What IT asset management software do you use, and would you recommend it?
Posted by LinesOnMaps@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 104 comments
Hi all. Trying to find the best IT asset management software for a mid-sized org (more or less 1000 assets, laptops/printers/etc.), and figured I’d sanity check myself with some more knowledgeable 2nd opinions.
We’ve been managing stuff across 3 sites within the same city with spreadsheets since the business started and I already think we’re kinda late to automating our asset tracking. Things are ok but we get the odd lapse like stuff not getting signed out or floating hardware forgotten for weeks.
Ideally, it should sync with Intune or pull cleanly from our MDM. I want minimal manual input as this will be used by non tech people all the time, a clean interface, and if something goes wrong, it should be easiily fixable. Only core requirement is pretty rigid asset tracking that scales when we scale up.
And finally, pricing needs to be reasonable. Price isn’t much of an issue within reason, but I won’t tolerate basic features being locked behind enterprise/expensive tiers.
I’ve only looked into Bluetally, but I’m asking this to explore more options. Ideally wanna hear from people in similar setups and hear their perspectives. What I should be looking for, and what to avoid etc.
Whatever asset tracking you’re using pls share, and do tell if you would recommend it to others looking for asset tracking solutions. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
mvchek@reddit
Any asset management software with a network discovery tool to add mobiles/tablets that is not lansweeper? Looking for something cheaper
Tridisha_@reddit
oh man we were in the exact same boat lol. spreadsheets were chill at the start, felt like we had things under control... but then it all went sideways once we started growing. stuff stopped getting signed out right, devices would just disappear into someone’s desk forever. total chaos. we switched to Workwize not too long ago and ngl it's been kinda amazing. does all the boring stuff for us, ordering, assigning, getting stuff back, offboarding, all that. plugs into Intune too so that’s been smooth. honestly the best part? even ppl outside IT can use it without nuking anything, which is saying a lot for our crew haha. we checked out BlueTally too (clean UI but didn’t scale great) and AssetTiger (free but omg it felt like using a fax machine). Workwize just hit that sweet spot between not-too-basic and not-too-much. if you're tryna get ahead of the mess and not spend all day fixing it, def worth checking out.
grand_disappointment@reddit
One good thing my leadership team did was getting us Freshservice. Been using it for asset management for a year now. Lovin it.
chillb3rt@reddit
Try for these cases Inventory360 perhaps:
https://www.enteksystems.de/produkte/inventory360
Cultural_Equivalent@reddit
Can totally recommend LOGINventory. Syncs with Intune and other MDMs. The price is surprisingly cheap and everything is on prem.
devmakasana@reddit
Teamcamp - project management Application, simple, clean task management across projects
Fizgriz@reddit
Snipe-it has been solid for us
zitping@reddit
+1 for Snipe IT. I used them to move a small IT company from spreadsheets almost 10 years ago.
anothernetworkadmin@reddit
Care to share how you're syncing with something like AD or your MDM?
AdmiralCA@reddit
We built out a sync that graphs Intune computers and injects them into SnipeIT via API. Checking it out to the Primary User, updating notes on name changes and such
Fizgriz@reddit
It's really easy. If you host it on site it can do an LDAP sync of users and groups. Then once imported you can just assign each user to groups.
KingZach_VI@reddit
ServiceNow with SCCm integration for asset discovery coupled with Opmanager for network assets to be discovered as well. Having these assets pulled into our CMDB for incident , request, and change management is very fluid
brocalmotion@reddit
My company also uses SNow for asset management, ticketing, and knowledge. The hardware tables require some config to have fields relevant to your business needs. The hardest part is making sure people update assets they work on/replace/retire. I spent about 5 hours this week cleaning up stale assets in preparation for the new fiscal year.
SCCM discovery is nice, until management asks(tells) you to track things like monitors and local printers (receipt or label).
The-CH-IT-Guy@reddit
Action1 for patch management and tracking + FreshService Agent for inventory, only computers. Both automatically installed during the deployment process with MDT.
