At the core
CumulusGate offers easy integration and a comprehensive license management back-end and front-end for your software and clients - big or small.
Cloud-Based
Cloud-based licensing with easy source code integration. A modern approach to license management through smart web services.
Easy Integration
Minimal effort integration. Nuget packages for easy application integration with minimal additional coding required.
License Management
Web-based frontend for license management - single licensing, bulk licensing and enterprise licensing.
Management Tools
License Management, Assignment and Reporting from One Dashboard
Quickly review your software and licenses (for users and developers). Manage license setups; software sales; license usage (single- or enterprise licensing) through CumulusGate. Choose how you want to issue and renew your licenses. We provide the platform, you control how it works for you.
- View / renew current licenses
- Manage owned applications
- Manage Enterprise User licenses
- Manage your Application settings and display
- Optional manual assignment of users (single, enterprise and trial)
- View real-time usage reports
Standalone and Enterprise
Issue Single licenses or Bulk Licensing using Enterprise Features
Whether you require single-user licensing options or bulk enterprise licensing options - we cater for both! Issue licenses directly to your clients or use our automated system through the Software Shop.
- Have customers administrate their own users, easily
- Assign new users using either single or bulk assignment
- Remove users when required
- Register new applications easily
- Link your business PayPal and / or Stripe account(s) to automate licensing
- Flexible license options
Software Shop
Sell More With Us
Published Apps will appear on our Software Shop automatically. From here, potential clients can purchase your software directly. The Shop may be connected to your PayPal and / or Stripe account(s) so you'll receive your sales directly. In addition, licenses are issued automatically, so all you have to do is to sit back and watch your business grow!
- One-stop shop for all registered applications
- Activate a trial version of applications
- Reach more potential clients
- Purchase software using our PayPal and / or Stripe integrations
- Optional purchase methods for credit card
- Link purchases directly to your business PayPal and / or Stripe account(s)
Easily Publish Apps
Setting Up Is Fast & Easy
Setting up a new developer account and publishing your first app takes minutes. It is easy and fast. We provide sample C#, VB.Net and JavaScript code to help you fast-track the process. We also provide support to help you integrate into your own solutions.
- Overview of current registered applications
- Monitor real-time usage
- Register new applications
- Update your application info whenever you require
- Minimal input required
- Real-time update
How does CumulusGate work?
Have a look at our short overview video below, or visit our Tutorials page for step-by-step instructions and samples.
Our Downloads section also contains sample source code solutions (VB.Net and C#) for you to download.
Pricing Structure
Our pricing model is based on value of sales (billed monthly).
Only pay when you sell, no sales = no charge!
Your Success is our Success!
Group 1
7% of Sales Revenue
Less than $2k (sales) / mo
- Single licensing
- Enterprise licensing
- Trial licensing
- Software Store listing
- PayPal + Stripe Integration
- Support Response within 24 hrs
Group 2
5% of Sales Revenue
$2k to $10k (sales) / mo
- Single licensing
- Enterprise licensing
- Trial licensing
- Software Store listing
- PayPal + Stripe Integration
- Support Response within 24 hrs
Group 3
3% of Sales Revenue
Above $10k (sales) / mo
- Single licensing
- Enterprise licensing
- Trial licensing
- Software Store listing
- PayPal + Stripe Integration
- Support Response within 24 hrs
Special arrangements may be negotiated for sales in excess of $100k / mo
Download Area
Use of CumulusGate Software or Services is strictly bound to our License Agreement. By using CumulusGate Software or Services you agree to these terms.
