If you are looking for a Lansweeper alternative, there is a good chance the reason has a name: since version 10.4, the default Lansweeper installation links to Lansweeper Cloud, and the local version you installed on your own server is now called Lansweeper Classic.
This guide compares 10 Lansweeper competitors for IT Asset Management (ITAM), with deployment model, discovery method, pricing and review scores checked against official vendor documentation in October 2026. It also explains, using only Lansweeper's own documentation, what changed between Classic and the Platform and why that matters if you never intended to move your inventory to the cloud.
What is Lansweeper?
Lansweeper is an ITAM and network discovery solution that builds a centralized inventory of everything connected to your network. Its asset discovery page describes a combination of passive detection, which finds devices as soon as they communicate, and credentialed active scanning for full profiling depth, with credential-free recognition that returns manufacturer, model and operating system for assets you have no credentials for.
The scope covers IT, OT, cloud and IoT assets: workstations, servers and network devices, industrial systems on segmented networks, and virtual machines, containers and cloud-native services reached through provider APIs. Lansweeper states that everything above works without an agent, with an agent available as an option for remote endpoints.
Lansweeper is sold in two forms today. Lansweeper Platform is the cloud version, and Lansweeper Classic is the on-premises version that runs on your own Windows servers, with the database on SQL LocalDB or Microsoft SQL Server, according to its installation requirements, and the web console hosted in your environment.
Lansweeper features
These are the capabilities Lansweeper publishes on its own product pages, as of October 2026:
- Agentless discovery with credential-free recognition: Machine learning fingerprinting matched against a library of more than 175 million devices identifies hardware you have no credentials for.
- Cloud Discovery: Scanning of AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, as documented in Lansweeper's cloud discovery guide.
- OT discovery: Detection of operational technology and industrial control systems sitting on segmented networks.
- Unified inventory: The asset inventory module tracks hardware, software, users, cloud assets and non-IP devices in one place, merging sources and deduplicating records automatically.
- Vulnerability and lifecycle insights: Lansweeper Insights surfaces which software and assets are exploitable, outdated or approaching End of Life, from the Pro plan up.
- Reporting, dashboards and integrations: Custom reports for audits and patch planning, interactive dashboards, export to BI tools, and a marketplace of ITAM, Configuration Management Database (CMDB), security and service desk connectors.
Lansweeper pros
- Agentless discovery: Automatically scans and inventories hardware and software across the network without endpoint agents, reducing setup time and overhead.
- Easy to deploy and use: Users often highlight its quick setup and intuitive interface for building asset inventories.
- Affordable entry point: After the 14-day trial, small environments can keep using the product free for up to 100 assets.
- Flexible deployment: Can be installed on-premise or run entirely from the cloud, and an on-premise installation can be linked to a cloud site later.
- API availability: Includes integration options for connecting asset data with external tools like service desks or CMDBs. Full API access sits in the Enterprise plan.
Lansweeper cons
- Limited advanced ITAM features: Focuses on discovery and inventory but lacks deeper functionalities like software license compliance, depreciation tracking, or full lifecycle automation.
- Requires SQL skills for reporting: Building advanced custom reports often demands SQL knowledge, which can be a barrier for non-technical users.
- No built-in Service Management: The Platform covers help desk work through integrations rather than a native module, so ticketing and workflow automation depend on an external tool.
- Potential compliance risks from asset deletion: Manual asset deletion can impact traceability if not managed properly.
- Basic UI/UX limitations: While functional, the interface can feel cluttered or outdated, especially for large environments.
- New features are delivered to the Platform: In Lansweeper's own Platform and Classic comparison, every capability marked as planned in the discovery tables belongs to the Platform. Risk Insights, custom views, interactive dashboards, network topology diagrams, asset scopes, SSO and the large majority of marketplace integrations are listed as available in the Platform and unavailable in Classic.
- Pricing scales in asset bands: On Lansweeper's pricing page, Starter starts at $299 per month billed annually for 2,000 assets, and Pro starts at $528 per month and scales in bands of 1,000 assets up to 9,000. Vulnerability and lifecycle insights and the full integration catalog start at Pro, and full API access is limited to Enterprise.
Lansweeper Classic vs Lansweeper Platform: what on-premise users should know
Lansweeper's support portal states that "as of Lansweeper version 10.4, the default installation of Lansweeper will immediately create a link to Lansweeper Cloud, instead of on-premise". The installer can still be run in what Lansweeper calls Classic Mode, which installs extra scanning services, deploys the database to SQL Server and hosts the web console on-premise. An installation built that way can be linked to a cloud site later.