GeneMoody-Action1@reddit
Just curious, I know our inventory lack some of the features that some other products have where inventory is a primary market. Is it stuff like warranty lookup, just features we are missing, or another reason u pair it with another warranty product. I ask because there is always room for us to grow, and I take all feedback good and bad.
The-CH-IT-Guy@reddit
FS is our ITSM and ticketing system so we use it for onboarding process and allocation of assets workflow. A1 is used for patch management, remote desktop and remote scripts. For us the main feature missing is Linux agent! 🙃
GeneMoody-Action1@reddit
Funny you mention that, we just hit a wall up voting in that, like the platform choked. So you are in good company, many want this.
Slated for our next release! ~fall this year is the target. I am just as excited as all y'all (I'm in Texas, can you tell?)
I am Linux by preference as well, so anxious to see it too!
BWMerlin@reddit
GLPI is free and open source m
Substantial-Fruit447@reddit
Excel spreadsheets -> ServiceNOW HAM module
sleepthetablet@reddit
Teqtivity :D
ScarcityReal5399@reddit
Not at this position, but at previous employer we used Alloy Software. It worked well for a smaller environment
Background-Tax-6698@reddit
Hi there! I'm with Teqtivity.
Our solution integrates with Intune and other MDM solutions to provide automation.
We've designed our pricing to be transparent and fair, with unlimited assets, users, and integrations.
Feel free to check us out at Teqtivity's website to explore more, or reach out if you have specific questions. Happy to help!
tedesco455@reddit
NinjaRmm and Lansweeper
Buzzbait_PocketKnife@reddit
Same
tcake24@reddit
Love Lansweeper
agitated--crow@reddit
Same
toewsb@reddit
Same
Frothyleet@reddit
Before/as you evaluate asset tracking solutions, make sure you are getting an explicit set of requirements from management/accounting. Even if this is just initially for the benefit of IT ops, it's eventually going to be wandering into the penumbra of finance responsibilities.
In particular, make sure your org doesn't already have a solid asset tracking system you could leverage. Your company almost certainly has a bunch of assets that are being tracked already outside of IT.
PigTrough@reddit
last 2 jobs ITGlue...honestly it is really, really good. Super customizable, usable out of box, and fully cloud.
zyzlayer321@reddit
No one ever talks about asset management in IT, but it’s one of the few roles where you can see how everything in ops, finance, and security ties together. I started off doing basic inventory, and now I’m in most budget meetings, looped into refresh cycles, and get CC’d whenever someone in infosec sneezes. It’s way more important to a business than most think
Jwheat71@reddit
You guys have refresh cycles? /s
MajStealth@reddit
every 15-20 years, yes.
Nootwerks@reddit
Manufacturing IT here... this is the way.
dave_pet@reddit
Completely agree, we have a team of three doing it although two of them leaning massively on one guy. Everyone knows him as the guy who can get answers and get stuff done.
The type of person that so much of the organisation depends on whether they know it or not.
rachelelizabeth7@reddit
Asset roles sit at the intersection of finance and IT. You have access to at times millions of dollars worth of equipment, and even basic mistakes can cause big losses. A company not taking its asset tracking seriously is a pretty good measure of how serious they are about their business.
hurtstolurk@reddit
We. Don’t. Track. Shiiit. At my 35000 person company.
Partial lies. We track PCs and mobiles. But any other gear is fair game heh. My job lights money on fire for any reason and doesn’t blink twice it’s wild to me.
northerndarkknight@reddit
EZO AssetSonar is an absolute favourite of my team.
brightideasphere@reddit
We switched to EZO AssetSonar for ITAM and it’s easy to use, tracks assets across sites, integrates with Intune, and scales well. No hidden costs for basics. Worth a look if you’re done with spreadsheets.
