide provides documentation and allows live API calls without third-party tools. Access is secured with a login token.

Server

• SaaS: CodeMeter License Central 4.22+ (minimum: Dedicated Server)

• On-Premise: CodeMeter License Central Internet Edition 4.22+, Docker or Kubernetes

• 20 GB HDD (50 GB recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended), 1 CPU (2 recommended)

Client

• No local installation required; any modern HTML5 browser

• For direct activation: CodeMeter Runtime 7.10a+ and browser with WebSocket support (Firefox, Chrome)

Get hands-on with CodeMeter License Portal today.

Want to see how it works in practice? We’ll provide you with access to the CodeMeter Evaluation Portal — a dedicated environment that mimics the full CodeMeter License Portal and lets you explore all its functionalities.

Test license activation, deactivation, restoration, role-based management, and API integrations in a secure sandbox before you roll it out to your customers.

Contact us now to request your CodeMeter Evaluation Portal access and start exploring!