Danbyte vs IT Dock

Danbyte is an open-source IP address management, data-center infrastructure management and network source-of-truth platform. It tracks IP space, hardware, cabling, power, virtualization, monitoring and automation in one system. For IPAM, it calculates prefix containment, available space and utilization per VRF, and handles VLANs, DHCP ranges, DNS zones and route targets. Its DCIM tools model rack elevations, device faceplates, ports, power and virtual chassis. Network views include cable and fibre tracing, floor plans, circuits, VPN tunnels and wireless SSIDs. Proxmox VE and VMware vCenter imports cover virtual machines and related infrastructure, with drift reconciliation; active checks, SNMP and nmap discovery help maintain an observed layer. Automation options include Ansible and Terraform inventories, Jinja templates, signed webhooks and scoped APIs. Danbyte can run on user hardware, including fully air-gapped deployments, without telemetry or an expiring license. The free, self-hosted offer includes all features without seat licensing. The Linux quick installer bundles Python, Node and dependencies but requires PostgreSQL 15+ and Redis.

IT Dock is a web-based platform for organising client assets and operational documentation for IT service work. Its asset inventory records the equipment and systems a technician supports, and runbook templates provide starting points for repeatable procedures. The platform also offers AI questions and screenshot-to-documentation uses. The Free plan costs nothing, requires no card, and includes one technician, three clients, 25 AI questions per month, and five screenshot-to-documentation uses per month. IT Dock uses hybrid deployment and supports SSO. It runs on the web. Network discovery is not included among the listed capabilities, so asset information must be managed through the available inventory and documentation features.