Disclosed is an information processing system including plural information processing apparatuses that have respective hardware resources including hardware resources to be licensed, each information processing apparatus performing information processing using the licensed hardware resources in which use rights are allocated; and a management apparatus that is connected to the plural information processing apparatuses and manages the hardware resources of the plural information processing apparatuses. The management apparatus includes a use right information holding unit that holds use right information corresponding to the use rights of the hardware resources, and a use right allocation unit that allocates the use rights to the hardware resources on a hardware resource basis in accordance with the held use right information.