There are plenty of options for teams looking for a Snipe-IT alternative, and they choose them for different reasons. But since each tool brings its own capabilities and benefits, the selection process can be overwhelming.
To make things easier, we researched the market (based on official vendor information) and combined it with our IT Asset Management (ITAM) expertise to bring you a list of 9 options to consider, each with its entry price. We also look at what Snipe-IT really costs once you add hosting, maintenance, and data entry, so you can tell when its low price stops being enough. Let's get started.
Methodology
We built this list around what teams leaving Snipe-IT usually look for: automated discovery, broader IT Asset Management coverage, and pricing that stays predictable as the fleet grows. Each tool gets the same card, with an overview, five key features, its Gartner Peer Insights rating, and pricing from its official page.
InvGate develops and markets IT Service Management (ITSM) and ITAM solutions, so we're an active participant in the market this article covers and may compete with some of the vendors mentioned. Our goal is to provide accurate, transparent, and practical information to help you make an informed decision.
The order of this list doesn't reflect priority, score, or recommendation level. It's a curated selection of tools that fit different needs, budgets, and operational realities.
All information comes from public sources: official vendor documentation, product pages, and pricing pages, plus verified user reviews on Gartner Peer Insights. Feature and pricing claims come only from official vendor pages, ratings come from Gartner Peer Insights, and all sources were accessed in October 2026.
Top 9 Snipe-IT alternatives for 2027
Teams usually move away from Snipe-IT when they need more automation or a broader IT Asset Management scope, so we selected tools that help organizations manage and control their assets effectively. Some are dedicated ITAM platforms, while others are ITSM solutions with built-in ITAM capabilities.
The table below compares Snipe-IT with the nine alternatives by deployment, pricing model, entry price, and Gartner Peer Insights rating, with data verified in October 2026 on each vendor's official pages. Ratings come from the Hardware Asset Management Tools market when the tool has a listing there, and from its main market otherwise.
Snipe-IT
According to its own documentation website, Snipe-IT is a Free Open Source (FOSS) Asset Management system built on Laravel. It allows IT teams to track who has which laptop, when it was purchased, and which software licenses and accessories are available.
The tool is web-based, so it must run on a web server and be accessed through a browser. It runs on Linux, macOS, or Windows servers, and its team ships new releases every few weeks, according to its official website.
Snipe-IT features
Snipe-IT offers a wide range of features for Asset Management. Here are five highlights from the full list available on its product page:
- Web-based software: works on any device through a browser and runs on any Linux, Windows, or Mac web server.
- Mobile-friendly interface: allows users to update assets on the go.
- Slack and Teams notifications: sends automatic alerts when assets are checked in or out.
- REST API: includes a JSON REST API to integrate Snipe-IT with other systems and custom workflows.
- LDAP and SAML support: offers Active Directory and LDAP login and user sync, plus SAML single sign-on.
Snipe-IT reviews
As of October 2026, Snipe-IT has no published listing on Gartner Peer Insights.
Snipe-IT pricing
As stated on its official pricing page, Snipe-IT is offered in two formats: self-hosted and hosted by the Snipe-IT team. The self-hosted edition is free, with unlimited users and assets, and the team that installs it handles the server, backups, and upgrades, with support from the community on GitHub and Discord. For a managed service, Snipe-IT offers three hosting plans, all with unlimited users and assets:
- Basic Hosting: $39.99 per month or $399.99 per year.
- Small Business Hosting: $99.99 per month or $999.99 per year.
- Dedicated Hosting: $249.99 per month or $2,499.99 per year.
Hosted plans include a TLS (SSL) certificate, automatic backups, automated upgrades, server maintenance, and email support, and larger dedicated servers are available for $5k per year (medium) or $7.5k per year (large). Phone support, help with API integrations, and a private Slack channel are part of a separate Enterprise Support Plan.
