Automating software licensing means removing manual work from how licenses are created, managed, and delivered.
Instead of handling keys, plans, renewals, and customer access by hand, you define rules once and let systems handle the rest — from payment to activation to expiration.
In practice, this includes automating things like:
- Creating license keys when a customer pays
- Assigning the correct features, limits, and plans
- Delivering licenses to customers automatically
- Handling upgrades, downgrades, and renewals
- Expiring or revoking access when payments stop
This page shows how teams use Devolens to automate the full licensing lifecycle step by step, from the first sale to long-term customer management.
Step 1: Standardize Your Licensing with Templates
The first step toward automation is removing one-off configuration.
License templates let you define how a license should look once and reuse it consistently:
- Permissions and feature flags
- Expiry rules (fixed date, relative duration, or no expiry)
- Usage limits (devices, activations, floating rules)
- Trial vs paid behavior
For example:
- A Light plan template
- A Pro plan template
- An Unlimited / Enterprise template
When a license is created from a template, it automatically inherits the correct rules—no manual setup, no mistakes.
Templates work whether licenses are created manually, via payments, or through APIs.
