SAMreport Alternative

SAMreport is a license reporting tool used in conjunction with the FLEXlm license server. It is a report generator that reports the license usage of FLEXnet-licensed applications.

SAMreport reports license use is based on license activity recorded in the FLEXnet report logs, and on selected criteria that include product and feature name, user, date and time, and display or host.

The reports provided by SAMreport belong to three report families:

• Summary reports – summarize usage information about each feature used from the license server.

• Raw reports – show individual usage detail in textual format.

• Server reports – provide details about a given license server.

Macrovision (that sold its software business to Acresso) has retired SAMreport at the end of 2007 and has replaced it with FLEXnet Manager which is a complete management system for FLEXLm. The price of FLEXnet Manager is much higher then SAMreport or OpenLM price.


OpenLM Utilizer provides the most cost/effective solution for managing and tracking usage of FLEXlm floating licenses. It includes all the functionality of the retired SAMreport and a lot more:

1. All information is stored in a relational database instead of flat files.
2. FLEXlm management functionality like listing active users/removing uses/alerts on license expiration and more.
3. Web based interface.
4. Support for multiple servers/time zones.
5. End user tool - OpenLM Agent.
6. And more..
   

The fully functional OpenLM Utilizer software is available for download and evaluation at OpenLM website.