Firstbase vs uControl Asset Management
Firstbase
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| Figure | Firstbase | uControl Asset Management |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | £833.33/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · IT Asset Management Software | 7.0 (#101) | 9.1 (#7) |
| API | The integrations page lists webhooks and a Public SCIM API for programmatic access to Firstbase inventory data. | A public REST API is offered for integrating data sources, with HTML documentation and a sandbox environment. |
| Deployment | Firstbase says devices can ship pre-configured and MDM-enrolled, with HRIS events triggering provisioning workflows. | The government listing supports public-cloud, private-cloud and hybrid deployment, with each customer receiving its own instance. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Security controls | The security page states that platform data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit, and that Firstbase conducts independent penetration tests and continuous monitoring. | The platform advertises AES-256-GCM encrypted vault storage, SAML/OIDC/LDAP SSO, RBAC and audit logging. |
| Support | Customers can contact Firstbase Support through the question-mark control in their account or by emailing [email protected]. | Support is delivered by email or online ticketing; phone and web-chat support are not offered, while onsite help costs extra. |
| What it does | Firstbase is an IT asset management platform for distributed teams that manages device procurement, deployment, tracking, repairs, retrieval, and reuse. | uControl is an IT asset inventory and operational-control platform combining discovery, asset management, service modelling, CMDB synchronisation and analytics. |
Plans
uControl Asset Management
- CommunityFree
- SMB£10,000 a year
- Professional£40,000 a year
- CommunityFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
uControl Asset Management
uControl Asset Management combines hardware lifecycle management and software licensing in asset records assembled through discovery, integrations and an endpoint agent. Agentless discovery covers on-network IT, OT and cloud assets; the Windows and macOS agent captures devices that do not connect to the network. Hardware records can track warranties, end-of-life, refresh, depreciation, assignment and contracts. Software capabilities include recognition, entitlements, Effective Licence Position, usage-based reclaim and vendor packs. Usage telemetry flags software installed but not launched within 90 days, with a confidence grade; software in active use is not flagged. Integrations bring ITSM, procurement, ERP and other data into mapped and reconciled asset records. Named integrations include ServiceNow, BMC Helix, Atlassian JSM, Lansweeper, EasyVista and HaloITSM. The Community plan is free forever, covers up to 10k servers and is on-premise only. SMB costs £10,000 a year and Professional costs £40,000 a year; annual prices exclude VAT. Those plans allow unlimited users and, like the other listed editions apart from Community, include on-prem, cloud or appliance deployment.