Abstract: The present invention discloses a solution for metering, monitoring, and monetizing software assets. The solution can include a step of registering a software asset with a monitoring service. A unique identifying key for the software asset can be generated during registration. The software asset can then be instrumented for the monitoring service. The instrumentation can reference the software asset by the unique key. Specifics of the set of metrics that are to be monitored by the monitoring service for the software asset can be runtime, development time, and/or deployment time configurable. The instrumented software asset can convey transaction data to the monitoring server when used by clients. Analyzed results produced by the monitoring service pertaining to the software assets based upon the transaction data can be provided to authorize users of vendors associated with the software asset.