Hornbill IT Asset Management vs iTop

Hornbill IT Asset Management tracks hardware, software, cloud, and on-premise assets through their lifecycle. Automated discovery can identify cloud and on-premise hardware and software. License views show licenses owned and in use, helping teams manage spend and respond to vendor audits; the product also tracks capital and operating costs, including support costs. Drag-and-drop or codeless workflows can automate IT asset processes such as application provisioning and patch deployment. Hornbill says a shared data model supports information sharing between IT asset management, operations, service management, and security teams. It describes hundreds of codeless integrations, including Microsoft Intune as an endpoint management example. Deployment is cloud-based, and personalized pricing is available on request. The included Essential Success Plan provides 24×7 online help for critical service availability issues, as well as community forums, knowledge resources, APIs, and up to three named contacts. Paid Premier and Custom Concierge support plans are also available. Hornbill states that its data centers hold SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 Type II certifications.

iTop is an open-source IT service management platform centered on service management and a configuration management database (CMDB). Its service catalog connects to incident, request, problem, and change processes and supports SLA calculation. Through the web portal, users can submit service requests, follow progress, and provide updates in real time. The CMDB supports configurable items, synchronization, impact analysis, audits, and asset management. Teams can change workflows, attributes, menus, and other elements using iTop Designer’s low-code graphical interface. Integration options include a REST API, webhooks, and integrations or collectors for OCS Inventory, VMware, Microsoft Graph, Azure, vSphere, and Ansible. Listed security features include role-based permissions, SSO, MFA, brute-force protection, and department data silos. Combodo describes long- and short-term release lifecycles and a documented public vulnerability-handling process. The free Community offer is listed for on-premise use; Atelier and Forge offer SaaS and on-premise availability, with different service levels.