When Snipe-IT's low price stops being enough
Snipe-IT's pricing is hard to beat on paper: unlimited assets for a flat fee, or no fee at all if your team hosts it. That flat price is what draws many schools and multi-school networks that need to track thousands of student and staff devices on a tight budget. The costs that don't appear on the pricing page show up in four places:
- Your own server: the self-hosted edition needs a web server with PHP and a MySQL or MariaDB database, according to its requirements page, and its documentation expects "a decent working knowledge of setting up a web server."
- Maintenance: your team runs upgrades through Git and an upgrade script, and backups run through built-in utilities that an admin has to schedule.
- Support: the free edition relies on community help on GitHub and Discord, hosted plans add email support, and phone support or help with API integrations requires the separate Enterprise Support Plan.
- Asset data entry: Snipe-IT doesn't currently provide a network discovery agent, according to its FAQ, so records come from manual entry, CSV imports, the API, or, since version 8.8.0, sync adapters that pull devices from a Mobile Device Management (MDM) or Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tool you already pay for.
For a small team with a stable fleet, those costs can stay low. The low price stops being enough when the inventory has to stay current without someone updating it, when IT needs hardware and software data from every device, or when asset records have to feed service desk workflows, because each of those needs adds hours of maintenance or another paid tool to the bill.
#1: InvGate Asset Management
Unify Your IT Asset Inventory in 24 hours! Leverage Automated Discovery
InvGate Asset Management is a no-code IT Asset Management platform that helps organizations gain complete visibility and control over their IT ecosystem. It centralizes hardware, software, and other IT resources in a single place, improving decision-making across IT, finance, and security.
The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County, for example, moved off spreadsheets by deploying the InvGate Asset Management Agent through Microsoft Intune, and in less than a week had roughly four thousand machines reporting hardware, software, and health data in one place.
Designed for scalability, the tool supports both cloud and on-premises deployments and integrates with many other platforms and tools. This includes InvGate Service Management, an integration that allows teams to link assets with incidents, changes, and requests for a unified ITSM-ITAM experience.
InvGate Asset Management features
InvGate Asset Management offers a set of features to automate and optimize asset tracking and governance. Here are five highlights from its full capabilities:
- Comprehensive inventory: build a centralized inventory of all assets across your organization, including hardware, software, and non-IT assets.
- Automated discovery: populate and update the inventory with the Agent, network discovery, integrations with tools such as Microsoft Intune, Jamf, Google Workspace, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), or a CSV import.
- No-code automations: set up routine checks, policy plans, and proactive alerts to reduce manual intervention, and schedule reports to automate reporting.
- No-code data architecture: categorize assets with Smart Tags based on health status, warranty, or usage, and use tags to define what each role can view, edit, or manage.
- Optimized IT spend: gain financial clarity and control with automated depreciation and budget insights that support strategic cost optimization.
InvGate Asset Management reviews and comments
As of October 2026, InvGate Asset Management holds a rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights, in the Hardware Asset Management Tools market.
InvGate Asset Management pricing
InvGate Asset Management pricing is based on IP devices: network-connected assets like computers, servers, and network equipment. Each IP device includes two non-IP devices, such as monitors, headsets, and similar assets without a network address.
- Starter: a fixed package of 500 IP devices at $1,499 per year.
- Pro: $5 per IP device per year, starting at $2,500 per year, for 500 to 5,000 IP devices.
- Enterprise: custom pricing from $12,000 per year, for organizations that need higher volume, on-premises hosting, data residency, or dedicated infrastructure.
For teams coming from Snipe-IT, Starter is the closest comparison to a hosted plan: $1,499 per year for 500 IP devices and up to 1,000 non-IP devices, against $999.99 per year for Small Business Hosting or $2,499.99 for Dedicated Hosting. The difference is in the work around the tool, since InvGate Asset Management discovers and updates assets automatically. If you're not sure which plan fits, you can start a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, or talk to Sales to size a plan for your fleet.
