Device42 vs Scanlily

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.

Scanlily is an inventory and asset-management service that uses photos and AI to describe and categorize items, with optional QR labels for finding item or container records. Image recognition can create names, descriptions, categories, and metadata, including for several items in one shelf or storage-box photo. Users can also record narrated video; Scanlily says it can identify items, extract photos, and prepare inventory drafts from it. Inventory search supports natural-language queries, images, and GPS location, and users can ask its assistant questions by text or voice. A phone camera can scan a QR code to view or update information in a browser without installing the app; access can require a passcode. Asset workflows include equipment checkouts and reservations, pickups, booking calendars, alerts, maintenance reminders, and audit trails. Backups can be downloaded in CSV, JSON, or offline-viewable HTML, including images and attachments. Scanlily is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Plans include a free option with one user and 500 items, and paid options from $9.00 per month, billed $90 USD per year. Premium includes a developer API.