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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

We started back in 2009 with the PLUSNative sample code and within hours had their demo building and working with the online Instant SOLO service. Within a few days we had implemented an activation and license management subsystem in our graphics products. We've never even considered another solution since.

Instant SOLO server just works and is apparently always online, as I can't even recall anyone complaining that they were blocked from buying a license through their browser because the server was down.

The folks at SoftwareKey have always been responsive and genuinely helpful. They truly have an entrepreneurial spirit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

I thought about this one for a while and honestly couldn't think of anything I dislike about SoftwareKey's service or software. I'm proud to include their technology in our products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SoftwareKey System:

Go through the process of bringing up the sample code and see how it works. Online integration of your software need not be scary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a growing internet software business where customers purchase software licenses online. Our software is activated via the SoftwareKey PLUSNative product embedded, and the Instant SOLO server managed by SoftwareKey provides activation information after the license is purchased. All in all, our customers experience a slick, integrated process.

A benefit: Prices are reasonable: We get to keep almost all the revenue from our sales - a far better deal than selling through an App Store.

A benefit: Our customer support load is nearly nonexistent. It was quite low under PLUSNative 4 when we used trigger codes, but now with PLUSNative 5 literally months go by without our hearing from any customer regarding trouble with licensing and activation. The response time from the all the SoftwareKey technology working together online is virtually instantaneous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is SoftwareKey System?

The SoftwareKey System is a complete, turnkey solution for software licensing, online license management, automated online software activation and optionally selling software online. This system is comprised of two parts, a licensing client and a licensing server, which work together to maximize your software licensing revenue but automating the entire license management lifecycle. This seamless and powerful client-server combination is suitable for a one-person operation or a sophisticated team of developers.

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SoftwareKey System is a set of software development tools that help programmers implement copy protection, license activation and management, metering, eCommerce, and business automation.


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Year Founded
1991
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Winter Garden, FL
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Cost effective solution to our processing needs."
Once we were set up, the system was seamless and uneventful so we can focus on what we do best, servicing our customers. Technical support, if ne...
BW
Brooks W.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Fantastic customer support!"
I worked with Tanner O from SoftwareKey's support team to activate their software and another licensed feature for our custom software. Tanner was...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Great Suport and Product"
The product from softwarekey was a great fit for our organization! Their tools are easy to use, easy to implement and the support of the team was ...

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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

Once we were set up, the system was seamless and uneventful so we can focus on what we do best, servicing our customers. Technical support, if needed, was always there and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

We're not super technical, so the process was intimidating; however, tech support was always there for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

It opened up a new sales process and source of revenue for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BW
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

I worked with Tanner O from SoftwareKey's support team to activate their software and another licensed feature for our custom software. Tanner was very knowledgeable and patient in helping me. I wrote a custom software dialog that gave our user the ability to evaluate our software or activate. This was an advanced application that required API calls and custom modifications to the license to activate both. Tanner's knowledge and support was invaluable through out the process. I don't believe I would have been able to accomplish this task in an efficient manner without him. Thanks! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

The software API for software key has lots of options and someone is needed to guide you through the options. However, this is expected with a full featured software package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I worked with Tanner O from SoftwareKey's support team to activate their software and another licensed feature for our custom software. Tanner was very knowledgeable and patient in helping me. I wrote a custom software dialog that gave our user the ability to evaluate our software or activate. This was an advanced application that required API calls and custom modifications to the license to activate both. Tanner's knowledge and support was invaluable through out the process. I don't believe I would have been able to accomplish this task in an efficient manner without him. Thanks! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

I wrote a custom software dialog that gave our user the ability to evaluate our software or activate. This was an advanced application that required API calls and custom modifications to the license to activate both. This will give the customer a single dialog to evaluate or activate two licenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

-Great value for the set of features they offer. That's my conclusion after researching all other available solutions on the market for desktop software license protection.

-Stellar customer support which is fast and efficient.

-Rich developer materials. I needed to integrate the SoftwareKey system with 2Checkout e-commerce solution - which seemed like a daunting task. I expected it to take at least a couple of weeks - or hiring a developer to do the job. Fortunately, SoftwareKey had a library of PHP scripts that covers all the necessary tasks for license creation. Within a couple of days I had a basic working solution for license key generation from 2Checkout calls.

-In addition to the complete licensing solution it was important to me to have a self-serve license portal for the users where they can manage their activations. SoftwareKey offers just that - and the portal is also highly customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

Nothing yet - and hopefully it won't change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm switching from another license provider I used for over 10 years (and who ceased the development of their solution). So I knew exactly what set of existing features I need - as well as more advanced options not offered by my previous provider. And preferably at a better price. SoftwareKey turned to be the provider who satisfies my requirements.

I also had some very specific custom requirements for different license and product types - which I wasn't sure can be easily implemented (if at all). It turned out that with SoftwareKey I could achieve the flexibility I need - and even easier than I expected. Something that's not directly implemented in their system can be done through custom coding on my end.

