Hyperview vs openDCIM

Hyperview is a cloud-based data center infrastructure management platform for tracking connected assets and conditions. Its agentless discovery gathers information about servers, storage, PDUs, network devices, sensors, virtual machines and cloud instances. Monitoring covers power, energy, capacity, temperature and humidity, with alerts and heat maps. Visualization includes 2D and 3D views, custom dashboards, room layouts and drag-and-drop. Hyperview offers a versioned REST API, with pages for ServiceNow CMDB synchronization and bringing Equinix Smart View data into the platform. It runs on Microsoft Azure and offers region selection across the US, Canada, Europe, UAE and APAC SEA. Pricing is $3 a year, billed per asset per year, with a 500-asset minimum; taxes are excluded and add-ons cost extra. A 30-day trial includes all features and requires no credit card. Included limits specify 10 sensors per asset, 30 days of full-resolution sensor retention, three years of daily summaries and 5 MB of document storage per asset.

openDCIM is a free, web-based application for tracking data center inventory and managing physical infrastructure. Its stated goals include following assets across multiple rooms and managing space, power, and cooling. Custom image maps can show clickable cabinet zones with overlays for power, space, temperature, and weight capacity. The application maps power paths from devices through strips and panels to source feeds, and network links to devices classified as switches. It reports fault tolerance and can simulate the effect of a panel or source-feed outage. Integrations include intelligent power strips and UPS devices from APC, Geist Manufacturing, Liebert, and Server Technologies; OIDs can be updated for other manufacturers. Built on MySQL, it supports report building and exporting data to other applications. Multiple user-rights levels are available, with authentication through Apache or LDAP. It is GPL v3 software for on-premises use. Hosting requirements include Linux, Apache 2.x or higher with SSL, MySQL 5.x or higher, PHP 8.0 or higher, and a web-based client.