Alternatives to OCS Inventory NG

Open-source IT asset management server that inventories hardware and software across an organisation's devices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as OCS Inventory NG.

  • GLPI

    An open-source IT service management suite with help desk, asset inventory and CMDB.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    GLPI is an open source self-hosted suite that adds a help desk and CMDB to asset inventory, with agentless SNMP network inventory, though its broad features take time to configure.

  • Open-AudIT

    An agentless network discovery and IT inventory tool with configuration change tracking and compliance reporting.

    FreemiumProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    Open-AudIT discovers devices agentlessly and tracks configuration changes, but it is not open source and its free edition is limited to 100 devices.

  • Snipe-IT

    An open-source, self-hosted IT asset management system written in PHP, with optional paid hosting.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Snipe-IT is an open source self-hosted PHP asset register with a REST API and frequent releases, focused on manual asset tracking rather than agent-based hardware and software scans.

  • Reftab

    A cloud asset management service for tracking hardware, software licenses, equipment and IT spend.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidWeb

    Reftab is a hosted asset tracker with check in and check out, licence and IT spend tracking, so there is no server to run, but it is proprietary.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.