Cledara vs CMDBuild READY2USE

Cledara gives Finance teams a platform to discover, buy, manage, and cancel software subscriptions. Its Basic plan includes spend visibility, renewal alerts, budgets, spend limits, and payment and cancellation management for up to 20 software applications. Premium supports up to 75 applications and adds automatic invoice capture and reconciliation. Pro is a tailored package that includes Okta SSO, bank-transfer expense payments, and a dedicated implementation and success manager. Cledara’s API provides programmatic access to subscription data on every plan at no extra cost. Listed accounting integrations include Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, and Tripletex; HR integrations include BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, and CharlieHR for software access workflows. Separate monthly plans for Spend Optimization, IT Management, and Software Compliance each cost £150 a month and cover usage and seat insights, access workflows, or vendor compliance features respectively. Cledara has web, mobile, API, and extension platforms. The mobile app supports card details and PINs, receipt uploads, and reimbursement claims. Cledara says it is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. Pricing for Basic, Premium, and Pro is on request; there is no free plan.

CMDBuild READY2USE manages hardware and software configuration items and supports IT governance and service management workflows aligned with ITIL. Its self-service interface covers the service catalogue, malfunction reports and new service requests. Listed workflows include Incident Management, Request Fulfilment and Change Management. Asset Lifecycle covers order registration, goods acceptance, assignment, transfers and scrapping, while Service Management handles catalogues, work orders, SLAs, KPIs, controls and notifications. The system also supports map georeferencing, 2D floor plans and 3D models made with BIM tools. Connectors built with the CMDBuild Service Bus waterWAY framework include OCS Inventory, Active Directory, VMware vCenter and Amazon AWS. The product uses a Java server, Ajax interface and PostgreSQL, with user, group, permission and multitenant configuration features. It is an open-source project maintained by PAT srl and may be used under the GNU Affero GPL, subject to logo and legal-notice requirements for modified versions. Self-Service is downloadable for self-installation; Subscription includes a ready-to-use OVF appliance. No plan prices are listed.