#2: ManageEngine AssetExplorer
According to ManageEngine's official product page, ManageEngine™ AssetExplorer is an ITAM platform engineered to offer quick deployment for IT managers to gain control of IT assets spread across multiple sites. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, where ManageEngine hosts it in its own data centers.
Beyond hardware, the platform covers software, licenses, purchases, and contracts, with built-in reports and dashboards. Its licensing is based on the number of IT assets managed.
ManageEngine AssetExplorer features
AssetExplorer includes several capabilities aimed at simplifying IT asset tracking, automation, and reporting, based on its official product page reviewed in October 2026. Five of its key features are:
- Automated discovery: detects assets with agent-based and agentless methods and supports barcode, QR code, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanners.
- Visual asset life cycles: provides a drag-and-drop canvas to design asset life cycles and ITAM processes.
- No-code and low-code automations: streamlines recurring tasks, such as auto-assigning assets to users based on their login history.
- Configuration management: keeps configuration items in a single source of truth, with rule-based data sync between the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and its sources.
- Built-in reports and dashboards: generates reports with charts and graphs instantly.
ManageEngine AssetExplorer reviews and comments
As of October 2026, ManageEngine AssetExplorer holds a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights, in the Hardware Asset Management Tools market.
ManageEngine AssetExplorer pricing
AssetExplorer comes in three editions: a Free Edition that never expires, a 30-day trial for up to 250 IT assets, and a Professional edition licensed by the number of assets. The Free Edition covers up to 50 nodes in the cloud version and 25 nodes in the on-premises version.
According to ManageEngine's official pricing page, paid pricing varies by deployment model. Both models start at 250 IT assets:
- Cloud: from $115 per month ($1,245 per year) for 250 IT assets to $1,545 per month ($16,695 per year) for 10,000 IT assets.
- On-premises: from US$955 per year for 250 IT assets to US$11,995 per year for 10,000 IT assets, billed annually.
#3: Ivanti Neurons for ITAM
According to its official product page, Ivanti Neurons™ for ITAM, which Ivanti now markets as Ivanti IT Asset Management, delivers continuous visibility into assets, ownership, and lifecycle state within a trusted system of record. The asset data foundation is part of the Ivanti Neurons Platform, and the complete ITAM capabilities come through Ivanti's IT Service Management offering.
It's available in the cloud or on-premises, according to Ivanti's product documentation. The on-premises edition runs on top of the Ivanti Neurons for ITSM infrastructure.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM features
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM provides several capabilities that support Asset Lifecycle Management and data consistency. These five come from Ivanti's solution brief:
- Centralized asset repository: maintains a single, continuously updated record of every asset, including ownership, lifecycle state, financial data, and configuration details.
- Discovery integration: pulls data from Ivanti Asset Discovery, Ivanti Endpoint Manager, and third-party sources.
- Financial tracking: tracks cost, depreciation, and spend trends across the asset estate.
- Mobile barcode scanning: speeds up data capture on iOS and Android devices.
- Service Management integration: runs on the Ivanti Neurons Platform and integrates with Ivanti's ITSM.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM reviews
As of October 2026, Ivanti Neurons for ITAM has no dedicate reviews in Gartner Peer Insights.
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM pricing
According to Ivanti's plans page, checked in October 2026, the company doesn't publish pricing for Ivanti Neurons for ITAM. IT Asset Management is included in its ITSM and Enterprise Service Management (ESM) plans and in its Autonomous Endpoint Management add-on, covering Vendor and Contract Management, shipments, invoicing, procurement, asset lifecycle, and Stock Management. For pricing details, Ivanti asks organizations to contact its sales team directly.
#4: SolarWinds Service Desk (IT Asset Management)
According to SolarWinds' official website, SolarWinds® Service Desk is a cloud-based and AI-powered IT Service Management platform built to maximize productivity and accelerate resolution. Its IT Asset Management capabilities bring hardware, software, mobile, and non-network asset data together with procurement and service workflows.
