Alternatives to Lansweeper

{"intro": "Lansweeper gives organizations visibility and control across IT, operational technology, cloud, and virtual assets. It can discover unmanaged and rogue assets without an agent, while an IT Agent supports work-from-home environments. Its inventory includes normalization, classification, cleanup rules, dashboards, and diagrams. Vulnerability and end-of-life insights, software license and contract tracking, workflow automation, integrations, and GraphQL API access extend the platform beyond basic discovery. Windows, Linux, macOS, web, API, and self-hosted options cover varied deployment needs.\n\nAlternatives become relevant when Lansweeper’s capacity, pricing, or plan boundaries do not fit. The free plan covers up to 100 assets. Starter costs $199 a month billed annually for 2,000 assets and limits integrations to Service Desk ticket enrichment; Pro costs $379 a month billed annually and scales to 9,000 assets. Compare whether you need broad discovery and security insights or a more focused tool for mobile inventory, licensing analysis, helpdesk work, configuration auditing, or lifecycle tracking. Platform support, hosting, asset limits, and workflow depth should guide the switch.", "rows": [{"ref": "sw:reftab", "name": "Reftab", "best_for": "Mobile asset checkout and employee self-service", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $9/user; 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Reftab adds Android and iOS access, barcode scanning, and employee self-service, while Lansweeper emphasizes broader technology discovery.", "choose_when": "Choose it for mobile-first inventory and employee asset interactions rather than Lansweeper’s cloud, virtual, and rogue-asset discovery."}, {"ref": "sw:licenseware", "name": "LICENSEWARE", "best_for": "Enterprise software licensing and audit-risk analysis", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $1", "key_difference": "LICENSEWARE focuses on modular software licensing, renewals, infrastructure mapping, and vendor analysis, with NEO for licensing questions and reports.", "choose_when": "Choose it when licensing costs, contracts, renewals, and audit insights matter more than Lansweeper’s general asset visibility."}, {"ref": "sw:glpi", "name": "GLPI", "best_for": "IT helpdesk and service management", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from €19/user/mo; 45-day trial", "key_difference": "GLPI combines asset management with helpdesk, problem and change management, projects, knowledge tools, and extensive authentication options.", "choose_when": "Choose it when ticketing and ITSM workflows are central, especially alongside hardware, software, license, and network equipment records."}, {"ref": "sw:xassets-itam", "name": "xAssets ITAM", "best_for": "Self-hosted asset and license management", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $60/mo", "key_difference": "xAssets ITAM offers self-hosted and Windows deployment with barcode scanning and a 1,000-asset limit, rather than Lansweeper’s wider discovery scope.", "choose_when": "Choose it for a lower-cost self-hosted inventory covering up to 1,000 assets with license and contract tracking."}, {"ref": "sw:open-audit", "name": "Open-AudIT", "best_for": "Agentless network device auditing", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $399/yr; 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Open-AudIT uses SNMP, WMI, and SSH to discover network devices and report hardware, software, configuration details, and changes.", "choose_when": "Choose it when network auditing and configuration-change reporting are more important than Lansweeper’s vulnerability and lifecycle insights."}, {"ref": "sw:nexynt-asset-management", "name": "Nexynt Asset Management", "best_for": "Cloud asset lifecycle and employee assignments", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $50/mo; 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Nexynt tracks equipment, accessories, consumables, and licenses through five lifecycle stages with check-in, transfers, and employee self-service.", "choose_when": "Choose it for cloud-based procurement-to-retirement workflows and employee asset views across web and mobile platforms."}, {"ref": "sw:cmdbuild-ready2use", "name": "CMDBuild READY2USE", "best_for": "Free self-hosted ITIL configuration management", "pricing": "Free plan", "key_difference": "CMDBuild READY2USE is free and self-hosted, combining configuration items with ITIL-aligned governance, service workflows, barcode scanning, and self-service.", "choose_when": "Choose it when a free, self-hosted CMDB and service-management system suits better than Lansweeper’s paid asset-scale tiers."}]}