Device42 vs NetLab Discovery
Device42
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| Figure | Device42 | NetLab Discovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Network Discovery Software | 8.4 (#11) | 8.1 (#17) |
| Purpose | Device42 provides agentless discovery, asset management, and dependency mapping for data center, cloud, and hybrid IT environments. | NetLab Discovery scans subnets via ping and SNMP and tracks host status, latency, vendor information, and OS fingerprints in a web dashboard. |
| Support and updates | A subscription includes updates and access to remote support, and a one-year subscription includes software maintenance, upgrades, and support. | The maker says updates and support are covered for the first year; afterward the software continues working, but updates and priority support require maintenance renewal. |
Plans
In their own words
Device42
Device42 provides agentless discovery, asset management, and dependency mapping for data center, cloud, and hybrid IT environments. Its scope includes CMDB, DCIM, ITAM, IPAM, password management, and application dependency mapping, in a self-hosted deployment. It can discover network devices through SNMP and cloud resources across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and OpenStack.
For data centers, its visual models cover buildings, rooms, racks, cabling, and patch panels, with power and temperature heat maps. Core includes discovery, inventory and asset management, integrations, REST APIs and webhooks, warranty and SSL certificate management, cable and password management, and IPAM. Device42 also tracks software licenses, contracts, and barcodes, and lists more than 30 integrations. Licenses count devices with IP addresses; non-IP assets do not count, and user seats are unlimited. If the device limit is exceeded, the software keeps running but stops collecting additional information until the license is increased. Pricing is available on request, and a free trial is offered.
NetLab Discovery
NetLab Discovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.