Software usage and licence position
Installed is not the same as used. VerOps measures active use of each application on each device, compares what your estate consumes with what you are entitled to, and lists the installs that can be reclaimed before the next renewal.
- Measured by
- Foreground, CPU and network activity
- Time ranges
- 7 days to 12 months
- Licence metrics
- Per device, user, core or site
- Output
- Position, true-up and usage reports
Usage you can defend
Active use, not open windows
An application counts as in use when it holds the foreground, works the CPU or moves data on the network. Idle time does not inflate the figures.
DocumentationOne row per product
Hours used, utilisation as a share of a working day, days active, sessions, active versus installed devices, last used and trend, over a window you choose.
DocumentationInstalled, unused
A filter lists software that is installed but saw no use in the chosen window: the first list to check before buying more seats.
DocumentationPer-device detail
For any product, see hours and sessions per day, the executables and versions behind it, and every device ranked by use.
DocumentationDiscover, then target
Run a group in discovery mode to survey everything that runs, curate what you find, then switch back to tracking only the products you govern.
DocumentationProduct policy
Mark each product as approved, tolerated, prohibited or needing review. Curation actions are audited.
Documentation
How licence consumption is counted
A licence holds one or more entitlement lines (perpetual, subscription, OEM or trial), each with its own metric, quantity, cost and term. Consumption is counted within the licence’s scope, and retired assets never count.
| Metric | Counted as |
|---|---|
| Per device | Distinct machines in scope that have the product installed or have been seen running it |
| Per user | Distinct users of those machines seen in the last 90 days |
| Per core | The sum of CPU cores across those machines |
| Site | Compliant while the site licence term is current |
From position to action
Licence position
Each licence is shown as under-utilised, compliant, over-deployed or without entitlements, with the gap in units.
Reclaim recommendations
Seats whose weighted use over 30, 90 and 180 days is low and falling are suggested for reclaim.
True-up report
What to buy or drop before a renewal, as CSV or PDF.
DocumentationAsk Vera
Ask in plain language which tools are least used, or which licences are over-deployed.
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Limits worth knowing
- Usage measurement needs Scout (or the machine agent’s inventory module) on the device. Devices that are only imported have no usage data.
- Foreground (focused) use is measured on Windows. On Linux, use is measured from CPU and network activity.
- There are no vendor-specific licence connectors. Entitlements are entered or imported by you.
Read more in the docs
Try it on your own systems
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