Stockholm, Sweden | December 11, 2025

Devolens has completed a broader review of how companies use its software licensing platform and the results they achieve by moving licensing infrastructure away from internal development.

The work combines customer conversations as well as other feedback. The goal was to better understand the practical impact of Devolens and identify where the platform can continue to improve.

The results show measurable benefits across development time, ongoing maintenance, and engineering resources.

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Measurable Customer Results

Across the customer examples reviewed by Devolens:

• $140,000+ in annual savings were identified across development and maintenance
• 2–3 months of development work were avoided by using Devolens instead of building licensing infrastructure in-house
• 400+ hours of engineering time were reallocated to core product development

The specific benefits vary between companies, depending on their existing licensing infrastructure and product requirements. However, a consistent theme emerged: companies want their engineering teams focused on their core products rather than building and maintaining licensing systems.

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Reducing Development and Maintenance Work

For companies that build licensing internally, the initial development is only part of the cost. Licensing infrastructure also requires ongoing maintenance as products, licensing models, and customer requirements change.

Customers using Devolens reported reducing this ongoing engineering burden while avoiding the development effort required to build comparable infrastructure themselves.

The resulting engineering capacity can instead be directed toward product development and other work that is central to the business.

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Supporting Software Companies as They Scale

The customer research also highlighted the role licensing infrastructure plays as software companies grow.

Companies use Devolens across different licensing models and product environments, including subscription, feature-based, trial, and offline licensing.

As products and customer requirements evolve, flexible licensing infrastructure can help companies introduce new licensing workflows without creating equivalent internal development and maintenance requirements.

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Learning From Customers

The customer research is also part of Devolens' ongoing effort to understand how companies use the platform in production.

Customer conversations and case studies provide insight into the different licensing challenges companies face, the workflows they rely on, and where the platform can continue to improve.

Devolens will continue using this feedback to guide the development of its licensing platform and the infrastructure around it.

Devolens provides software licensing infrastructure that allows companies to manage licensing without building and maintaining the underlying system themselves.