Device42 vs NetworkTonic

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.

NetworkTonic scans network equipment, builds an asset inventory, and displays devices and their relationships on an interactive map. It can discover computers, printers, routers, switches, and other network equipment. Its inventory covers Windows, Linux, and Mac computers, including their hardware and software, and automatically synchronizes discoveries with the ServiceTonic CMDB. Discovery is agentless, so users can access asset details without installing additional programs on client machines. Multiple scan servers support distributed environments, independent networks, and networks with multiple segments. Monitoring uses CPU, RAM, disk, ping, service, and active web sensors; configured criteria can trigger alert tickets automatically. ServiceTonic describes NetworkTonic as an integrated discovery tool within its Help Desk software, connected to its CMDB, for maintaining current asset records and helping prevent incidents. A free plan is listed at free, with no other usage limits stated. The pricing page asks customers to request a quote and choose cloud or on-premise ServiceTonic, but lists no NetworkTonic price.