Lansweeper Classic remains documented, supported and available: version 13.0.0.2 shipped on October 14, 2026, according to the Lansweeper changelog, and the Platform and Classic comparison was updated the same day. The difference is where the product is going. The official Platform and Classic comparison lists installation federation, remote access to assets, advanced permissions and scopes, Risk Insights, OT discovery and API access as Platform capabilities, and every item flagged as planned in the discovery tables is planned for the Platform. Classic keeps a handful of things the Platform does not have, such as deployments, scheduled report delivery by email and HP warranty data.
So Classic stays, while the roadmap lives in the Platform. If you run Lansweeper on your own server because your environment requires it, this is a reasonable moment to check what else can give you the same inventory without asking you to move it.
10 best Lansweeper competitors in 2027
The list below covers 10 tools for IT asset discovery and inventory, either as dedicated ITAM platforms, as Endpoint Management suites, as discovery platforms, or as Service Management platforms with an asset module. Deployment, discovery method, pricing and trial terms were checked on each vendor's official pages in October 2026, and ratings come from Gartner Peer Insights, G2 and Capterra.
- InvGate Asset Management.
- ConnectWise Automate™.
- NinjaOne.
- Freshservice.
- GLPI.
- runZero.
- Domotz.
- ServiceNow ITSM.
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central.
- Ivanti Neurons™ for ITAM.
Lansweeper alternatives compared
How this comparison was built
This list brings together tools that IT teams evaluate when they move away from Lansweeper, chosen for how well they replace its discovery and inventory and for where they can run. Every card follows the same structure, so overview, features, pros, cons, ratings and pricing can be compared across tools.
InvGate develops and markets IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Asset Management solutions and is an active participant in this market, so it may compete with several of the vendors mentioned here. The objective of this article is to provide accurate, transparent and practical information.
This article is not a ranking. The tools are not ordered by priority, score or recommendation level, and each one answers a different combination of needs, budgets and operational realities.
All the information comes from public sources. Feature, deployment and pricing claims come from each vendor's official documentation, product pages and pricing pages, linked in each section, and ratings come from verified reviews on Gartner Peer Insights, G2 and Capterra. Every data point was accessed in October 2026, and pricing and ratings change, so confirm current terms with the vendor before deciding.
#1. InvGate Asset Management
InvGate Asset Management: 5-minute demo
InvGate Asset Management is an ITAM platform for physical, virtual and cloud assets. Its discovery tool scans the network without installing an agent, covering workstations, servers, appliances, mobile devices, cloud assets and IoT hardware, and a lightweight agent adds depth where you need it. It runs as SaaS or on your own infrastructure, including air-gapped deployments, with feature parity between both.
The difference for a team coming from Lansweeper shows up after the scan, and our InvGate Asset Management vs Lansweeper comparison covers it feature by feature. Every asset carries acquisition cost, depreciation, warranty expiration, End-of-Life date, owner and location, and every assignment leaves a chain of custody an auditor can follow. Custom fields and Smart Tags are configured without code, and reports need no SQL. Pricing is published, starting at $1,499 per year for 500 IP devices.
InvGate Asset Management features
- Four ways to build the inventory: agentless network discovery, a lightweight agent, integrations with Microsoft Intune, Jamf, AWS, Azure, VMware and Google Cloud (among others), and manual or CSV import.
- Hardware lifecycle tracking with acquisition cost, straight-line depreciation, warranty expiration, End-of-Life date, location and owner.
- Software detection with usage and cost data, plus authorization policies to classify titles as allowed, under review or prohibited and flag unauthorized installs.
- CMDB with automatic relationship discovery and CMDB Auto-Mapping.
- AI capabilities including AI Smart Search for natural language queries, the Atlas AI Agent, which adds End of Support dates for hardware and End of Life dates for databases from official references, and Smart Recommendations.
- Automations for stock alerts, warranty expiration, contract renewal and depreciation triggers, plus custom rules built from events, conditions and actions.
InvGate Asset Management pros
- Fast inventory: after the Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County deployed the Agent through Microsoft Intune, it reached every endpoint in eighteen hours, and five days later the team had a complete, live picture of its asset inventory, according to its case study.
