beginning the third quarter of 2020. We target midsize and large enterprises around the world across a broad range of industries including financial services, government, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, professional services, retail, technology, and telecommunications.
We sell a significant portion of our products through our channel partners, including resellers, service providers and system integrators. Our sales force develops sales opportunities and works closely with our channel partners to sell our solutions. We have a high touch sales force focused on large organizations, inside sales teams focused on mid-sized enterprises and sales teams that work with service providers that focus on smaller businesses. We prioritize our internal sales and marketing efforts on large organizations because we believe that they represent the largest potential opportunity.
Our total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $50.0 million and $158.6 million, compared to $52.2 million and $151.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, representing a decrease of 4% and an increase of 5%, respectively.
Revenue from cloud services, licenses and software support and services represented 42%, 13% and 45% of total revenue, respectively, in the three months ended September 30, 2020, and 34%, 23% and 43% of total revenue, respectively, in the three months ended September 30, 2019. Revenue from cloud services, licenses and software support and services represented 37%, 21% and 42% of total revenue, respectively, in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and 32%, 24% and 44% of total revenue, respectively, in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Revenue from recurring sources, which includes revenue from the license component of on-premise term subscriptions, cloud services, and software support on perpetual and on-premise term licenses, was 95% and 86% of total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, compared to 86% and 85% of total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Cloud services and on-premise subscription revenue have increased as a percentage of our total revenue over the long-term. After the second quarter of 2020, we discontinued the perpetual license pricing model and, consequently, we expect to generate nearly all of our revenue from recurring sources in the future, as we did in the three months ended September 30, 2020, with cloud services accounting for an increasing proportion of that recurring revenue.
Our cloud services revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $20.9 million and $17.6 million, respectively, representing an increase of 19%. Our cloud services revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $59.1 million and $49.2 million, respectively, representing an increase of 20%. This growth reflects our customers’ preference to purchase cloud services and contributions from MobileIron Threat Detection and Access. When we sell our cloud solutions on a subscription basis, we typically offer 12 months or longer terms and bill in advance.
Our license revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $6.5 million and $12.2 million, respectively, representing a decrease of 47%. Our license revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $32.6 million and $35.8 million, respectively, representing a decrease of 9%. The decrease in license revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to the discontinuation of sales of perpetual licenses. Over time, demand for our perpetual licenses decreased and we announced in the first quarter of 2020 that we would be discontinuing that pricing model at the end of our second quarter of 2020. As a result of that announcement, the three months ended June 30, 2020 benefitted from perpetual license sales that would have otherwise closed in future quarters. In the third quarter of 2020, however, perpetual license revenue was minimal. In future quarters, license revenue will be generated primarily from sales of on-premise subscriptions which do not generate as much up-front license revenue as perpetual licenses.
Our software support and services revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $22.6 million and $22.4 million, respectively. Our software support and services revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $67.0 million and $66.2 million, respectively, representing an increase of 1%. Software support and services revenue includes support of perpetual license customers, the support component of on-premise subscriptions, and professional services. The growth rate of software support and services revenue has primarily been dependent on growth in our installed base of customers that purchase perpetual licenses or on-premises subscriptions, renewals of on-premises subscriptions and software support on perpetual licenses, and purchases of professional services