Alternatives to Reftab
A cloud asset management service for tracking hardware, software licenses, equipment and IT spend. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Reftab
A cloud asset management service for tracking hardware, software licenses, equipment and IT spend.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Reftab.
Snipe-IT
An open-source, self-hosted IT asset management system written in PHP, with optional paid hosting.
Snipe-IT is free and open source when self-hosted, with a REST API and frequent releases, but you run a PHP server instead of using a hosted service.
GLPI
An open-source IT service management suite with help desk, asset inventory and CMDB.
GLPI is an open source self-hosted suite combining asset inventory with a help desk and CMDB, available at no cost but needing your own server.
OCS Inventory NG
Open-source IT asset management server that inventories hardware and software across an organisation's devices.
OCS Inventory NG is an open source self-hosted server that inventories hardware and software through agents on Windows, macOS and Linux devices.
Open-AudIT
An agentless network discovery and IT inventory tool with configuration change tracking and compliance reporting.
Open-AudIT discovers network devices agentlessly and tracks changes, with a free edition limited to 100 devices and self-hosting instead of a hosted tracker.
iTop
An open-source web application for IT service management and configuration management databases.
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.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Reftab as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Shelf
An open-source asset management platform for tracking equipment, bookings and inventory across a team.
Reftab is a hosted asset tracker with check in and check out, custom tags, software licence and IT spend tracking, and an Android app but no iPhone app listed.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
RackTables
A self-hosted web application for documenting datacenter and server room hardware, racks and networks.
Fleet
An open device management platform for MDM, software patching and vulnerability management across operating systems.
Freshservice
A cloud IT service management platform for help desk tickets, IT operations and asset management.
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
A service desk platform combining IT service management, asset management and a CMDB.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner
A multi-threaded IPv4 and IPv6 scanner that finds network devices, open ports and shared folders.