Party-Wealth7797@reddit
Kace SMA. Handles inventory, tickets, and software management. Doesn’t always have the latest and greatest features but it’s affordable and solid. ~100 managed devices.
soupy127@reddit
Another for KACE SMA, works well for us and pricing is very reasonable.
boli99@reddit
I am currently liking GLPI
Mortis2000@reddit
Yep, big fan of GLPI here too. Been using it since around 2013 as self hosted but recently moved to the cloud version
MajStealth@reddit
because it is FREEEEE, and anything without a pricetag is what i can get. and it does what i wanted and needed, and if there were more, there are addons.
TheJesusGuy@reddit
Action1 + RMM = Excel
t00sl0w@reddit
We made our own management software. The application is dynamic and can be configured event wise on the fly, so its also used now by other groups in our org to manage their own things, ticketing, info repositories, indexes, whatever.
Remi2021@reddit
What are you using for IT service management, and does it have an Asset management CMDB?
I'm the founder of Source-OT, and we're building an asset management solution for small organisations with low entry costs for small organisations.
DM if relevant and I'll be happy to share more.
Alaknar@reddit
This you?
Do you guys handle Intune and FreshService integration? And do you have a solution for "general inventory"?
By "general inventory" I mean: not specific asset tracking, but rather things like: "we have 100 USB sticks, we assigned 20 of them (here's a list of users who have any assigned), we have 80 available, an alert will be sent out when stored inventory drops to 10". That kind of thing
Remi2021@reddit
This is us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/source-ot/
No inventory tracking, we connect to your identity provider (Entra only for now) and give you insights on devices, people, and insights on hardware lifecycle (end of life end of support)
Alaknar@reddit
Ah, shame. So few AMS products handle inventory...
starhive_ab@reddit
Our asset management tool (Starhive) can do the general inventory side of things.
But we cannot connect to Freshservice today unfortunately.
Alaknar@reddit
Is it something you guys would be willing to explore? The functionality I'm looking for is a simple connection between assets so that IT can easily go from a ticket to the AMS asset, and from the asset to any linked tickets.
starhive_ab@reddit
In principle, absolutely yes. In practice, I don't know where it would sit on the backlog. But connecting to other ticketing/ITSM systems is in our minds.
Realistically, the timeframe depends on revenue. We are a relatively new business and we will prioritise what helps us bring in more revenue. If you're willing to share the number of assets you're tracking (via DM if you don't want to make it public) that would give me a quick idea if it's worth chatting further at this time.
Alaknar@reddit
DM sent.
kermit639@reddit
Our team started with Excel and a printed sign-out sheet, because let’s be honest, small business tracking almost always starts at this point. It was fine but once we went over the 600+ assets mark, tracking became tedious and things were getting lost too often. The whole thing became a headache.
We tried Snipe-IT first since it was free, but it also soon became another chore. You always had to have a guy to make sure it’s updated, and it needed just another form of continuos upkeep. We later switched to Bluetally because it just synced better and the team didn’t really have to train much.
Setup was fast and it was a huge upgrade on our end. No one on our team is babysitting it anymore. And our finance director actually approved the quote on first pass, which never happens. So that told me a lot.
LinesOnMaps@reddit (OP)
Oh d@mn, if this ain’t us. The losing stuff stage is almost here and I just wanna get ahead before this becomes too big of a pain in my ass. Appreciate it
starhive_ab@reddit
What's stopping you getting ahead of it? Time or business not seeing value?
kermit639@reddit
Yeah, np. Just a quick sidenote, We also tried Assettiger along with bluetally, but it has per asset pricing in the form of asset tags from what I remember and that scaling price didn’t feel justified. Bluetally just offered unlimited assets for cheaper. Both are good options and I’m sure there’s use cases where assettiger would be the better choice, just wasnt for us
IT-Rob@reddit
ITOP - combines tickets, asset management, been using it for years
BatsyDubs@reddit
One thing I’ve noticed across asset software vendors is how often they hide core features behind premium plans. Keep an eye out for this, things like audit logs, warranty tracking, or API access should be standard, not add-ons. If they\re pulling this kinda stuff, it means you’re not gonna have a good time as their customer
If I can’t get clear pricing and a full demo in one sitting, I move on. I’m done with sales calls and unclear spec sheets.
