In our previous post on BYOA/BYOC, we discussed different approaches to SaaS distribution and specifically discussed BYOA/BYOC model in detail.

However, many of our BYOA/BYOC customers also have the need for a complementary delivery mechanism to distribute their software on-premises or manually, all while maintaining control over licensing, upgrades, and customer management.

Challenges of Manual or License-Based On-Prem Distribution

For companies distributing software manually or deploying on-prem, the following issues often arise:

• Complex Installations – Customers struggle with deployment, leading to high support costs.
• Customer Visibility – Hard to track deployments, subscriptions, and usage.
• Version Control – Managing updates, patches, and deprecations is tedious.
• License Enforcement – Preventing unauthorized use or cloning of deployments is difficult.
• Security & Compliance – Ensuring on-prem environments or restricted network deployments remain compliant with their security policies.

How Omnistrate Solves These Challenges

Omnistrate simplifies manual and on-prem software distribution by providing:

• 1-Click Installer – Reduce friction with an easy installation experience for support teams deploying software in customer environments.
• Tenant Management – Centrally track and manage customer subscriptions and their on-prem deployments from a single interface.
• Version Management – Automate software lifecycle control with structured upgrade paths, version deprecations, and notifications.
• Licensing Validation – Securely enforce licenses, preventing unauthorized usage and cloning.
• On-Prem & Secure Deployments – Support high-security environments where no outbound connections (forget inbound) are allowed.

Why This Matters for SaaS Companies

As enterprises increasingly demand flexible deployment models, SaaS companies must adapt to offer both cloud-hosted and on-prem solutions without losing control over licensing, updates, and customer tracking. Traditional Terraform-based deployments and manual provisioning lack the automation and security guardrails needed for scaling on-prem offerings effectively.

Omnistrate makes:

• fully-automated BYOA/BYOC (more details here) and,
• on-prem software distribution (as mentioned above)

effortless, ensuring your software is easy to install, secure, and managed.

If you're exploring BYOA or on-prem SaaS deployments, let’s talk about how Omnistrate can help streamline your distribution, licensing, and management workflows!

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