Almaden Collective IQ vs Exoprise

Almaden Collective IQ combines IT asset management and digital employee experience capabilities with artificial intelligence. Its DEX view brings together experience across devices, locations, applications, collaboration tools, and employee sentiment. The platform correlates performance, inventory, usage, and sentiment signals to identify patterns, bottlenecks, and risks before they become incidents. Business Edition AlmaAI includes predictive analytics, automated problem detection, and recommendations; AlmaIQ is a conversational assistant available through Microsoft Teams or Google Chat. ITAM tracks hardware and software inventory, lifecycles, contracts, warranties, location, depreciation, and license usage. Listed connections include ServiceNow, Zendesk, Jira, Cervello, Desk Manager, BI, ERP, ITSM, and other enterprise systems, with REST JSON APIs for integration and automation. The cloud service supports Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Essential Edition retains data for 13 months with two months of visibility; Business Edition provides 13 months of both, with AlmaIQ available as an add-on. Pricing is on request. Almaden is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices in Brazil and the UK.

Exoprise is a digital experience monitoring platform for SaaS and cloud applications, networks, and endpoints. CloudReady runs code-free synthetic transactions for Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Azure Virtual Desktop, and other SaaS or web apps. Service Watch records employee digital experience and correlates real-user data with synthetic monitoring. Network path diagnostics and hop-by-hop traces help locate problems across LAN/WAN, ISP, internet, and service-provider networks. Exoprise also anonymously aggregates product metrics for application and network benchmarks. Data can be published to Splunk, Microsoft System Center, Operations Management Suite, Power BI, Tableau, and Excel; ServiceNow ticket integration is included. Deployments can be automated with PowerShell and other languages, and data export supports API use. Security and identity features include SAML configurations, role-based administration, SSL for API access, and API access disabled by default. Plans include unlimited online support. Exoprise credits cost $100 a month. A 15-day trial is available, without a credit card, and its trial limits include up to 3 synthetic sensors, 50 Service Watch Browser users, or 25 Service Watch Desktop deployments.