Its ITAM component focuses on ease of use and rapid value delivery, combining automatic asset discovery, procurement tracking, and Risk Management within a centralized system. The platform also integrates with its CMDB and ITIL-aligned workflows to enhance visibility, compliance, and service resolution efficiency.
SolarWinds Service Desk (IT Asset Management) features
Based on SolarWinds' ITAM software page, the platform includes several capabilities designed to streamline Asset Management and improve IT visibility. Five of them are:
- Centralized Asset Management: brings hardware, software, mobile, and non-network asset data together with procurement, incident, problem, change, and service request workflows.
- Automatic discovery: detects assets on the network and, where needed, the software installed on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebook devices.
- Procurement and license tracking: connects to procurement modules to show license utilization and expose risks from unapproved software.
- CMDB integration: maps assets to identify change risks and assess their impact.
- Incident context: attaches relevant assets to incidents to support the service process and keep a complete audit log.
SolarWinds Service Desk (IT Asset Management) reviews and ratings
As of October 2026, SolarWinds Service Desk holds a rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights, in the IT Service Management Platforms market.
SolarWinds Service Desk (IT Asset Management) pricing
According to SolarWinds' official pricing page, reviewed in October 2026, SolarWinds Service Desk offers three tiers. Each one is priced per technician per month, billed annually, with unlimited users:
- Essentials: $39 per technician per month, including Asset Management, CMDB, and Change Management.
- Advanced: $99 per technician per month, adding advanced automations, network discovery, Contract Management, license compliance, and API access.
- Premier: $124 per technician per month, adding AI incident summaries and AI-guided solutions, a visual CMDB with dependency mapping, a sandbox, and up to 1,500 API calls per user per minute.
Every plan notes that asset pricing is available upon request. A 30-day free trial gives full access to Premier features.
#5: ServiceNow IT Asset Management
According to its official product page, ServiceNow® IT Asset Management manages the full lifecycle of hardware, software, and cloud IT assets on the ServiceNow AI Platform. It's designed to help organizations cut costs, reduce risks, and stay audit-ready by consolidating asset data and automating key lifecycle processes.
It runs in the cloud, since the ServiceNow AI Platform is the cloud-based foundation for all ServiceNow products. That platform scope is the main difference when comparing ServiceNow Software Asset Management with Snipe-IT.
ServiceNow IT Asset Management features
Based on ServiceNow's product page and its solution brief, ServiceNow ITAM combines automation, AI, and lifecycle optimization. Key features include:
- Lifecycle automation: uses ServiceNow AI Agents to automate tracking, usage, and retirement of IT assets.
- Audit readiness: maintains comprehensive and accurate asset and license records.
- Risk visibility: gives visibility into all IT assets and reduces security risks from unauthorized technology.
- Integrated CMDB: connects ITAM to catalogs, the CMDB, and procurement.
- Spend optimization: helps optimize software, hardware, and SaaS spend and uses AI Agents to simplify publisher compliance evaluations.
ServiceNow IT Asset Management reviews
As of October 2026, ServiceNow holds a rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights for its ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management listing, in the Hardware Asset Management Tools market.
ServiceNow IT Asset Management pricing
ServiceNow doesn't publish pricing for its IT Asset Management solution, and organizations must request a quote through its contact page. The product page doesn't list a free plan or a free trial.
#6: NinjaOne
According to its official IT Asset Management page, NinjaOne™ IT Asset Management software delivers complete visibility and control across all hardware, software, and connected systems. The module, launched in February 2026, is built natively into the NinjaOne platform.
NinjaOne is a cloud-native platform that manages Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints, including desktops, laptops, servers, and virtual machines. It positions the module as a way to unify Endpoint Management and IT Asset Managemen.
NinjaOne features
NinjaOne's IT Asset Management page, reviewed in October 2026, lists several capabilities for asset visibility and control. Five of them stand out for teams leaving Snipe-IT:
- Single inventory: brings hardware, software, and lifecycle records, whether agent-managed, network-discovered, or offline, into one inventory.