- Cloud and on-premise deployment with feature parity, so moving off Lansweeper Classic does not force a move to the cloud.
- Discovery and full asset lifecycle in one platform, with chain of custody for every assignment.
- Published pricing, so you can budget without a sales call.
- No-code configuration and a short learning curve, consistently noted by reviewers.
- Software license tracking and expiration control tied to the same inventory.
- Agent reports silently once installed, according to reviewers on Gartner Peer Insights.
InvGate Asset Management cons
- No Vulnerability Management or patching module, so security remediation needs a separate tool.
- Dashboard and report customization is more limited than in enterprise suites.
- Highly conditional, multi-level workflows can hit the limits of what the automation engine covers.
- Some reviewers report friction integrating with third-party tools.
- Agent rollout across endpoints takes time when done device by device.
InvGate Asset Management comments and reviews
As of October 2026, InvGate Asset Management maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.8 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.7 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.4 out of 5 stars.
InvGate has also been recognized in Gartner’s Market Guide for Hardware Asset Management Tools, where it was named a representative vendor.
InvGate Asset Management pricing
Licensing is based on IP devices, meaning any asset connected to a network with an IP address, and each IP device includes an allowance for two non-IP devices at no additional cost. These are the plans on the InvGate Asset Management pricing page:
- Starter: $1,499/year, fixed, for 500 IP devices.
- Pro: $5 per IP device/year, from 500 to 5,000 IP devices, starting at $2,500/year.
- Enterprise: custom, starting at $12,000/year, up to 1,000,000 IP devices, with data residency options, on-premise hosting and dedicated servers.
There is a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. Start a free trial or talk to Sales to see how it maps to your environment.
#2. ConnectWise Automate
ConnectWise Automate (formerly LabTech) is ConnectWise's Remote Monitoring and Management product, positioned around automation so teams can proactively monitor, manage and support client networks. It runs on your own servers or hosted by ConnectWise, and ConnectWise keeps shipping on-premises releases, such as the 2026.5 update.
For asset discovery specifically, ConnectWise's asset discovery documentation states that the platform provides both agent and agentless asset inventory through automated network scans, and its agent deployment guide explains that an account in the Domain Admins group can be used to deploy agents. It reaches virtual machines and network devices from manufacturers including Cisco, Dell, HP and Juniper.
ConnectWise Automate features
- Asset discovery across managed networks, with both agent and agentless inventory
- Endpoint Management with direct access to user devices
- Patch Management for Windows, with native third-party patching for a defined set of applications and ConnectWise Platform patching for thousands of titles, included for Automate partners since September 2026
- Remote monitoring to identify issues before they reach the user
- IT automation to offload routine workloads
- ConnectWise Sidekick, an AI assistant that generates PowerShell scripts subject to team approval
ConnectWise Automate pros
- Deep scripting and automation engine, the main reason teams choose it over lighter RMM tools.
- Agent and agentless inventory in the same product, including switches, printers and firewalls.
- On-premise deployment is a documented option, which is rare among modern RMM platforms.
- Network Probe can deploy agents automatically to discovered Windows devices.
- Tight integration with ConnectWise PSA and the rest of the ConnectWise stack.
- Strong alerting tied to ticket SLAs.
ConnectWise Automate cons
- Reviewers consistently describe the interface as dated and slow to navigate.
- Steep learning curve and long implementation, hard on small or junior teams.
- Feature gap between the web console and the native Windows application.
- Agent reliability issues reported, with connections requiring troubleshooting.
- macOS support is weaker than Windows support.
- Pricing is not published and reviewers describe it as higher than competing solutions.
ConnectWise Automate comments and reviews
As of October 2026, ConnectWise Automate maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.1 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.1 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.2 out of 5 stars.
ConnectWise Automate pricing
ConnectWise does not publish prices. Its pricing request page says prices are customized based on your needs and asks for a form to build a tailored quote, with no plan names, rates or billing units disclosed. A trial request form exists, but the length of the trial and whether a card is required are not published either.
#3. NinjaOne
NinjaOne (formerly NinjaRMM) describes itself as the unified IT operations platform for Endpoint Management, autonomous patching, backup and remote access. It is cloud-native, with no infrastructure to provision, and the vendor states that most customers are fully operational within 30 days.
