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License Monitor

Full visibility into your EDA license estate.

License Monitor gives IC design teams real-time seat utilization, peak-time alerts, and renewal tracking across every EDA vendor — with AI-powered querying and automatic incident creation via Alerts.

< 60s

Real-time utilization refresh

Live data across all license servers

License Monitor polls every FlexLM, RLM, and vendor-specific server every 60 seconds — giving you a live, accurate picture of who is using what, right now.

30+

Days advance renewal notice

Configurable per vendor & tool

License Monitor tracks every contract expiry date across all vendors and fires structured alerts well before renewals come due — so procurement is never caught off-guard.

< 1m

Alert to incident

Via Alerts integration

When a license expires or a seat threshold is breached, Alerts fires an incident to the right on-call engineer in under a minute — before engineers hit a checkout failure.

Every license. Every seat.
Real time.

License Monitor connects directly to your FlexLM and RLM license servers — no agents, no manual exports. You get a live view of seat utilization, queue depth, idle holds, and upcoming renewals the moment you deploy.

  • Real-Time Seat Utilization

    See exactly who is using which license, for how long, and from which machine — updated every 60 seconds across all your FlexLM, RLM, and vendor-specific license servers.

  • Seat Utilization Insights

    Track every checkout — who holds it, for how long, and whether it is actively in use. Configurable thresholds surface low-utilization patterns and inform right-sizing decisions at renewal.

  • Renewal & Expiry Tracking

    Never be surprised by a license expiry again. Track renewal dates across every vendor contract with configurable lead-time alerts — 90, 30, and 7 days out.

  • Multi-Vendor, Vendor-Agnostic

    Works across all major EDA license servers and custom FlexLM/RLM deployments. No dependency on any specific EDA vendor — deploy once, monitor everything.

  • Peak-Time License Alerts

    License Monitor analyses historical checkout patterns and live queue depth to predict when your team will exhaust available seats — alerting you to add capacity before engineers hit checkout failures during tapeout or simulation sprints.

License Utilization — LiveLive
EDA License — Custom ICCustom IC
18/20
EDA License — VerificationVerification
11/16
EDA License — PhysicalPhysical
9/14
EDA License — SynthesisSynthesis
7/10
EDA License — SimulationSimulation
6/8
RF SimulationRF/Analog
2/6
⚠ 12 idle seats detectedEst. savings: $18,400/yr
Ask AI — License Monitor
Connected
userWhy did EDA license usage spike on Tuesday?
Usage spike on Tuesday 14:00–22:00 UTC tied to a scheduled simulation batch on cluster-04. 14 seats held for >6h with <5% active utilization. Est. idle cost: $2,840.
userWhich tools are underutilized this quarter?
3 tools averaging <40% utilization this quarter. Top candidate: RF Simulation tool — 6 seats, avg. 28% used. Recommend reducing to 4 seats at renewal (saving ~$18k/yr).
userWhen does our verification tool contract renew?
Verification tool contract renews in 47 days (May 28). Current utilization: 87% — recommend renewing at current seat count. Renewal contact: vendor-renewals@eda-vendor.com.

Ask anything about your EDA licenses in plain English.

Ask AI connects directly to your live license data and gives instant, contextual answers — no dashboards to navigate, no reports to run. Ask about utilization trends, upcoming renewals, peak demand windows, vendor coverage, or team usage patterns.

  • Natural language queries against live license data
  • Root cause analysis for utilization anomalies
  • Renewal recommendations with supporting data
  • Cost attribution by team, project, or individual
  • Integrates with Stratos MCP for cross-platform context
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Predict demand. Optimise spend. Negotiate with data.

Analytics AI goes beyond reporting — it forecasts future license demand, surfaces cost reduction opportunities, and arms you with hard data for vendor renewal negotiations.

91%

forecast accuracy

Usage Trend Forecasting

ML-powered models project license demand 90 days forward based on historical usage patterns, project calendars, and team growth — so you right-size at renewal, not after.

100%

multi-vendor coverage

Usage Attribution

Break down EDA seat utilization by team, project, or individual user. Export structured reports for capacity planning, vendor discussions, or internal chargeback.

30+

days advance renewal notice

Renewal Intelligence

Analytics AI compares actual usage against contracted seats and surfaces right-sizing recommendations — with usage evidence to inform your renewal conversations with vendors.

< 5m

anomaly detection time

Anomaly Detection

Automatically surface unusual checkout patterns — off-hours usage, geographic anomalies, or sudden utilization spikes — that may indicate misuse or unlicensed access attempts.

< 2h

advance warning on seat exhaustion

Peak Demand Forecasting

Analytics AI monitors queue depth and wait times alongside historical usage cycles — tapeout sprints, simulation waves, release deadlines — and alerts your team when projected demand will exceed available seats, so you procure temporary licenses before anyone is blocked.

P99

peak utilization tracking

Percentile Analytics

Understand license demand at P50, P90, and P99 levels — not just averages. Percentile analytics reveal the true peak load on your license pool, helping you right-size seats based on worst-case demand rather than mean utilization.

License Demand Forecast — Next 90 DaysAnalytics AI · Updated daily
Historical— Forecasted (AI)+90 days

+4

Seats needed at 60 days

-2

Seats to release now

$24k

Optimised renewal value

License events become incidents.
Automatically.

License Monitor is natively integrated with Alerts — every licence expiry, seat exhaustion, or anomaly automatically creates a structured incident, routes it to the right team, and escalates if unacknowledged. No manual monitoring. No missed renewals.

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01
WARN

License event detected

License Monitor detects a trigger — expiry approaching, seat exhaustion, idle hold, or anomaly.

EDA license expiring in 7 days · Renewal overdue

02
OPEN

Incident created in Alerts

An incident is automatically opened in Alerts with full context — which tool, which team, severity, and recommended action.

Incident #4821 created · Assigned to procurement-oncall

03
NOTIFIED

Team notified via preferred channel

Alerts routes the incident to the right person via Slack, PagerDuty, Teams, email, or phone — based on on-call schedule and escalation policy.

Slack DM sent to @procurement · Escalation in 2h if unacknowledged

04
RESOLVED

Resolved and logged

Once the renewal is confirmed or seats are released, the incident closes automatically. Full audit trail maintained for compliance.

Incident resolved · Renewal confirmed · Audit log updated

Alert delivery channels via Alerts

SlackPagerDutyMicrosoft TeamsEmailSMS / PhoneJiraServiceNowWebhook

Part of the Stratos Platform

License Monitor is just the beginning.

Once deployed, License Monitor gives your team immediate value — and opens the door to Stratos's full capability set: multi-cloud EDA compute, DevSecOps automation, security monitoring, and AI-powered operations. IC teams that start with LM typically expand to the full platform within 6 months.

See what License Monitor finds in your environment.

Talk to our team and we'll walk you through real-time seat utilization, upcoming renewals, and peak-demand windows — using your own license environment.