starhive_ab@reddit
Agreed, budget-conscious companies shouldn't be locked out of warranty tracking or integrating their other systems.
rachelelizabeth7@reddit
Yes to all of this. Hidden pricing is a red flag for me. If it works well, just show what it costs and what it can do.
starhive_ab@reddit
We use our own software which does what you're after. We even have a UI builder so you can hide all the complex pieces from non tech people.
Are you using a ticketing system? As I would always recommend integrating your asset management with your ticketing. It just makes it so much easier to handle requests.
What is your MDM system using/built on?
Equivalent-Help2306@reddit
We use Jira SM and airtable, I was thinking for a way to automate this
starhive_ab@reddit
If you're using JSM can you bump to their Premium plan (if not already on it)? As then you get access to their Jira Assets tool. I used to work for Atlassian on that tool so I'm likely a bit biased, but it provides really solid asset management that integrates very well with JSM. But I appreciate smaller orgs cannot always afford Premium. Plus it wouldn't be the easiest to integrate with Airtable.
Is Airtable for ticketing as well? Or general data management?
_Stony@reddit
Excel with proper formatting as it's the only thing finance people understand
stewbadooba@reddit
We're using a bunch of things all together (netbox, manageengine cmdb, excel) and not in co-ordination and I definitely don't recommend it
Candleman4@reddit
Asset management? Never heard of it ...
But in all seriousness, I wish my company would get over itself and sort something out
KripaaK@reddit
We’ve seen similar setups where teams manage 1000+ assets across sites using spreadsheets—and over time, it usually leads to gaps like missed checkouts or untracked devices.
From what I’ve observed, tools that work well typically:
I work at Securden, a cybersecurity company. While our core product focuses on privileged access and credential management, many of our customers use it to map accounts to devices and track ownership effectively. It’s not a traditional asset manager, but if access control and accountability are part of your goals, it might be worth looking into. https://www.securden.com/password-manager/index.html
jimmycfc@reddit
Lansweeper!
stahlhammer@reddit
we use snipe it, around 600 active assets
BeeGeeEh@reddit
Lansweeper. It's solid, though the UI is a bit dated. Pretty robust data collection. Nice reporting features.
Haven't tried others enough to have the context to recommend, but it does the job for us.
burdsjm@reddit
We used Snipe-IT and moved to AssetPanda last year. Both solid choices.
GotThatGoodGood1@reddit
We had Kaseya at my MSP which was dog shit IMO. We switched to Ninja and I’m much happier.
Top_Form716@reddit
Asset Panda.
extreme4all@reddit
We started using axonius i have not used it alot but it seems decent, our main focus is servers though >20k
triumphfox@reddit
We used Reftab….
qwerty_123_@reddit
How do you like it?
triumphfox@reddit
I liked it because you could attach invoices, etc to the records -
Fylak@reddit
Ninjarmm is working pretty well for us. About 500 machines
Grateful-Tea788@reddit
Axonius. No agents, scanners, TAPs, etc. They get the data from your environment via APIs, and de-dup & correlate the data. They have ~3k API integrations across on prem, cloud, saas. All APIs are available at no extra cost. Easy, clean dashboards can be created for non-security folks
witwim@reddit
Snipe-IT. https://snipeitapp.com/
wizardglick412@reddit
I'd start with LANsweeper.
Carnines@reddit
Asset Panda. Clean interface, can import from Intune, and nice filtering features.
threegigs@reddit
Ages ago I used a logon script to run a hardware scan, plus some network apps to detect HP printers. Imported the data into an Access DB and made it look pretty. Served me well for about 200 users. Never really needed much more, as hardware changes weren't all that common. Mostly just needed to link users to the hardware they were using.