- Shadow IT detection: uncovers unmanaged or rogue devices, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smartboards, desk phones, and legacy systems.
- Lifecycle and warranty tracking: monitors asset age, warranties, depreciation, and lifecycle events to plan repairs, replacements, and renewals.
- License tracking: tracks license allocation, usage, renewals, and compliance across the software lifecycle.
- ITSM integrations: connects with ServiceNow and other ITSM tools through its public API to automate asset updates and ticket workflows.
NinjaOne reviews
As of October 2026, NinjaOne holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights, in the Endpoint Management Tools market.
NinjaOne pricing
According to NinjaOne's official pricing page, the company uses per-device pricing and doesn't publish its full price list. The 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," and that pricing varies by region and products purchased. A 14-day free trial is available, and specific pricing requires a quote.
#7: Freshservice
According to its official datasheet, Freshservice is a unified, AI-native platform that brings ITSM, ITAM, IT Operations Management (ITOM), and ESM together on a single platform. It runs in the cloud and licenses IT Asset Management separately from its service desk agents.
Freshworks describes Freshservice ITAM as the missing link in unified Service Management, giving teams the visibility and context to improve decisions and operations, according to its ITAM page. Its discovery covers on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Freshservice features
Freshservice's ITAM page, reviewed in October 2026, lists several capabilities for IT Asset Management. Five of them are:
- Automated discovery: discovers and tracks IT assets across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments to keep an audit-ready inventory.
- Asset Lifecycle Management: manages assets from procurement through retirement, tracking ownership, usage, and costs with a complete audit trail.
- CMDB: maintains asset, application, and service relationships with a CMDB powered by automated discovery and dependency mapping.
- SaaS Management: discovers the SaaS estate, tracks usage and licenses, and uncovers shadow IT.
- Contract Management: centralizes contracts and licenses, automates renewal tracking, and monitors expirations.
Freshservice reviews
As of October 2026, Freshservice holds a rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights, in the Hardware Asset Management Tools market.
Freshservice pricing
Freshservice prices its IT Service Management plans per agent and licenses IT Asset Management by Asset Units. According to its official pricing page, the agent plans, billed annually, are:
- Starter: $19 per agent per month, without IT Asset Management.
- Growth: $49 per agent per month, including the ITAM Growth package and 100 Asset Units.
- Pro: $99 per agent per month, including the ITAM Growth package and 100 Asset Units.
- Enterprise: custom pricing, including the ITAM Growth package and 100 Asset Units.
Asset Units depend on the type of asset: a desktop or mobile device uses one unit, a server, virtual machine, or network device uses four, and 25 non-IP assets share one unit, according to Freshservice's support documentation. Additional units come in packs of 500, and the higher ITAM plans add capabilities such as Software Asset Management and service discovery, with prices that aren't listed on the ITAM pricing page. A 14-day free trial is available.
#8: SysAid
SysAid™ includes a built-in Asset Management solution that helps teams view, secure, and manage assets directly from within its service desk, according to its official datasheet. Asset data lives in the same environment IT uses for support, so service operations and asset records stay connected.
SysAid runs in the cloud, and its Enterprise plan offers a dedicated, single-tenant AWS instance as an add-on, according to its pricing page. For deeper discovery, it offers SysAid Advanced Discovery, powered by Lansweeper.
SysAid Asset Management features
Based on SysAid's official IT Asset Management page and pricing page, these capabilities are especially relevant to IT Asset Management. Five of them are:
- Inventory Management: maintains an inventory of all hardware and software assets, with automated network scanning to detect newly connected devices.
- Asset monitoring: tracks asset health and status, with a centralized CMDB that maps relationships between assets, services, and systems.
- Agentless discovery: scans the network without deploying software to every endpoint.
- Vulnerability flagging: checks discovered software against known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and flags them by severity.
- Advanced discovery powered by Lansweeper: adds deeper, agentless discovery of IT, operational technology, and IoT devices as a paid add-on that requires an active Lansweeper license.
