Open-AudIT

Open-AudIT is an agentless network discovery and auditing platform for teams that need a searchable record of devices, software, hardware, and configuration state. It suits managed service providers and organizations with substantial or regulated infrastructure. The main trade-off is clear: broad discovery is available at no cost, while cloud, compliance, integration, and premium support capabilities require Enterprise licensing.

Overview

Open-AudIT discovers network devices through SNMP, WMI, and SSH, then stores the resulting hardware, software, and configuration information for search and reporting. It can also detect and report configuration changes, so it is useful for tracking drift over time rather than merely producing an initial inventory.

Version 6 adds AI-assisted identification of CVEs relevant to discovered devices. That gives the inventory a practical vulnerability-management role, although the product’s strongest compliance and cloud-management functions are reserved for its top tier.

Key features

Agentless discovery and inventory

Using SNMP, WMI, and SSH avoids installing an agent on every asset, a sensible approach for network equipment and mixed environments where endpoint deployment is difficult. Hardware, software, and network-asset discovery are combined in one record, giving administrators more useful context than a device list alone.

Change and vulnerability oversight

Configuration-change reporting helps identify when settings move away from an expected state. Open-AudIT 6’s CVE matching focuses attention on vulnerabilities relevant to the devices it has found, connecting inventory work with remediation priorities.

Enterprise controls

Enterprise adds discovery and auditing for AWS, Azure, and GCP, plus ISO 27001 reporting and configuration benchmarks including CIS and HIPAA. Its REST API, webhooks, and connectors for systems such as ServiceNow CMDB, Jira Service Management, and Splunk make it better suited to an established operations stack. TLS 1.2 or newer protects data in transit, AES-256 protects it at rest, and role-based permissions govern asset data.

Pricing

Free

The Free plan costs nothing and supports unlimited devices with community support. It is the standout option for teams that want wide agentless discovery and can manage without formal service commitments, cloud auditing, compliance reports, or premium integrations.

Professional

Professional costs $399 a year, billed at $399 / yr, and starts from 100 devices. It is aimed at organizations that need a paid deployment beyond the community-supported tier; the published plan does not promise the Enterprise cloud, compliance, or support package.

Enterprise

Enterprise uses annual licensing from 100 devices with custom pricing rather than a published monthly rate. It is the appropriate tier for cloud estates, regulated reporting, integrations, encryption and role controls, and managed support. A 14-day Enterprise trial can be requested without a credit card. Enterprise includes 24×7 email support, live chat, SLAs, and a dedicated Technical Account Manager; premium tiers add phone support and quarterly health checks.

Platforms

Open-AudIT supports API, Linux, Windows, web, and self-hosted deployments. It can be installed on Windows Server or Linux, including as a virtual appliance, giving infrastructure teams a choice between local control and hybrid operation.

Who it's for

Managed service providers can use agentless discovery and searchable inventories across client networks. Defense, government, and banking and finance teams are better candidates for Enterprise, where compliance benchmarks, ISO 27001 reporting, access controls, and contractual support matter. Smaller teams mainly seeking device and software inventory should start with Free; paying for Enterprise is hard to justify unless its cloud and governance features are required.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Unlimited devices on the Free plan makes large-scale basic discovery unusually accessible.
• Pro: SNMP, WMI, and SSH provide agentless coverage across varied network equipment.
• Pro: Configuration-change reporting and CVE relevance matching extend the product beyond static inventory.
• Con: Cloud discovery, compliance reporting, integrations, and formal security controls are confined to Enterprise.
• Con: Free users receive community support, while stronger response commitments require annual paid licensing.

Alternatives

For a broader category comparison, see IT Asset Management Software and IT Asset Discovery Software.

• Lansweeper is worth considering when a 14-day full trial that continues free for up to 100 assets and unlimited user seats fits your evaluation.
• Snipe-IT suits organizations wanting open-source, self-hosted asset management with unlimited users and assets.
• Reftab is a better fit for teams needing web and mobile inventory with barcode and QR-code support and a 50-asset free tier.
• LICENSEWARE targets consumption-based software and license tracking, including a free tier limited to 10 rows per table.
• xAssets ITAM offers a free cloud-hosted edition for one user with 100 endpoints.
• CMDBuild READY2USE is an open-source option for self-hosted, service-oriented configuration management.
• ScalePad Lifecycle Manager is designed for web-based lifecycle management with a free plan for one client.
• Nexynt Asset Management provides cross-platform asset management, with its free plan covering up to three users and 500 MB of storage.

Verdict

Choose Open-AudIT when agentless discovery, unlimited basic device coverage, and configuration-change visibility are the priority. Look elsewhere when you need cloud and compliance features without moving to custom-priced Enterprise, or when your main requirement is a simpler asset register rather than network auditing.