IBM License Metric Tool vs LAMUM (License Asset Manager with Usage Monitoring)

IBM License Metric Tool inventories IBM software measured by processor core and measures required licenses in full-capacity and virtualization sub-capacity environments. IBM recommends it for full-capacity licensing and requires it for sub-capacity licensing. It scans infrastructure for installed IBM software and version details that can support version management and security patching. For sub-capacity use, it produces audit reports, tracks license utilization thresholds, and sends email notifications when thresholds approach or exceed their limits. Installation options are License Metric Tool Lite, License Metric Tool with Ansible, and License Metric Tool with BigFix. It integrates with BigFix and provides a REST API for external systems, which must retrieve data through the API rather than directly from the database. The tool is free, with a listed price of free; customers supply hardware and installation services. Linux installations require DB2, included at no charge for use only with the tool. Windows installations require a customer-provided MS SQL Server instance; MS SQL Server Express is supported for environments under 500 endpoints. Sub-capacity audit snapshots must be generated quarterly and kept for at least two years.

LAMUM manages engineering software inventory and license usage, with monitoring, reporting, and optimization tools. Its dashboards show real-time usage, denial counts, and historical trends. Users can create reports and graphs, find underused licenses, track feature use, examine peak periods, and model license configurations. Listed integrations include FlexLM/FlexNet, RLM, DSLS, LM-X, Sentinel RMS, LUM, MathLM, Moldex3D, Altium, and Codemeter. LAMUM Cloud is browser-based SaaS hosted on AWS and uses a lightweight connector on an existing license server. The Cloud service uses a tenant-specific database and token-authenticated transfers; data transfer is stated to be 256-bit encrypted. Cloud connectors support Windows and Linux. The comparison lists Windows, macOS, and Linux for Cloud and Windows and Linux for on-premise; LDAP/Active Directory integration and Daemon Manager are listed on-premise but not currently in Cloud. Parser Lite costs $0 forever for up to three licenses, with limits including 50 parser users, 10,000 parse lines, and 30-day data retention. Other listed plans require a quote or contact for pricing.