Ask HN: How do you handle licensing and revenue leaks for self-hosted software?

I’ve been exploring the hidden costs of self-hosted software, specifically, the silent revenue leaks that come from unauthorized deployments, lingering trials, and unmonitored usage.

Most devs I spoke to shared stories of enterprise clients spinning up “temporary” instances that ran for months, or trials that never actually ended. If you’re selling self-hosted, how are you tackling this?

I wrote up my findings and what can be done about it here:

https://kagehq.com/blog/hidden-revenue-leak-self-hosted-software

Would love to hear how the HN community is handling this.