Their SDK samples is another benefit worth mentioning. They fully cover every aspect of license management and make it easy to integrate SoftwareKey system into your software. As an additional advantage for me, their macOS samples are fully wrapped in Objective-C - which saved a great deal of time for me to implement the system in my Mac products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PB
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Government Administration
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

The ease of implementing a licensing solution for an individual with little coding experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

Nothing, everything worked well for me. I personally do not have coding experience but was able to implement the licensing myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SoftwareKey System:

Give it a try to see if it will work for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

After spending over $15,000.00 with a Microsoft Gold partner hired to provide a licensing solution for our software to no avail we were able to create two licensing models using Software Key and Solo Server at a substantially lower cost. I personally was able to apply the licensing protocols to our software with little coding experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

I like the fact that it is a completely turnkey solution, from the development pulls, the website, the way you can tailor it to look like my website, I like everything about it. It's complete. I could have used the simpler way of not integrating the code, but I wanted to develop it and code it into my program completely so that it works seemlessly with my site. And I wanted to make sure that everything was set up right, and that required more than your standard support. I was willing to pay for additional help, and you have the Jump Start program, and I signed up for that. You worked with me to get it scheduled, because my schedule has been so tight. And you guys were thorough. You went through all the settings and checked under the hood for me, and made sure we had everything set up right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

Only 1 thing - I found that there was someone who was trying to download my program, letting it expire, and then download it again, letting it expire, etc. There wasn't a way to get around that using the system, but my developer was able to figure out how to stop it by tracking the IP address. I was disappointed that SoftwareKey didn't think of it... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

I wanted to be able to give away fully functional software, but have people not abuse it. I was able to accomplish that with your software because I could license it, then cut them off. We've done a very limited launch, and haven't really launched it yet because we wanted to get it out & get feedback. We'll be doing a big push to 12,600 people who use what we sell on Facebook. That will be the real test, but I'm confident that the SoftwareKey System can handle it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IB
Ex. National Quality Manager for Motorola Solutions Australia.
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

Simplicity and ease of use/integration of Protection Plus into my Delphi Apps as well as the ease of implementing the End User interface for registration and module enable/disable changes. The software and support Apps are seamless in their operation/use. Having said that I have only used/deployed Protection Plus v 4. Whilst I am sure it is a significant enhancement over v 4, for my purposes I found Protection Plus v 5 confusing and complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

Nothing I can think of. SoftwareKey's Protection Plus does everything I need att. Provided of course they continue to support my developement environment, Delphi, with version 4. :-) Having said that, it appears that development of v 4 has stalled while they focus on v 5. Not a big issue and in common with many other software vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SoftwareKey System:

Highly recommended. You can't really go wrong with SoftwareKey's Protection Plus.. SoftwareKey's product is great and their support is first class.

I use it in all my Customer's Delphi Apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Protection Plus to control copy protection, implementation, registration, module ennoblement & usage of Apps in a Customer's network environment. In one Customer's case this covers 12 Apps. By using Protection Plus by SoftwareKey I can control the registration, enable & disable functional modules and/or Apps, and the number of allowed concurrent users at a Customer's site, without having to be present..

I don't use their on-line functionality, my client base and needs are not that great so all licensing and interaction is one-on-one with the Customer's representative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Sports
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

The product from softwarekey was a great fit for our organization! Their tools are easy to use, easy to implement and the support of the team was responsive and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

Overall the system worked for our needs and was easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy access that is affordable for small businesses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HL
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Publishing
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

We worked with SoftwareKey to streamline one of our software license processes...it had proved tricky and no one in the past had provided a suitable solution. SoftwareKey were great! They provided a robust and professional solution and their support was fantastic - I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

Can't think of anything. So tricky to give relevant feedback here! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

It streamlines our software license distribution and cuts out a very cumbersome manual process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

We have used Software Key to protect our installed computer-based training courses since 2002. Rarely have we required support, but wherever we do, it is speedy and helpful. While the software always met our needs, over the years it has continuously improved making it easier for us to administer, but more importantly, easier for our customers to use. Over the years we have many record-keeping systems to track customer usage and billing of our products, but ultimately, the data in Software key proved to be the easiest to maintain, accurate and simple to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

There is really nothing that we didn't like about Protection Plus and Software Key. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I have no idea of what competitive products are out there. When we chose Protection Plus it was the only option that would work for us and since it works so well, we haven't looked into other options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed to protect elearning courses that we sell as installed software. It was tricky to do since we didn't need to protect the main installation, but each of the courses that runs in the main installation, but our programmer worked with Protection Plus and figured out a way to make it work. That was in 2002 and we have been using Protection Plus since then. We felt we need to protect our software against people unknowingly misusing it. It worked...often we would get people trying to install our software in other sites of a company which was against our license. I don't think that people intentionally (most of the time) tried to get around our license, but when they did, we knew about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EB
Co-C.E.O.
Computer Software
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What do you like best about SoftwareKey System?

SoftwareKey was very easy to setup for our development team. However, what I really liked was how easy it was for our customers to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SoftwareKey System?

This is a solid product. However, with any products we use that contain large sums of data I can always see room for improvements with reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SoftwareKey System:

I would highly recommend using SoftwareKey! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SoftwareKey System solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are better able to track our customers around the globe. Solving this problem has allowed us to grow our market share in certain parts of the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.