SysAid Asset Management ratings
As of October 2026, SysAid holds a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights, in the IT Service Management Platforms market.
SysAid Asset Management pricing
According to SysAid's official pricing page, reviewed in October 2026, the platform is offered in two plans priced per agent, and a free trial gives access to all features with no credit card required. The plans are:
- Professional: $89 per agent per month, with 250 managed assets included and additional asset packs available as an add-on.
- Enterprise: custom pricing, starting at 20 agents.
#9: GLPI
According to its official website, GLPI is an open source IT Service Management solution that centralizes requests, assets, workflows, and support in one platform. It's an open source Asset Management software option that adds a helpdesk to the inventory, which makes it a natural comparison for teams leaving Snipe-IT.
GLPI can be self-hosted or used as GLPI Network Cloud, a SaaS version hosted and managed by its editor, Teclib'. The software itself is free and open source, and paid GLPI Network subscriptions add support from Teclib'.
GLPI features
GLPI combines Asset Management, helpdesk, and financial tracking in the same platform. These five capabilities come from its official Asset Management page and features page:
- IT inventory: gives detailed information on every device, including components, software, volumes, operating system, and network ports, and manages its lifecycle from acquisition to retirement.
- GLPI Agent: keeps the IT inventory up to date automatically, with inventory support built into GLPI's core.
- Software and licenses: manages the licenses of software deployed on your assets, linking each license to the software in the inventory.
- Contracts, suppliers, and budgets: records contracts related to assets, keeps a supplier list, and tracks expenses and budgets.
- Helpdesk: handles support tickets linked to assets in the same platform.
GLPI ratings
As of October 2026, GLPI Network Cloud, the hosted version of GLPI, doesn't have enough reviews on Gartner Peer Insights to show a rating.
GLPI pricing
GLPI is free to download and host on your own servers, and its cloud version includes a 45-day free trial. According to its official pricing page, Teclib' sells GLPI Network plans in two formats, with prices excluding tax:
- Cloud: Public Cloud costs €19 per user per month, starting with one user, and Private Cloud costs €21 per user per month, with a minimum of 25 users. Both include unlimited assets, and a custom-made private option is available on quote.
- Self-hosted subscriptions: plans go from €100 per month (Basic, up to 10 technical staff and 500 assets) to €4,500 per month (Enterprise, unlimited assets), with Standard (€300) and Advanced (€1,000) in between.
Choosing a Snipe-IT alternative
Snipe-IT remains a capable, low-cost option for teams that can host it, maintain it, and keep its records current by hand or through another tool. The right Snipe-IT alternative depends on which of those costs you want to remove: the server work, the support gaps, the manual data entry, or the missing link between assets and service desk workflows.
InvGate Asset Management keeps pricing predictable while it discovers and updates assets on its own. Start a free trial to see it with your own devices, or talk to Sales about the right plan for your fleet.
Frequently Asked Questions
These are the questions teams ask most often when they compare Snipe-IT with other tools. Each answer sums up what the sections above cover in more detail.
Is Snipe-IT free?
Yes. The self-hosted edition of Snipe-IT is free and open source, with unlimited users and assets, but your team runs the server, backups, and upgrades. Its hosted plans cost from $39.99 to $249.99 per month and include backups, upgrades, and email support.
Which Snipe-IT alternative works best for schools?
It depends on how many devices the school manages, how often they change hands, and how much time IT can spend keeping records current. Schools that manage thousands of student and staff devices should prioritize automated discovery and pricing that stays predictable as the fleet grows, such as the annual, IP device-based pricing of InvGate Asset Management.
Can I migrate from Snipe-IT without re-entering all my assets?
Yes. Snipe-IT lets you export your data, and InvGate Asset Management imports asset records from a CSV file, mapping each column to its fields, including custom fields you create first. From then on, the Agent, network discovery, and integrations add and update assets automatically.
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