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What it is

xAssets Software Asset Management (xAssets SAM) helps organizations track software licensing and establish a defensible compliance position. Its temporal calculation engine records license, consumption, and grant events, allowing effective license positions to be reported for a selected point in time. Discovery and integrations run daily, license calculations monthly, and automated alerts flag compliance issues and renewal dates. An affinity model ranks possible license-to-consumption matches by factors such as department, location, cost centre, user, processor architecture, and core count. Supported metrics include per-user, per-computer, processor, core, concurrent-user, and subscription licensing. Agentless discovery covers Windows, VMware ESX, Linux, Unix, Apple Mac, IBM AIX, SNMP, and SSH equipment; an optional agent supports remote endpoints. Named integration sources include SCCM, Tanium, ServiceNow, and Intune, with additional integrations available to build during or after implementation. Organizations can use hosted or on-premise deployment. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan, but a free trial is available.

Spec sheet

Purpose
xAssets SAM is a software licensing compliance system designed to help organizations establish and maintain a defensible software compliance position.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Deployment
xAssets SAM is available as a hosted service or on-premise in a customer data centre.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Integrations
The page names SCCM, Tanium, ServiceNow, and Intune as integration sources for the license model; it says new integrations can be built during or after implementation.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Security
The SAM page lists single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, row-level security, a full audit trail of data changes, database backups, and point-in-time restore.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Support
The company says customers have access to trained product specialists and receive proactive, consultative support throughout the product lifecycle.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Automated operations
Discovery and integrations run daily, license calculations run monthly, and automated alerts cover compliance issues and renewal dates.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Company history
xAssets says the company was formed in the UK in 2001 and has offices in the USA and UK.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Discovery
Native agentless discovery covers Windows, VMware ESX, Linux, Unix, Apple Mac, IBM AIX, SNMP, and SSH equipment, with an optional agent for remote endpoints.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Evaluation
During evaluation, xAssets says there are no licensing, integration, or module restrictions and offers a free instance shaped to the customer's needs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Free instance limit
The general IT asset management free instance is limited to one user, 100 endpoints, and 1,000 total assets, and does not support Intune, SCCM, procurement, contracts, barcoding, configuration, or workflow.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
License allocation
The affinity model ranks license-consumption matches using dimensions such as department, location, cost centre, user, CPU architecture, and core count.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
License metrics
Supported license metrics include per user, per computer, per physical core, per physical processor, concurrent user, and subscription.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com
Temporal accounting
Its temporal calculation engine records consumption, license, and grant events so effective license positions can be reported for any point in time.Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com

Plans and prices

Enterprise Edition (xAssets SAM) Priced on request Base license includes two users · Cloud hosted or on-premise · Discovery licensed per endpoint · Named, concurrent and light users Read 30 Sep 2026 · xassets.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Reports license positions for any point in time
  • Daily discovery and monthly license calculations
  • Automated compliance and renewal alerts
  • Hosted and on-premise deployment options
  • Single sign-on, SCIM, and row-level security

Limits

  • Pricing is available only on request
  • No free plan is offered
  • Discovery licensing is per endpoint

Who it suits

It suits organizations that need to track software use against varied license metrics and report compliance over time. Hosted and on-premise options serve teams with different deployment needs.

Verdict

xAssets SAM combines time-based license accounting, discovery, integrations, and automated alerts for software compliance work.

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