Matrix42 Asset Management vs OCS Inventory

Matrix42 Asset Management tracks IT assets, inventory, lifecycle history, and contracts in one system. Its inventory covers hardware, software, and virtual machines, and automatically discovers new assets across platforms. Continuous network discovery maps assets and dependencies and can identify devices that should not be present. The product manages physical and mobile devices, applications, and servers, retaining status and configuration history for each. Real-time infrastructure updates feed an automated configuration management database.

Contract management centralizes documents and data, sends renewal and deadline notifications, and provides interactive cost reports and risk assessments. Listed integrations include Microsoft SCCM, Intune, Azure, AWS, IBM License Metric Tool, Jamf Pro, and VMware Workspace ONE. Contract tracking and barcode scanning are supported. Deployment is hybrid, with platforms including Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, and self-hosted environments. Matrix42 is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and was founded in 1992. The product is paid, has no free plan, and offers a 30-day trial; pricing is tailored by quote.

OCS Inventory scans, inventories, and categorizes hardware and software across IT environments. Agents installed on machines send inventory information to an OCS server, where administrators review results in a web console, inspect detected network hardware, and create deployment packages. Agents can download packages over HTTP or HTTPS and launch them remotely, with deployment status and statistics available. For devices without agents, IP discovery and SNMP scans can identify equipment such as copiers, switches, routers, and computers.

The server provides a REST API and names ITSM-NG, GLPI, CMDBuild, and iTop as compatible tools. Plugins can add VMware vCenter inventory or details about drivers and user-installed applications. CVE Search cross-references fleet inventory with the CVE-Mitre register to identify machines exposed to software vulnerabilities. OCS Inventory is open source, with cloud and on-premise offers. OCS Free costs €0 per month and includes unlimited agents, the complete software, community support, and plugin access. OCS Cloud costs €250 per month and includes SaaS hosting, updates, and unlimited support. Adapting the free solution to an organization's infrastructure can require advanced technical skills.