Danbyte vs Tidal LightMesh

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.

Tidal LightMesh is cloud-first IP address management software for discovering, planning, and governing address data across cloud environments, DHCP, and imports. Its read-only Windows Discovery Agent brings Microsoft DHCP scopes, leases, hostnames, and history into a searchable view. Agentless integrations discover AWS VPCs and Azure VNets, subnets, and assignments. Cloud inventory sync is on demand for Free, hourly for Pro and Team, and every five minutes for Enterprise. TreeView and Network Containers show planned and live networks together, help flag overlapping ranges, and group address space. Subnet Builder visually divides a parent subnet into address sizes for cloud and data center plans. SaaS is available on every plan; Docker self-hosting on Ubuntu LTS, AWS, or Azure is limited to Enterprise. LightMesh supports API access, subnet planning, DNS and DHCP management, and IPv6. Free allows one user and fewer than 1,000 IPs. Pro costs $35 a month, and a 14-day trial is listed. Google Cloud support is on the future roadmap and is not currently available.