Deployment Types

LEAD deployment licensing requirements and prices vary depending upon the type of deployment. The following are some of the typical types of deployments of End User Software developed with LEAD SDKs:

Commercial Deployments

“Commercial Deployment” is any distribution and other disposition of End User Software by a customer to third party end users, either directly or through distribution channels. Commercial Deployments are typical when our customer is acting as an ISV, OEM or solution provider offering End User Software to the public for license, lease, subscription or other form of disposition.

Internal Deployments

“Internal Deployment” is where our customer is deploying End User Software, including Single User Deployments, Concurrent Deployments, Server Deployments, Multi-user Deployments and/or some other deployment model approved by LEAD on hardware devices owned or controlled by our customer for internal business use limited to our customer’s employees and contractors.

Hosted Service Deployments

“Hosted Service Deployment” is a type of Server Deployment where our customer is hosting End User Software on customer’s machines for consumption or commercial use by its customers, vendors and other third parties. Examples of a “Hosted Service Deployment” include End User Software operated by a service bureau, application service provider, outsource facility, and any public facing End User Software hosted by our customer accessible by third parties via the internet or other network.

Single User Deployments

“Single User Deployment” is installation of End User Software by our customer and/or its customer on a stand-alone PC, work station, mobile device or other hardware for use by a single named user. End User Software that is deployed as Single User is intended for interactive use by the named end user, and has a GUI requiring the user to control the application by mouse, keyboard, touch-screen or similar means. A Single User Deployment also is applicable where End User Software is distributed to client machines through a deployment server or other network device via a CAB file or similar mechanism and installed on the client machine. Single User Deployments are commonly referred to as desk top licenses, client licenses, stand-alone licenses, app licenses and user licenses.

Concurrent Deployments

“Concurrent Deployment” is where our customer has built a reasonable method of concurrency into the End User Software so that, although installed on multiple PCs for single user uses, only a limited number of users are technically permitted to use the End User Software at the same time. For example, if the End User Software is installed on one hundred (100) PCs, but only ten (10) users may be logged in to use the End User Software at the same time, licensing for ten (10) Concurrent Deployments would be required instead of 100 Single User Deployment licenses. The fact that a server application is “queuing” jobs sent to it, and processing one job at a time, is not considered concurrency for purposes hereof. This type of deployment would be a Server Deployment. A Concurrent Deployment also occurs if our customer issues client licenses on a subscription type model and wishes to recapture client licenses that are no longer subscribed and assign such licenses to another user. Concurrent licenses are also commonly referred to as floating licenses.

Server Deployments

“Server Deployment” includes the following: (i) End User Software installed on a networked device accessible by more than one person who can independently operate the End User Software from another machine; (ii) End User Software installed on a networked device running as a service that accepts connections from other machines or applications (for example, a headless process to watch a folder or other data source for work originating from other machines), and (iii) End User Software deployed to a browser from a webserver, such as an HTML5 based application, where the End User Software is not installed on the client machine but is in use by the client machine while the user is connected to the webserver.

Multi-User Deployments

“Multi-User Deployment” is a computer installation designed to service the public or multiple un-named users, and not a single named user or set of concurrent named users, such as a kiosk or a scan station.

Modular Deployments

A "modular deployment" means our customer has different LEADTOOLS features enabled in an "application", with some modules being installed and enabled on one or more machines and other modules being installed and enabled on other machines. For example, a Document Management system may be comprised of some scan stations for OCR and Barcode recognition operations as well as some annotation/markup stations for image markup and editing operations. The deployment licenses for OCR, Barcode and image markup features are priced separately. The applicable deployment licenses only need to be purchased where the technology is enabled. Thus, OCR- and Barcode-enabled licenses will need to be purchased for the scan stations, while the lower priced Document Imaging licenses will need to be purchased for the image markup stations.

Other Licensing Options

If none of these deployment licenses fit your licensing model, LEAD can tailor a licensing program to meet your particular facts and circumstances. We offer fully paid up licenses, site licenses, and percentage of revenue licenses in certain cases. Please contact oemsales@leadtools.com to initiate a dialog regarding your unique license requirements.

For more information, refer to:

About LEADTOOLS Deployment Licenses

Deployment License Frequently Asked Questions

LEADTOOLS Commercial Distribution License

Deployment License Prices