AssetCenter vs Scanlily

AssetCenter tracks durable assets individually, recording what a team owns, who has each item, where it is, and its lifecycle history. Records can include categories, serial numbers, status, photos, documents, and barcode or QR access. A unified timeline covers purchases, assignments, moves, condition checks, maintenance, repairs, warranties, costs, tasks, and decommissioning. It also tracks software licenses and recurring services, including vendor, plan, seats, billing frequency, contract terms, renewal date, and cost. Reports cover straight-line depreciation, asset end of life, asset events, recurring subscription costs, locations, and assignment history. Access controls include roles, permissions, category-level restrictions, and two-factor authentication. API access is included on every plan, subject to plan and rate limits. The service can be installed on a phone or tablet home screen in PWA mode. Its scope is durable items tracked one by one: it does not manage stock quantities, reordering, fulfillment, or consumable inventory bins. The Free plan allows 25 assets and has no reports; paid plans start at $39 per month.

Scanlily is an inventory and asset-management service that uses photos and AI to describe and categorize items, with optional QR labels for finding item or container records. Image recognition can create names, descriptions, categories, and metadata, including for several items in one shelf or storage-box photo. Users can also record narrated video; Scanlily says it can identify items, extract photos, and prepare inventory drafts from it. Inventory search supports natural-language queries, images, and GPS location, and users can ask its assistant questions by text or voice. A phone camera can scan a QR code to view or update information in a browser without installing the app; access can require a passcode. Asset workflows include equipment checkouts and reservations, pickups, booking calendars, alerts, maintenance reminders, and audit trails. Backups can be downloaded in CSV, JSON, or offline-viewable HTML, including images and attachments. Scanlily is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Plans include a free option with one user and 500 items, and paid options from $9.00 per month, billed $90 USD per year. Premium includes a developer API.