Its IT Asset Management module brings hardware, software and lifecycle records into a single inventory whether the asset is agent-managed, network-discovered or offline, and includes shadow IT detection for unmanaged devices such as IoT hardware, smartboards, desk phones and legacy systems. Its network discovery scans every IP-addressable device over standard TCP/IP without credentials, and each discovered device can receive an agent or stay in the inventory as an unmanaged asset.
NinjaOne features
- Patch Management with AI prioritization across operating systems and thousands of third-party applications
- Asset discovery and inventory across agent-managed, network-discovered and offline devices
- Mobile Device Management for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and Android
- SaaS backup for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, alongside device and server backup
- Remote access across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
- Endpoint automation and auto-remediation, plus documentation and ticketing
NinjaOne pros
- Fast time to value, with no server to stand up and deployment measured in days.
- Modern interface that reviewers describe as clean and intuitive.
- Consistently high ratings across review platforms.
- Onboarding, training and support are included rather than sold as premium tiers.
- Broad third-party patch coverage with AI-driven prioritization.
- Shadow IT detection captures devices that will never accept an agent.
NinjaOne cons
- Cloud only, with no on-premise option, which rules it out for air-gapped environments.
- Cost scales quickly, and the lowest rate requires a very large endpoint count.
- Final pricing is still quote-based, with no published plan names or module rates.
- Reviewers report limited backup options for NAS and on-premises targets.
- Reporting and dashboard customization lags the rest of the product.
- Designing the policy hierarchy correctly takes more thought than the quick setup suggests.
NinjaOne comments and reviews
As of October 2026, NinjaOne maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.7 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.7 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.7 out of 5 stars.
NinjaOne pricing
NinjaOne publishes a price range rather than a full list. Its NinjaOne pricing page states that NinjaOne "starts as low as $1.50 USD per month at 10,000 endpoints, increasing to $3.75 USD at 50 or fewer endpoints", billed per device, monthly or annually, and adds that pricing varies by region and products purchased. The final figure comes from a custom quote. The free trial runs for 14 days with full access to all features and no credit card required.
#4. Freshservice (by Freshworks)
Freshservice is Freshworks' ITSM platform, presented as service, operations and assets unified on one AI-powered platform built on ITIL best practices. It combines Incident and Service Request Management with IT Asset Management, and adds Problem, Change and Release Management from the Pro plan.
In March 2026, Freshworks made the discovery and dependency mapping capabilities from its Device42 acquisition native to Freshservice. For new customers, discovery combines the Discovery Agent for Windows, Mac and Linux, a Remote Collector, which is a self-hosted virtual appliance that performs agentless discovery across network segments, and cloud discovery. Existing customers move from ITAM Classic during 2026 and early 2027, and Freshworks plans to discontinue ITAM Classic in December 2028, according to its upgrade FAQ.
Freshservice features
- Automated discovery across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments
- Auto-updating CMDB for hardware, software and cloud tools
- Software License Management for cost control and compliance
- Dependency mapping between applications, services and infrastructure
- IP Address Management to avoid conflicts across the network
- Data Center Infrastructure Management with CPU, memory and I/O utilization data
Freshservice pros
- Clean interface with minimal agent training required.
- Codeless drag-and-drop automation reduces repetitive ticket handling.
- Asset records link directly to tickets, changes and the CMDB in one system.
- Agent, agentless Remote Collector and cloud discovery cover hybrid estates.
- Broad catalog of pre-built integrations plus an open API.
- SaaS users are treated as a first-class asset type, which catches license waste that hardware-centric tools miss.
Freshservice cons
- You pay on two axes, per agent and per Asset Unit, which makes budgeting harder.
- The Asset Unit table is expensive for server-heavy estates, where one server counts as four units.
- Reporting is described as rigid for specialized or multi-layered data sets.
- Discovered cloud assets are not categorized by company, a problem for multi-entity organizations.
- Advanced workflows and asset customization hit limits at enterprise complexity.
- The mobile app offers less than the desktop experience.
- Customers still on ITAM Classic face a migration before December 2028.
Freshservice comments and reviews
As of October 2026, Freshservice maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.4 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.6 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Freshservice pricing
Freshservice prices the service desk per agent and IT Asset Management separately. On the Freshservice plans page, Starter is $19/agent/month, Growth $49, Pro $99 and Enterprise is custom, all billed annually, and Growth is the first plan that includes an ITAM package, with 100 ITAM Growth Asset Units. Additional capacity is measured in Asset Units, and the ITAM pricing page states that pricing starts at $125/mo per 500 Asset Units, sold in packs of 500. There is a 14-day free trial.
