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License Management

Use SAM for Clients & Datacenter, our AI-driven tool for enterprise customers, to be audit-ready, reduce license complexity and streamline costs.
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What is License Management?

License Management is the process of tracking, controlling, and optimizing software licenses within an organization. It ensures that you use the right number of licenses, stay compliant with vendor agreements, and avoid unnecessary costs. Effective LM provides visibility into which software is installed and used, helps prevent overspending, and reduces the risk of penalties after vendor audits. By analyzing usage patterns, LM also allows organizations to make informed decisions about software investments. Ultimately, it helps companies maximize the value of their software while maintaining operational efficiency.

Key features

Open architecture

Ideal for organizations with complex, heterogeneous IT environments (on-premise, cloud, hybrid) that need to consolidate license data from multiple systems without building custom integrations.

Built-in connectors

Supports IT and license managers in preparing for vendor audits and ensuring compliance by automatically collecting and aligning vendor-specific licensing data, reducing manual effort and integration risks.

Trustworthy data

Enables organizations to make reliable, data-driven decisions to avoid over- or under-licensing, minimize compliance risks, and optimize software licensing costs.

Lifecycle management

Manage software assets across their entire lifecycle to ensure structured processes, operational efficiency, and sustainable license management.

Financial forecasting

Gain clear insights into software costs and budget impact through advanced reporting to support accurate financial planning.

What's the value of software license management?

Reduce your license costs

Remove or downgrade unused licenses and get up to 30% savings and full ROI in less than 1 year.

AI-powered discovery

Gain from a fully integrated product database and manage software licences with automated data normalization and product recognition.

Reduce license compliance risks

Know what’s installed, used and how much you really owe to strengthen your position during an audit or true-up.

Advanced compliance dashboards

Easily track your SAM project KPIs with our customizable and interactive dashboards and present the results to your stakeholders.

Get strategic with simulations

You can forecast your future savings by exploring “what if” licensing options for topologies in a SAM sandbox.

Know all licenses you really need

Handle all the complex metric calculations to find exactly the licenses you need for servers, cloud, desktops and mobile devices.

Make your license management work with SAM for Clients & Datacenter

    Enterprise-ready license management

    Only use licenses you really need for your business—instantly. USU Software Asset Management calculates the right metrics for clients, servers, cloud and mobile. Stay audit-ready by tracking what’s installed, used and owed. Built for large enterprises, the solution scales with complex IT environments and supports data-driven governance. Use data insights to boost compliance, cut costs and strengthen your negotiation power.

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    Full visibility in hybrid IT environments

    Cut risk and costs across servers, virtual systems, cloud and hybrid environments. USU Software Asset Management helps you manage complex data center licenses, map virtual and physical machines and test changes in a sandbox. Track all SaaS, PaaS and IaaS subscriptions and analyze KPIs. Even local installs and cloud use? No problem. You’ll get full visibility—and can make smarter decisions.

    Are you struggling to discover all installed software and SaaS applications across workstations, servers, and cloud environments? Discover how our software scanning engine help you to aggregate data from all vendors. Get in touch with our experts and ask for a non-binding demo.

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    Smarter ITAM with AI and Machine Learning

    USU’s AI-powered features help you stay in control of your IT landscape—automatically. From discovering and categorizing assets to identifying risks and saving costs, machine learning takes over the heavy lifting. Our tools classify software and hardware, recognize EULAs, software contracts and invoices, and give a forecast on future needs based on usage trends. You’ll spot vulnerabilities faster, improve compliance and reduce manual effort. With AI-driven insights, you can optimize your resources, cut waste and make smarter IT decisions—in just a few clicks.

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    Your license management tool for every setup

    Manage every license with ease—no matter the model, provider or platform. Our software supports all major cloud services like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, plus vendors like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and IBM. With 50+ built-in connectors, including SCCM, ServiceNow and ILMT, we pull in the data you need for full transparency. You get control, insights and savings—all in one tool.

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    Oracle

    Our Oracle-verified tool identifies Oracle product usage across on-prem, virtual, and multi-cloud (OCI, Azure, AWS) environments and handles complex metric calculations.
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    Microsoft

    USU SAM helps you manage Microsoft licensing with real-time insight, proactive optimization and automated rules across hybrid on-premise and SaaS environments.
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    SAP

    USU provides real-time visibility into both legacy and cloud environments, manages indirect access and automates license recycling to prevent significant, rising costs.
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    IBM

    USU SAM helps you prepare audit-ready records, spot issues early and stay compliant with IBM Cloud Pak licensing through container tracking and clear reports.
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    Our Customer Successes

    Axel Springer drives transparency and cost savings

    "Thanks to USU SAM the publishing house saves 6-digit costs per year for large vendors."

    JP Morgan Chase uses USU SAM as a strategic tool

    "The product helps us a lot with decision-making processes and, above all, with the overview and further planning."

    Metro minimizes manual effort and software costs

    "USU provides full IT visibility, boosts compliance, and reduces software costs across 30+ countries."

    IMA Group manages SAP licensing with confidence

    "With USU SAM we could reduce compliance risks or unexpected costs from audits down to zero."

    What should a good SAM tool deliver?

    Good Software Asset Management starts with clean, reliable data. USU SAM for Clients & Datacenter automatically collects, cleans and normalizes data from clients, datacenter systems, cloud and SaaS so you always work with accurate insights—not assumptions.

    With trusted data, you can confidently manage licenses, reduce risk and plan ahead. USU SAM fits into your existing IT, procurement and finance workflows, making SAM a natural part of daily operations instead of a separate task.

    With USU SAM, you can:

    • See what software is used vs. unused across clients and data center
    • Forecast license demand and plan renewals with confidence
    • Reduce waste, control costs and stay audit-ready

    USU SAM turns license management from reactive compliance into proactive optimization. Its open architecture, vendor connectors and AI-powered discovery deliver full transparency, faster ROI and proven results—recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ 2025.

    USU is Forrester Wave Leader

    USU is proud to be recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Software Asset Management Solutions, Q1 2025.
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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is a software license management tool?

    A software license management tool helps you track, manage and optimize your software usage and licenses. It shows what’s installed, what’s being used and where you might be over- or under-licensed—so you stay compliant and avoid unnecessary costs.

    Why do I need a license management solution if I already have inventory tools?

    Inventory tools show what’s installed, but they don’t calculate what you actually need. A license management solution connects the dots—analyzing usage, licensing rules and contract terms to give you clear, actionable insights.

    How can software license management help with audits?

    It gives you reliable data about your software environment, helping you respond quickly and confidently to audits or true-ups. With accurate license positions, you reduce risk and strengthen your negotiation power.

    Get in touch with an expert

    Do you have questions about our offering? A quick call can be way more helpful than a long email chain. Talk to one of our experts to explore our products and see them in action.

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    Brian Riley

    Sales Development

    IT Asset Management

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