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Java License Analyzer

The short answer: the Java License Analyzer is Rythium’s tool for finding every Java installation in your company, Oracle and non-Oracle. It works out which ones need an Oracle licence. It is the discovery step of our Java license review.

Get visibility and analytics to navigate Oracle Java licensing changes

The Java License Analyzer helps you to get visibility & manage the new compliance bugbear at every enterprise worldwide. We have created an almost fully automated tool that gives insights into your Java deployments.

It can help you get visibility of all (Oracle & non-Oracle) Java deployments, track how much Oracle Java you are using and identify remediation and rebalancing possibilities.

Discovery > Analysis > Deployment & License Visibility

Using these results, you can calculate the commercial value of Java usage in your company.

The tool is available in two variants:

  1. Standard Edition
  2. Premier Services Edition
    (includes the Standard Edition features + consulting services)

Feature Availability

Feature Java License Analyzer – Standard Edition Java License Analyzer – Premier Service Edition
Java Deployment Discovery
Java Discovery Agent Yes Yes
Agent Output Collection Coding Yes (if needed) Yes (if needed)
Troubleshooting Support during discovery Yes Yes
Virtualization Considerations No Yes
Java Deployment Visibility & License Analysis
Java – Agreement Analyzer Yes Yes
Java – Included Products Entitlement Analyzer Yes Yes
Java Third Party Embedded License Analyzer No Yes
Java Deployment & License Analysis Reports
Host Wise Java Installation Report Yes Yes
Java Release by Publisher Report Yes Yes
Java Version by Oracle Agreement Report Yes Yes
Java License Needed Report by Host No Yes
Java License Needed – legacy and current metrics No Yes
Java Remediation Recommendation No Yes
Java Procurement Potential Options Recommendation No Yes

Feature availability and process steps

Also available: Java License Deployment Review Service

The scope of work includes:

  • All features of Premier Service Edition
  • Audit Defense
  • Procurement Strategy / Procurement Assistance

Click here if you want to know the Java Licensing changes that have happened over the past few years.

Click here if you want to download our guide on ‘How to analyze and license Oracle Java’

Read more about our Managing Partner, Sheshagiri Anegondi, who worked at Oracle from 1998 to 2015 and wrote the book Licensing Oracle. Contact him or our other Oracle license experts to know the details of Java license changes and Java cost to pay for.

An audit letter, a renewal quote or a ULA end date on your desk? We check what Oracle, Microsoft, IBM or Broadcom is claiming, work out what you owe under your contract, defend against audits, and negotiate the rest down.

Related reading
  1. Java License Changes: A Year-by-Year TimelineOracle's Java licence changes explained: is Java free, what the JDK and JRE are, Oracle approved product use, and the questions customers ask most.
  2. Java License ReviewHow Oracle Java is licensed in 2026: which JDK versions are free, the per-employee subscription, Oracle Java audits, and how most clients pay Oracle nothing.
  3. What Is Java? JDK, JRE, JVM and Java SE ExplainedWhat Java is and the licensing terms that matter: JDK, JRE, JVM, Java SE and OpenJDK, and why the platform runs almost everywhere.
  4. Oracle Java Licensing FAQWhich Oracle JDK builds are free in production after the JDK 21 change, what the Java SE Universal Subscription costs, and who counts as an employee.
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