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This week I launched a closed beta of https://keygen.sh, a SaaS product I've been building for ~8 months. Looking to gather feedback and launch the full product next month.

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I recall reading your announcement here on HN. I'm using a license verification system for the cPanel Varnish Plugin (https://www.unixy.net/varnish ). I only distribute python byte code so this is where I do the licensing logic. But I know real well it won't deter determined crackers. But the licensing system and the cracking effort has to be tedious enough for folks to become conscious of their actions and their damaging aspect (more cracking leads to fewer releases leads to fewer resources leads to a dead product). At least for people with a modicum of conscience.

I also recall being confused as to how this will work with an on-premise IaaS type app. For example, I'm gauging interest for shipping "Cachoid" to service providers so they can offer it to their end users. And this is where I think Keygen could help. What kind of pricing are you considering so far?

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If I understand correctly, you're wanting to implement Keygen into an on-premise infra app that you would be selling? If so, that's definitely the sort of thing Keygen was designed for, even giving you the ability to lock down licenses to specific machines.

Still trying to figure pricing/costs as the beta progresses (let me know if you'd like an invite), but the hosted SaaS will likely start out at ~$29/mo for the smallest plan (single product), increasing with product/user/license volume. On-premise plans (self-hosted) will be solely based on volume and required support levels.

> If I understand correctly, you're wanting to implement Keygen into an on-premise infra app that you would be selling? If so, that's definitely the sort of thing Keygen was designed for, even giving you the ability to lock down licenses to specific machines.

Yes, that's the plan in consideration. I'll get in touch should that pan out.

Sounds good! Reach out anytime.

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