Software scans were more important to me back then, making sure everyone had all the patches and we had licences for what was installed.
Adam_Kearn@reddit
Been using SnipeIT for a good while now. It definitely has its quirks and advantages.
We only used it between the IT team but it’s designed to be used by staff as well.
Highly customisable and I definitely recommend. I ended up making my own custom label template for it so we could have our own branding on labels.
Reasonable-Proof2299@reddit
Service now but all of them are terrible
KaneNyx@reddit
We made the switch to Bluetally since it synced with our MDM and didn’t require constant upkeep. I’d say it’s a good asset management solution for a mid sized company. Setup was simple enough, and the interface made it easy to train others on. Bluetally is often recommended on similar posts, and if all you’re looking for is a simple straightforward asset management system that doesn’t need a manual upkeep, it’s probably among the best choices you could make
Mindless_Consumer@reddit
Second blue tally - simple, to the point, nearly entirely automated
LinesOnMaps@reddit (OP)
Simple is good. Just need it to work with our MDM. How is that aspect?
rachelelizabeth7@reddit
Smooth MDM syncing should always be the first filter when selecting an asset tracking system. I’ve had setups where we had to clean up a ton of mismatched data before anything was usable. Learn from others’ mistakes and just go with the most convenient option whenever possible
KaneNyx@reddit
Our Bluetally integration went smoothly. Most of the asset data was pulled automatically, which was really helpful. We only had to do minor cleanup.
SysadminN0ob@reddit
sh..she..shelf?
shelf.nu
daily user
Barrerayy@reddit
Snipe , I'm too cheap to waste money on this
gamebrigada@reddit
Whatever ties into your ticket system, because tying your assets, to your tickets and to your KB is like magic. All of a sudden you have traceability of who did what and why.
RedShift9@reddit
Same sized company, using Snipe-IT, loving it. We even use it to track non-IT assets.
Ashamed-Ad4508@reddit
Been out of IT for 10yrs already. We were using SpiceWorks before I left. What's the word on this?
SetylCookieMonster@reddit
I work for setyl.com, here is how it can match the requirements you mention:
- Designed for midsize companies
- Out-of-the-box integration with Intune and many more MDMs
- Clean, easy-to-use interface for easy collaboration
- 3 pricing plans, price is per employee (unlimited assets included)
It also offers the following, if that is something you'd want to consider:
- Software applications and license management
- Spend tracking
- Integrations with HR tools (to import people, plus trigger on/offboarding workflows), SSO/IDP/etc. for app discovery, helpdesk systems, finance tools etc.
- Physical asset labels to tag any type of asset
- Fully guided support from the team, including during free trial
Here are a couple of stories from customers that sound similar to your situation: https://setyl.com/customer-stories/nourish + https://setyl.com/customer-stories/flagstone
Remi2021@reddit
We're actively looking for design partners, so if anyone willing to give feedback and use an asset management tool (AI driven of course) DM me.
hidepp@reddit
Using [Netbox](https://netboxlabs.com/docs/netbox/) for years and it's great so far.
LegendarySysAdmin@reddit
Smart move looking into this now since spreadsheets get messy fast with that many assets. Bluetally's decent but make sure whatever you pick syncs well with Intune or your MDM so you're not stuck doing things by hand. Look for something with a clean UI, easy fixes when things go wrong, and no paywall for basic features.
rachelelizabeth7@reddit
fwiw I tried AssetSonar, Lansweeper, and InvGate when I changed roles. I wasn’t looking to spend hours setting things up or doing manual imports. Ended up with AssetSonar that just worked as it pulled Intune data, quick to deploy, and didn’t need a huge manual to figure out.
KaneNyx@reddit
That’s pretty much how it played out on our end too. After trying Lansweeper and Snipeit, we just went with AssetSonar because it didn’t eat up our week.
MrPeanutButterCup@reddit
Excel. Don't.
diabeticsuperhero@reddit
Sdp from manageengine.