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Welcome to Your New Activation Playground: Reprise Launches Sandbox Environments for Hosted Activation and RLM Cloud

We’re excited to share that sandbox environments are now available for both Hosted Activation and RLM Cloud users.

 

Think of it as your very own activation playground – a risk-free space to explore, test, and iterate. Whether you’re experimenting with new license models or training your internal team, the sandbox gives you the flexibility and control to work smarter and faster.

 

What is a Sandbox Environment?

In the world of software development and licensing, a “sandbox” is an isolated environment where you can safely test without affecting your live production systems. At Reprise, our sandbox environments are designed to simulate your real-world licensing setup – without any of the real-world risks.

 

You get full access to Reprise’s powerful licensing capabilities, but with total freedom to experiment.

 

 

Why Use a Sandbox?

 

1. Test Without Consequences

Want to make changes to your license configuration? Need to troubleshoot something tricky? Sandbox environments let you do it all – without breaking production or affecting end-users.

 

2. Explore the API, Risk-Free

Reprise’s APIs are flexible and powerful – but every integration comes with questions. The sandbox gives you a place to try API calls, test error handling, and simulate edge cases without stress.

 

3. Experiment with Licensing Strategy

The right license model can make or break product growth. Use the sandbox to try out variations of your license structure, evaluate delivery workflows, or simulate renewals and expirations – all without polluting your live environment.

 

4. Train Your Team – Without Worry

New developers, product managers, or support engineers can get hands-on with the Reprise platform in a safe space. No impact to customers. No chance of data missteps. Just fast, focused onboarding.

 

5. Build Faster, Smarter

For teams in build mode, every second matters. Having a sandbox means no bottlenecks, no “wait until production” blockers – just the freedom to test, learn, and deliver with confidence.

 

 

When Should You Use a Reprise Sandbox?

  • Preparing for a major product launch or licensing overhaul
  • Integrating Reprise APIs into your own system
  • Mocking up demos or stakeholder walkthroughs
  • Onboarding new technical staff
  • Testing automation scripts or CI/CD workflows that interact with licensing

 

If your team moves fast – a sandbox environment is how you keep quality high while minimizing risk.

 

 

Available Now for Hosted Activation and RLM Cloud Users

We’ve made sandbox environments available for customers using both Hosted Activation and RLM Cloud – so whether you’re managing on-premise keys or leveraging our cloud-native platform, the sandbox fits your workflow.

 

You get the same backend power and familiar workflows – just in a space designed for freedom and experimentation.

 

“Our customers are builders – they’re constantly iterating, experimenting, and learning. The sandbox makes that safer, easier, and faster.” – Mike Brownson, Director of Product Management

 

 

Pricing

While pricing may not be front and center in every announcement, it’s worth knowing: sandbox environments are available at 25% of your annual Hosted Activation or RLM Cloud base fee.

 

For teams that ship fast and test often, that’s a small investment for major peace of mind.

 

 

Ready to Build Without Limits?

If you’re ready to give your developers more freedom, test licensing logic with confidence, and accelerate go-to-market without worrying about production fallout – this is your next move.

 

Reach out to your Reprise account manager to learn more or activate your sandbox today.

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RLM and RLM
Activation Pro

What’s the difference?

Reprise License Manager (RLM)

Software License Manager

RLM provides runtime checking that verifies that your application is licensed to run and that the current usage of your application is within the limits you have ser every time your application runs.

As a Software publisher, you integrate RLM into your product, and RLM keeps track at runtime of who is using the licenses of your software.

RLM can do this entirely within the client library (linked into your application), or, more commonly, your application makes a request of the RLM Lincese Server to check out a license.

The lincese server runs either on your customers network, or in the cloud if you are using our RLMCloud™ service.

RLM provides runtime checking that verifies that your application is licensed to run and that the current usage of your application is within the limits you have ser every time your application runs.

RLM Activation Pro

Software Activation Manager

Activation Pro is
used once when your customer purchases your software in order to retrieve the license which is specific to that customer.

Software Activation’s purpose in life is to get the licenses for your product to your customers with a minimum of fuss.

Activation Pro also has a server component wich we call the activation server.

Your application contacts the activation server and supplies a short text activation key, and in exchange, the activation server returns the license which enables your product.

Generally, this is done once, right after your customer purchases your software, not every time your software is invoked.