#5. GLPI
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management and IT Service Management solution, released under the GPL v3 license and published by Teclib'. It combines asset inventory, financial and contract management, a data center module and an ITIL service desk, and it can be self-hosted for free or run as GLPI Network, Teclib's paid cloud and self-hosted offering. It fits teams that want to keep their inventory on their own servers, with asset lifecycle and help desk in the same tool.
Discovery runs through the GLPI Agent. Its network discovery task uses ARP, ICMP, NetBIOS and SNMP to find devices from a machine running the agent, and the remote inventory task collects inventory without an agent on targeted computers over SSH and WinRM. One agent per network acts as the scanner, close to how a Lansweeper scanning server works.
GLPI features
- Asset inventory fed by the GLPI Agent, with SNMP inventory of network devices such as switches and printers
- Financial Management with purchase dates, warranty, linear or declining-balance depreciation and monthly total cost of ownership
- Contract, Software License and Budget Management
- Data Center Management and equipment reservations
- ITIL service desk in the same application
- Native custom asset types, available since GLPI 11
GLPI pros
- Free and open source, with a self-hosted Community edition at no license cost.
- Assets, tickets and changes tracked in one place, as reviewers point out.
- Easy to install and implement, according to reviewers.
- Self-hosted or cloud, so the on-premise option stays open.
- A plugin marketplace extends the core product.
- Active release cadence, with GLPI 12 published on October 5, 2026.
GLPI cons
- Discovery depends on the GLPI Agent running on at least one machine per network, with no server-side scan.
- Plugin management and updates feel clunky, and plugins can break between versions, according to reviewers.
- Integrations and automated connections are described as complicated to set up.
- Heavy customization makes maintenance harder over time.
- The free Community edition comes without Teclib' support, which is part of the GLPI Network subscriptions.
- Paid plans are priced in euros, excluding tax.
GLPI comments and reviews
As of October 2026, GLPI maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: not enough reviews.
- G2: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
GLPI pricing
The Community edition is free to self-host. GLPI Network publishes its 2026 rates on the GLPI pricing page: Public Cloud costs 19 € excluding tax per month per user, starting with one user, and Private Cloud costs 21 € per month per user, with minimum billing for 25 users.
Self-hosted subscriptions cost 100 € per month excluding VAT for Basic, up to 500 assets or 10 users with a standard profile, 300 € for Standard, up to 5,000 assets or 50 users, 1,000 € for Advanced and 4,500 € for Enterprise, which covers unlimited inventoried assets. The cloud offer starts with a 45-day free trial.
#6. runZero
runZero is an attack surface and exposure management platform that helps you see everything on your network, built on agentless discovery. Its platform combines active scanning through lightweight Explorers, passive traffic sampling and integrations with endpoint detection and response (EDR), Mobile Device Management (MDM) and cloud tools, with no agents, credentials or appliances required. It fits security and infrastructure teams that valued Lansweeper's agentless scanning above everything else and need visibility into unmanaged, unknown, IoT and OT devices.
For teams leaving Lansweeper Classic, the console runs as SaaS or, with a Platform license, self-hosted on Linux with a fully offline mode, according to its self-hosting documentation. Dragos acquired runZero in September 2026, and the runZero team is leading its integration into the Dragos Platform while continuing to serve existing customers.
runZero features
- Agentless active scanning through self-hosted or runZero-hosted Explorers
- Passive discovery through traffic sampling, useful for OT networks
- Inbound integrations with EDR, MDM and cloud tools to enrich and reconcile the inventory
- Optional scanning credentials for SNMPv3, VMware, cloud and API sources to deepen profiling
- Detection of shadow IT and unknown or unmanageable devices
- Inventory change alerts and certificate expiry tracking
runZero pros
- Finds devices that other discovery tools miss, including unknown and unmanaged assets.
- Agentless, credential-free discovery, the closest match on this list to Lansweeper's scanning model.
- Simple and fast to set up, according to reviewers.
- Fast scans with broad protocol and device coverage.
- Self-hosted console with an offline mode for restricted environments.
- Responsive support, frequently praised in reviews.
runZero cons
- Built for security and exposure management, with no contract, depreciation or check-in and check-out tracking.
- Reviewers want better visibility into software and applications running on discovered assets.
- The self-hosted console requires a Platform license plus the runZero Care support package.
