IT Asset Management
Browse asset tracking, inventory management, and license management tools for IT operations.
7 results in IT Asset Management
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How to choose it asset management tools
IT asset management tools keep an accurate record of the hardware and software an organisation owns, where it is and who uses it. Agents and network scans collect inventory, while fuller platforms also track licences, warranties and lifecycle stages, and some extend into software deployment, patching or device management. Monitoring tools watch whether assets are healthy right now, whereas asset management answers what exists, what it cost and when it must be replaced.
Who uses these tools
- IT operations teams maintaining hardware inventory
- Procurement and finance tracking licences and warranties
- Service desk staff linking assets to tickets
Capabilities to compare
- Agent-based and agentless network discovery
- Software inventory and licence compliance
- Lifecycle, warranty and depreciation tracking
- Configuration management database relationships
- Software deployment and patching extensions
Operating considerations
- Agent rollout across every operating system
- Inventory data quality decays without automation
- Per-asset or per-node licensing
- Integration with service desk and procurement
Selection checklist
- Count your devices by type and operating system, then confirm discovery covers each, including network gear.
- Run discovery in a pilot subnet and compare results with your existing spreadsheet to spot gaps.
- Check whether licence tracking understands the licensing models of your major software vendors.
- Confirm asset records can be linked to tickets, users and locations in your service desk.
What belongs in this category: Products belong here when their core function is discovering, inventorying and tracking IT assets and software licences through their lifecycle, even if they also deploy software or link assets to service tickets.
IT Asset Management on iThub in figures
iThub lists 7 tools in IT Asset Management. 6 of 7 are open source, 4 of 7 can be self-hosted, 6 of 7 have a free, freemium or open-source pricing model and 4 of 7 offer an API.
- Tools listed
- 7
- Open source
- 6
- Self-hostable
- 4
- Free to start
- 6
- With an API
- 4
- Web app
- 5
- Desktop app
- 6
Recently added: Scanopy, HVTools, OpenUEM, OCS Inventory
Typical use cases
- Building a reliable hardware and software inventory
- Preparing for a software licence audit
- Tracking laptops through purchase, assignment and disposal
- Finding unmanaged devices on the corporate network
Trade-offs to model
- Open source inventory tools are inexpensive and self-hosted, while enterprise service platforms add workflows and reporting at a much higher cost.
- Agents give detailed, current data per device, whereas agentless scans are easier to deploy but miss offline machines.
Common mistakes
- Importing an old spreadsheet as the source of truth instead of starting from automated discovery.
- Tracking assets without assigning owners, so nobody updates records when devices move or retire.
Endpoint and patch management →Remote management and RMM →Browse all IT asset management tools →
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