Alternatives to iTop
An open-source web application for IT service management and configuration management databases. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
iTop
An open-source web application for IT service management and configuration management databases.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as iTop.
GLPI
An open-source IT service management suite with help desk, asset inventory and CMDB.
GLPI is also open source and self-hosted, combining help desk, asset inventory and CMDB, and adds agentless network inventory with SNMP reports and a plugin system.
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
A service desk platform combining IT service management, asset management and a CMDB.
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus is a commercial product with ITSM, asset management and CMDB, available on-premises or in the cloud, replacing the free AGPL-licensed iTop.
Freshservice
A cloud IT service management platform for help desk tickets, IT operations and asset management.
Freshservice is a paid cloud ITSM platform built around ITIL with help desk and asset management, removing the server work but offering no self-hosted option.
Jira Service Management
Atlassian's hosted IT service management tool for requests, incidents and change management.
Jira Service Management is hosted by Atlassian and covers incidents, changes and requests, with a free tier limited to three agents and no self-hosting.
OTOBO
An open-source, web-based service management and help desk platform you can host yourself.
OTOBO is an open-source self-hosted service management platform with ITIL-based ITSM processes and no licence costs, though its website content is mainly in German.
Znuny
An open-source ticketing and service desk system forked from the OTRS Community Edition.
Znuny is an open-source self-hosted service desk continuing OTRS Community Edition, with a long-term support branch, though it focuses on ticketing rather than a CMDB.
Zammad
A web-based open source help desk and ticketing system you install on your own server.
Zammad is an open-source self-hosted help desk with Linux packages and Docker, focused on ticketing without the CMDB that iTop includes.
Request Tracker
An open-source ticketing system that turns support email into trackable tickets through a web interface.
Request Tracker is an open-source, email-driven ticketing system with highly customisable workflows, but it lacks the built-in CMDB and low-code data modelling of iTop.
Also worth comparing
These listings name iTop as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Hudu
A hosted IT documentation platform for procedures, assets, passwords and network records.
iTop is a free, open-source self-hosted CMDB with ITSM ticketing and low-code customisation, but lacks password storage.
i-doit
A CMDB and IT documentation platform for recording hardware, software, networks and their relationships.
iTop is a free AGPL-licensed self-hosted CMDB that also includes ITSM ticketing and low-code customisation.
ITFlow
A free, open-source, self-hosted system for client IT documentation, support tickets and invoicing.
iTop is a free open-source self-hosted ITSM and CMDB with low-code customisation, lacking ITFlow's invoicing.
OCS Inventory NG
Open-source IT asset management server that inventories hardware and software across an organisation's devices.
iTop is an AGPL-licensed self-hosted ITSM and CMDB application, adding ticketing but requiring effort for setup and data modelling.
Open-AudIT
An agentless network discovery and IT inventory tool with configuration change tracking and compliance reporting.
iTop is an AGPL-licensed ITSM and CMDB with low-code customisation, adding ticketing but without the agentless discovery focus.
RackTables
A self-hosted web application for documenting datacenter and server room hardware, racks and networks.
iTop is an open source CMDB with ITSM ticketing and low-code customisation, which models infrastructure broadly but takes effort to set up.
Reftab
A cloud asset management service for tracking hardware, software licenses, equipment and IT spend.
iTop is an open source self-hosted CMDB with ITSM ticketing, suited to teams that want customisable data models rather than a simple hosted tracker.
Snipe-IT
An open-source, self-hosted IT asset management system written in PHP, with optional paid hosting.
iTop is an AGPL-licensed self-hosted ITSM and CMDB with low-code customisation, which covers ticketing as well as assets but takes more effort to set up and model.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
osTicket
A long-established open source support ticketing system that you host on your own server.