- The Community Edition caps the inventory at 100 assets, with 30-day data retention and no self-hosting.
- Platform pricing starts at $5,000, a high entry point for small teams.
- Its roadmap now runs through the Dragos Platform after the September 2026 acquisition.
runZero comments and reviews
As of October 2026, runZero maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.6 out of 5 stars.
- G2: not enough reviews.
- Capterra: 4.9 out of 5 stars.
runZero pricing
runZero publishes two editions on its pricing page. Community Edition is free for 100 or fewer assets, with one organization, 30-day data retention and scans of up to 8,192 IP addresses, and runZero Platform starts at $5,000 for complete visibility across IT, OT, IoT, cloud, mobile and remote assets. Every account starts with a free, full-featured 21-day trial.
#7. Domotz
Domotz is a network monitoring and remote management platform built around continuous device discovery. A lightweight collector runs on the local network, on Windows, Linux or a hardware appliance, and reports to the Domotz cloud, so endpoints themselves stay agentless. The vendor states deployment takes under 15 minutes.
Where it differs from Lansweeper is emphasis. Domotz is strongest at live network context, topology and remote troubleshooting across many sites, and it identifies devices by MAC address for inventory purposes. It does not publish capabilities for warranty tracking, Contract Management, Software License Management or asset disposal, so it covers the discovery half of ITAM and leaves the lifecycle half to another tool.
Domotz features
- Automatic discovery of every device connected to the network, with manufacturer, model, type, MAC and IP
- MAC-address-based inventory across distributed infrastructure
- Network topology mapping and connection path visualization
- Continuous monitoring and alerting on device health
- Remote access and diagnostics without a VPN
- A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT, at no additional cost
Domotz pros
- Intuitive, modern interface that reviewers praise consistently.
- Very fast setup, with a collector running in minutes.
- Customizable alerts and continuous monitoring across distributed sites.
- Responsive and knowledgeable support.
- Transparent per-device pricing with no tiers, setup fees or minimum commitment, plus a free plan for discovery.
- Remote device access and power cycling without a dedicated server or VPN.
Domotz cons
- Network diagrams underperform on flat networks.
- Alert noise and false positives are reported by several reviewers.
- Cost climbs across many sites, and users report increases.
- API support is limited, which constrains integrations.
- Device identification errors and VLAN monitoring limits appear in reviews.
- No published warranty, contract, license or disposal management, so it is not a full ITAM replacement.
Domotz comments and reviews
As of October 2026, Domotz maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: not enough reviews.
- G2: 4.8 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.9 out of 5 stars.
Domotz pricing
Domotz publishes two plans on its plans and pricing page. Domotz Free covers unlimited discovery, identification and status for unmanaged devices, and Domotz Pro costs $1.50 per managed device per month, billed in bundles of 10 devices at $15 per month, with access to the rest of the platform. The page lists no license fees, no setup fees, no tiers and unlimited collectors, with no minimum commitment, and there is a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.
#8. ServiceNow ITSM
ServiceNow ITSM connects Incident, Problem, Change and Request Management on a single AI platform, with change impact assessed against CMDB dependencies. It is enterprise-grade, built to manage complex service workflows across very large estates.
The structural point for anyone comparing it to Lansweeper is that the Lansweeper-equivalent capability lives in ServiceNow Discovery, which is available with IT Operations Management and scans on-premises, cloud and containerized infrastructure without agents through a MID Server, with the Agent Client Collector covering domain controllers, DMZ hosts and endpoints. For sovereign, air-gapped and regulated environments, ServiceNow introduced Private Stack in April 2026, a self-hosted deployment of the platform sold through the account team, and notes that not all features are at parity.
ServiceNow ITSM features
- ITIL-aligned Incident, Problem, Change, Request and Knowledge Management
- Agentless infrastructure discovery across on-premises, cloud and container environments
- Agent-based discovery through the Agent Client Collector for hard-to-reach segments
- Event-driven cloud discovery that receives configuration events as they occur
- Full asset lifecycle automation for hardware, software and cloud assets
- Service Mapping and CMDB dependency modeling for change impact analysis
ServiceNow ITSM pros
- Incidents, changes, assets and discovery all resolve against one CMDB.
- Discovery breadth covers on-premises, cloud, containers and zero-trust segments.
- Change risk scoring uses actual configuration item relationships.
- Low-code extensibility through Flow Designer and IntegrationHub.
