xAssets Software Asset Management

What xAssets Software Asset Management is

xAssets Software Asset Management (xAssets SAM) is a software licensing compliance system for organizations that need to establish and maintain a defensible view of their software license position. Its temporal calculation engine records consumption, license, and grant events, so teams can report effective license positions for a chosen point in time. Discovery and integrations run daily, license calculations run monthly, and automated alerts flag compliance issues and renewal dates. The affinity model ranks potential license matches using factors such as department, location, cost centre, user, CPU architecture, and core count. Supported license metrics include per user, per computer, per physical core, per physical processor, concurrent user, and subscription. Agentless discovery covers Windows, VMware ESX, Linux, Unix, Apple Mac, IBM AIX, SNMP, and SSH equipment, with an optional agent for remote endpoints. Named integration sources include SCCM, Tanium, ServiceNow, and Intune; additional integrations can be built during or after implementation. xAssets SAM is offered as a hosted service or for installation in a customer data centre. Security capabilities include single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, row-level security, audit trails, backups, and point-in-time restore.

Who it suits

xAssets SAM suits organizations that need to track software license consumption and report their effective license position over time. It is a fit for teams that want automated discovery, license calculations, compliance alerts, and license allocation based on organizational and hardware details.

Limits

The Enterprise Edition base license includes two users, with discovery licensed per endpoint. The general IT asset management free instance is limited to one user, 100 endpoints, and 1,000 total assets, and excludes Intune, SCCM, procurement, contracts, barcoding, configuration, and workflow.

Getting started

1. Visit the xAssets SAM website.
2. Request pricing for the Enterprise Edition.
3. Choose hosted service or on-premise deployment.
4. Use the free evaluation instance shaped to your needs.
5. Connect discovery and integration sources, including SCCM, Tanium, ServiceNow, or Intune.

Verdict

Choose xAssets SAM if your organization needs time-based license position reporting, automated discovery, and compliance alerts. Its hosted and on-premise options support different deployment needs. Pricing is on request, and the listed Enterprise Edition base license includes two users.