Minimal Code Samples
VB.Net Sample Usage:
Public Class Form1
Dim xlic As New cumulusgate.services("john@doe.com", "123456", "ABC-DEF-001")
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objlicense As cumulusgate.services.UserLicense = xlic.ReturnLicenseDetails()
End Sub
End Class
'Closing the license session:
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(sender As Object, e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing
If xlic IsNot Nothing Then
xlic.CloseLicenseSession()
End If
End Sub
C# Sample Usage:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
cumulusgate.services xlic = new cumulusgate.services("john@doe.com", "123456", "ABC-DEF-001");
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
cumulusgate.services.UserLicense objlicense = xlic.ReturnLicenseDetails();
}
}
//Closing the license session:
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (xlic != null)
{
xlic.CloseLicenseSession();
}
}
Global properties:
- gotLicense As Boolean
- isTrial As Boolean
- isExpired - Boolean
- isEnterprise - Boolean
- isEnterpriseMaxed - Boolean
- isAlreadyLoggedIn - Boolean
- hadPreviousTrial - Boolean
Standard license properties:
- datExpires - Date
- datTrialExpires - Date
- datcreated_at - Date
- strnotes - String
- datlastaccess - Date
Enterprise license properties:
- datEntExpires - Date
- datEntCreated_at - Date
- datEntLastAccess - Date
- strEntAdmins - String
- strEntUsers - String
- intEntTotal - Integer
- intEntAccessed - Integer
Product properties:
- strVendor - String
- strProduct - String
- strUrl -As String
- strCycle - String
- isDisabled - Boolean
- intTrialdef - Integer
User Properties:
- intID As Integer
- strLoggedNode As String
- strDeviceNode As String
- strUserEmail As String
- strAppCode As String
- trialNode As String
Learn how to implement our JavaScript library (beta) here:
JavaScript SamplesCumulusUpdate
CumulusUpdate is our brand new Live App Update service! Try it now, refer to the VB.Net Sample app on this page on how to integrate.
Download the CumulusUpdate Desktop Manager here
Download the CumulusUpdate Desktop Manager here:
Run "CumulusUpdateManager.exe" after download and extraction. Note this is a portable assembly that requires no installation.
What people say about CumulusGate
"We see our clients as Partners, and we provide techincal- and business support to our Partners.
Your success is our success, so we want YOU to succeed. We will do whatever we can to make that happen."
Chris Vorster (Managing Director, BIMWERX and CumulusGate)
"CumulusGate allow us to fully concentrate on developing products for our clients, thanks to this easy and safe licensing integration solution.
We've enjoyed delivering our apps through CumulusGate since day 1 and we feel that our intellectual property is protected."
Jonas Grazys (Complete-CAD, https://complete-cad.com)
Cloud-Based
Our licensing service is cloud-based and provides "floating" or "node-locked" licenses to your end-users.
This is a modern approach to how we work and allow users to access software that they paid for from wherever they may be, without the need for usb-dongles; or server licenses; or annoying license key files sent back-and-forth.
We also understand that your users might have interrupted internet access at times, this is why we've added a "grace period" sample function to our sample solutions (further down this page) which you may choose to implement in your own solutions.
Easy Integration
Our extension libraries can be downloaded through Nuget packages when using Visual Studio or directly from this site (scroll further down this page).
Integrating our service into your own applications is easy and requires minimal coding!
You may choose how and where to integrate licensing into your software, through our service.
We currently support .Net Framework and JavaScript - more to follow soon.
A Developer Management Area allows you to specify license behaviour and automation, while tracking current users and soon-to-expire licenses and usage.
You may sign up and use this service free of charge. You will only be billed once licenses have been issued for your product, after a 30-day free grace / testing period (for integration testing purposes).
License Management
Using our dedicated user-level management areas, easily manage your client licenses, whether single users or Enterprise users.
Single end-users also have the ability to view their own usage, and to shop for additional licenses.
Enterprise users are provided with a "User Management" area where elected Enterprise Administrators have the ability to manage their own groups of users. This is great for large organisations using bulk licensing.
You also have the ability to link your business PayPal and / or Stripe account(s) to your published applications, enabling an automated "license purchase-to-license assignment" process.
We also offer an optional trial facility so that you are able to provide trial licensing automatically to your users.