- Deep automation and native AI for categorization and proactive Problem Management.
- Enterprise ITAM depth, including license reconciliation and audit readiness.
ServiceNow ITSM cons
- Licensing and implementation cost is the dominant complaint, and a barrier for smaller organizations.
- Steep learning curve that assumes prior platform knowledge.
- Configuration usually requires dedicated administrators or consultants.
- Discovery is licensed with IT Operations Management, separately from ITSM.
- Reviewers report interface friction and slow page loads under heavy volume.
- Some configuration options are rigid and hinder workflow customization.
ServiceNow ITSM comments and reviews
As of October 2026, ServiceNow IT Service Management maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.4 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.5 out of 5 stars (general ServiceNow listing).
ServiceNow pricing
ServiceNow publishes package names and no prices. Its ITSM pricing page lists ITSM Foundation, which already includes Asset Management and CMDB, ITSM Advanced and ITSM Prime, and the only route to a number is a custom quote. Discovery comes with IT Operations Management, which is also quoted. There is no commercial free trial or free edition, and the free personal developer instance is meant for development work, not for production evaluation.
#9. ManageEngine Endpoint Central
ManageEngine Endpoint Central is a Unified Endpoint Management and security solution for servers, desktops, laptops and mobile devices. It combines patching across Windows, Mac, Linux and third-party applications with software deployment, Configuration Management, remote troubleshooting and hardware and software inventory in one console, and it is available in both cloud and on-premise editions.
The technical difference with Lansweeper is worth stating plainly. ManageEngine's own user manual specifies that the Endpoint Central agent is required to carry out the inventory scan and that target machines must be managed by Endpoint Central. Inventory therefore covers endpoints where the agent is installed, so devices nobody has onboarded stay invisible to it.
ManageEngine Endpoint Central features
- Continuous discovery, tracking and reporting of software and hardware by OS, manufacturer, age and device type
- Hardware and Software Inventory Management with detection of hardware changes
- Software License Management with alerts on license expiry and over-licensed or under-licensed usage
- Software metering that collects usage counts and duration to reclaim unused licenses
- Hardware Warranty Management that detects warranty details for Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba and HP devices
- Mobile and peripheral controls, including jailbreak detection, geo-fencing and USB Device Management, with geo-fencing and USB Device Management outside the Professional edition according to the edition comparison
ManageEngine Endpoint Central pros
- Patching, software deployment, remote support and Asset Management in a single platform.
- Automated Patch Management across Windows, macOS and Linux is the most praised capability.
- Remote support works well for users off the VPN.
- One console for mixed operating system fleets at scale.
- Published pricing, with annual and perpetual licensing options.
- A permanent free edition for up to 25 endpoints.
ManageEngine Endpoint Central cons
- Inventory depends on the agent, so unmanaged or rogue devices are not discovered.
- Reporting is the most frequent complaint, with built-in reports lacking granularity for compliance audits.
- The interface is described as cluttered and overwhelming for new administrators.
- Steep initial learning curve, with documentation reviewers find unclear.
- Patch support for Mac and Linux is weaker than for Windows.
- Reviewers report lag and feature breakage after new releases.
ManageEngine Endpoint Central comments and reviews
As of October 2026, ManageEngine Endpoint Central maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.6 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: 4.6 out of 5 stars.
ManageEngine Endpoint Central pricing
ManageEngine publishes its edition prices. According to its Endpoint Central pricing page, annual pricing for 50 endpoints is $795 for Professional, $945 for Enterprise, $1,095 for UEM and $1,695 for Security, the equivalent of $1.32, $1.57, $1.82 and $2.82 per endpoint per month, and annual billing saves 16% over the monthly equivalent. Each edition is offered on Cloud or On-Premises, perpetual licensing is available, and other endpoint counts are quoted through a calculator on the same page. The free edition covers up to 25 endpoints permanently, and the 30-day free trial manages unlimited endpoints with no credit card required.
#10. Ivanti Neurons for ITAM
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM, which Ivanti's product page now presents as Ivanti IT Asset Management, delivers continuous visibility into assets, ownership and lifecycle state within a trusted system of record. Its architecture is built around aggregation: according to Ivanti's solution brief, asset data is pulled from Ivanti Asset Discovery, Ivanti Endpoint Manager and third-party sources, then normalized and reconciled.
