NIPAP vs OpenWISP IPAM
NIPAP
spritelink.github.ioOpenWISP IPAM
openwisp.ioSide by side
| Figure | NIPAP | OpenWISP IPAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · IP Address Management Software | 8.3 (#9) | 7.4 (#28) |
| Deployment | The maker officially supports Debian and Debian derivatives; it says NIPAP should also run on Unix-like systems with manual dependency installation. | OpenWISP is an open-source network management solution leveraging Linux OpenWrt, and its commercial support offers on-premise and cloud managed deployments. |
| Purpose | NIPAP is an IP address management system built to handle large amounts of IP addresses. | OpenWISP IPAM provides IP address management features and is a core dependency of OpenWISP Controller. |
| Support | The maker directs users to GitHub issues for bugs, feature requests, and other issues. | Community support is available through a mailing list, GitHub Discussions, and chat; commercial support includes deployment and maintenance assistance. |
Plans
In their own words
NIPAP
NIPAP is a self-hosted IP address management system for large address inventories. It offers a web interface and a feature-complete command-line tool, and can allocate the next available address automatically. Search supports IP prefix operators and regular expressions. IPv6 has feature parity with IPv4, and VRFs are supported natively. The system also includes subnet planning, integrated statistics, and audit history. Address data is stored and indexed in PostgreSQL with the ip4r module. The backend communicates through an XML-RPC API, and the project lists Python and Java client libraries. NIPAP is open source under the MIT license and is free. Debian and Debian derivatives are officially supported; the maker says other Unix-like systems may run it with manual dependency installation. Installation involves configuring authentication accounts for both the backend and web interface. The maker describes user documentation as rather limited and directs users to GitHub issues for bugs, feature requests, and other issues.
OpenWISP IPAM
OpenWISP IPAM has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.