CMDB & IT asset management alternatives

Many organisations use several tools for IT inventory, asset management and the CMDB: an ITSM suite, an RMM tool, a discovery scanner or a licence management solution. Each of these tools answers part of the question of what your IT consists of. Versio.io combines automated full-stack inventory, CMDB, topology, change tracking and lifecycle and vulnerability data in one platform, operated as SaaS in Germany or on-premises in your own data centre.

The following comparisons show where each tool has its strengths, where its limits lie and when Versio.io is the better alternative or the right addition.

• Your on-premises Jira Data Center ends in 2029 - Jira Data Center reaches end of life on 28 March 2029. Versio.io keeps your CMDB on-premises or hosted in Germany, while Jira continues to handle tickets.
• Your CMDB licence costs grow with every discovered CI - ServiceNow Discovery, BMC Helix and OpenText uCMDB are licensed individually. Versio.io publishes its prices and can supply data to your existing ServiceNow CMDB.
• You manage endpoints, but lack a CMDB - RMM and patch management tools such as NinjaOne, Kaseya and Action1 manage devices. Versio.io adds the full-stack inventory, topology and complete history.
• You have an asset inventory, but no dependencies - Discovery tools such as Lansweeper and Device42 provide asset data. Versio.io links it in a CMDB with relationships, business services and IT time travel.
• Your service desk CMDB is maintained by hand - ITSM tools such as ManageEngine, KIX and Tesseron link tickets to assets. Versio.io fills the CMDB automatically and works with any ITSM tool.
• You need licence data in its operational context - Flexera focuses on licence compliance. Versio.io links software inventory with hosts, containers, dependencies and end-of-life data.