Asset discovery combines active and passive scanning, consolidates records from Microsoft Azure AD, AWS, ServiceNow, Jamf and Google Chrome Enterprise, and ingests vulnerability findings from Tenable, Rapid7 and Qualys onto the asset record. For new buyers it is a cloud product: Ivanti's licensing FAQ states that since March 1, 2023 it only sells cloud solutions to new customers where a cloud alternative exists, and it lists Neurons for ITAM cloud as the alternative to the on-premises version.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM features
- Central asset repository carrying ownership, lifecycle state and financial data
- Continuous discovery with active and passive scanning and automatic reconciliation
- Multi-source aggregation from Azure AD, AWS, ServiceNow, Jamf, Chrome Enterprise and Endpoint Manager
- Vulnerability data aggregation from Tenable, Rapid7 and Qualys
- Lifecycle and financial governance with cost, depreciation and End-of-Life signals
- Configuration relationship mapping and mobile barcode scanning for physical audits
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM pros
- Vendor-neutral aggregation makes it viable over an estate you never standardized.
- Active and passive scanning finds hidden and intermittently connected devices.
- Automated discovery runs with low manual maintenance, according to reviewers.
- Software normalization library streamlines audit preparation and license reconciliation.
- Tight integration across the Ivanti stack, including Service Management and Endpoint Management.
- Security findings joined to asset records, which is unusual in this category.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM cons
- Performance complaints are the most damaging recurring theme, including slow loads and crashes.
- The interface is described as dense and counterintuitive.
- It demands a solid understanding of its data model before it becomes useful.
- Configuration complexity typically requires a dedicated administrator.
- Data synchronization discrepancies appear between aggregated sources.
- Complete ITAM capabilities come through the Ivanti ITSM packages, so a team that only wants Asset Management still buys into Service Management.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM comments and reviews
As of October 2026, Ivanti Neurons for ITAM maintains the following ratings across software review platforms:
- Gartner Peer Insights: 4.3 out of 5 stars.
- G2: 4.3 out of 5 stars.
- Capterra: not enough reviews.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM pricing
Ivanti publishes no prices. Its IT Asset Management page separates an asset data foundation, included in the Ivanti Neurons platform, from complete ITAM capabilities that extend it, and the latter point to the ITSM pricing and packaging page, where the Ivanti ITSM and Ivanti ITSM Premium packages include full Asset Lifecycle Management. There is no self-service trial and no free edition, so evaluation goes through the sales team or a reseller.
Conclusion
Choosing a Lansweeper alternative comes down to two questions.
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The first is whether you need discovery or discovery plus lifecycle: runZero, Domotz and the endpoint and remote management tools cover the first, while InvGate Asset Management, Freshservice, GLPI, ServiceNow and Ivanti add Asset Lifecycle Management on top.
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The second is where the product has to run: NinjaOne, Freshservice and Domotz are cloud platforms and Ivanti sells cloud to new customers, while InvGate Asset Management, ConnectWise Automate, GLPI, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and runZero keep a self-hosted option open, and ServiceNow offers Private Stack for regulated environments.
If you are looking because the default installer now points at the cloud, the most useful filter is deployment first, then discovery method, then price transparency. A few of these tools publish their full pricing, and only some support the agentless scanning model you are used to, so run a trial against your own network before committing, because coverage gaps only show up against real infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lansweeper being discontinued?
No. Lansweeper Classic remains available, documented and supported as the on-premises version, and version 13.0.0.2 shipped on October 14, 2026. What changed is that since version 10.4 the default installation links to Lansweeper Cloud, and the installer has to run in Classic Mode to keep everything local, while new capabilities are delivered to Lansweeper Platform.
What is the best free Lansweeper alternative?
It depends on what free has to cover. GLPI is open source and free to self-host, with Asset Management and a service desk, runZero's Community Edition stops at 100 assets, Domotz Free covers discovery of unmanaged devices, and ManageEngine Endpoint Central offers a permanent free edition for up to 25 endpoints. Past those limits the realistic comparison is between paid plans, which is why the table above lists starting prices next to the free options.
Does InvGate Asset Management replace Lansweeper discovery?
Yes, on the same model. It scans the network to find assets on-premises and in the cloud without installing an agent, covering workstations, servers, appliances, mobile devices, cloud assets and IoT hardware, and it adds a lightweight agent plus integrations with Intune, Jamf, AWS and Azure when you need deeper inventory. On the Enterprise plan it also runs on-premise with feature parity, so the local deployment stays available.
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