--- description: Review of Thales Sentinel Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Thales Sentinel | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [SaaS Management Software](/directory/4346/saas-management/software) > [Thales Sentinel](/software/155881/thales-sentinel) # Thales Sentinel Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/155881/thales-sentinel Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/155881/thales-sentinel?page=2) > Software vendors across industries are transforming their business models to ensure sales growth and operational efficiency across business lines and distribution types. Yet protecting intellectual property, controlling access, and avoiding data leakage remain challenges. Thales Sentinel, the world's leading software monetization, licensing and entitlements platform, backed by Thales secrity, enables organizations to protect, grow, and maximize revenue from their software. The platform helps organizations grow at scale by implementing recurring revenue with agile pricing and packaging for diverse targets, across direct and partner distributions. Using an entitlement management system, companies can diversify revenue streams, set up customer-centric product bundles, and configure pricing and packaging tailored to target markets. Key benefits of Thales Sentinel include: Providing copy protection and IP protection to stop piracy and safeguard intellectual property. Enforcing licensing terms and conditions to control access and revenue leakage. Deploying licenses via the cloud, on-prem, or on hardware keys for hardware-embedded software, on-prem, or SaaS. Harnessing usage data insights to proactively upsell packages, renew subscriptions, bolster sales, and increase customer satisfaction. Thales Sentinel supports organizations seeking to transform business models, diversify revenue streams, and maximize revenue from their software through secure, scalable software monetization. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 6 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 6 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Thales Group - **Founded**: 1983 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact Thales for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, US Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Alerts/Notifications - Audit Trail - Compliance Management - Copy Protection - Customisable Branding - License Inventory - License Management - License Tracking - Node Management - Packaging Software - Portable License - Product Activation - Real-Time Notifications - Real-Time Reporting - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Self Service Portal - Trial License ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [SaaS Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4346/saas-management/software) ## Related Categories - [SaaS Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4346/saas-management/software) - [License Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4637/license-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Used Gemalto for 10+years. ----- ### "EMS for Enterprise" — 4.0/5 > **Carl** | *11 July 2019* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Sentinel EMS provides the features needed to support an increasing number of SaaS solutions marketed by my organization. > > **Cons**: It would be nice if the Enhanced Partner Portal used with the Sentinel EMS based more in the Cloud to ease maintenance tasks. > > My organization uses all of these Sentinel solutions and we are happy with the features and support from Thales. ----- ### "Thales - Not the easiest to use, but does the job" — 5.0/5 > **Warren** | *12 June 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: In order to get a list of licensing and numbers up to date, is not always easy. Thales helps with this process and gives reliable numbers when required. > > **Cons**: We did struggle to start with to get to grips with the software. This has proven to be the case each time a new user has started to use it. It isn't the easiest to pickup and start using. > > We identified Thales as a good option to list our software licensing, as some of our customers relied on 24/7 access to this data in order to meet their ISO requirements. ----- ### "HASP keys still very much in demand\!" — 5.0/5 > **Jon** | *4 October 2021* | Mining & Metals | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Thales has done a great job keeping up with the latest operating system challenges > > **Cons**: Unable to remotely cancel stolen assets. > > Still hopeful that we will get remote admin capabilities ----- ### "Does the job" — 4.0/5 > **Bobby** | *20 April 2021* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: We use sentinel to input our Loans for clients at the bank. It is easy to input information, once you figure out how sentinel works. > > **Cons**: It can be confusing to use at times. It is slow sometimes. Sometimes it goes down for some time when you are in the middle of using it. > > Overall, it does the job and allows us to input our loans to work on for clients. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/155881/thales-sentinel?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/155881/thales-sentinel) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data