CA Asset Portfolio Management vs Flexera One comparison

Broadcom and Flexera are both solutions in the IT Asset Management category. Broadcom is ranked #14, while Flexera is ranked #9 with an average rating of 9.0. Broadcom holds a 2.1% mindshare in IAM, compared to Flexera’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Flexera users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Flexera One and CA Asset Portfolio Management compete in the asset management domain. Flexera One has an edge in pricing and support, while CA Asset Portfolio Management offers a broad feature set for those focused on functionality.

Features: Flexera One offers robust cloud management, detailed software analytics, and comprehensive compliance tools with extensive automation capabilities. CA Asset Portfolio Management excels in asset tracking, lifecycle management, and integration with legacy systems.

Room for Improvement: Flexera One could enhance its asset tracking and legacy system integration. Additionally, it may consider broadening its lifecycle management capabilities. CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve its cloud functionalities, reduce complexity in deployment, and expand software analytics tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Flexera One offers a cloud-based deployment model, easing implementation and scaling, supported by responsive customer service. CA Asset Portfolio Management involves a more complex setup due to on-premise requirements but offers robust integration support and dedicated service teams.

Pricing and ROI: Flexera One typically requires a lower initial setup cost, offering a quicker ROI for cloud-centric enterprises. CA Asset Portfolio Management might have higher upfront costs, but it provides a substantial long-term ROI through detailed lifecycle management and asset optimization.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Asset Portfolio Management

Ranking in IT Asset Management

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

License Management (6th)

Flexera One

Ranking in IT Asset Management

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Management Platforms (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of CA Asset Portfolio Management is 2.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Flexera One is 4.6%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Flexera One	4.6%
CA Asset Portfolio Management	2.1%
Other	93.3%

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Enterprise systems management team lead

Integrates well, highly stable, and scalable

CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus. We have approximately 10,000 PCs that we are busy processing and we have to upload information to them but when we use this solution it is complex. When we use Micro Focus it is better.

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TarunKumar9

Back End Developer at Nestlé

Unified insights have cut cloud waste and now drive daily data‑driven decisions

Flexera One offers a very complex yet powerful platform that manages everything at once. I love that it particularly finds and lists all software, hardware, and cloud services in one place. It also allows me to manage my cloud bill by taking all data from different sources and cleaning it in a standard format. The feature that stands out most for me in my day-to-day work is the asset discovery and self-service user interface. The self-service user interface is straightforward and easy to use, providing a marketplace presence that helps automate post-provisioning and integration with ITSM. I would also add that the asset discovery capabilities provide good asset discovery functionalities, which allow data import from beacons and agents installed. This has been useful for many users in getting a comprehensive view of their assets across different clouds.

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Pros

"Cost, time, and risks that relate to auditing of compliance are greatly reduced with the use of IT asset manager."

"Gives better control over software and licenses and reduces risk from a software audit."

"IT asset manager simplifies the management and administration of the life cycle of IT assets thus lowering the capital and operational expenditure."

"Enables me to know where an asset is at any point during its lifecycle: How old it is, who it belongs to, and where it's at within that lifecycle."

"It's easy to integrate with our system information."

"From an implementation standpoint, and what we've seen so far of what it can do, I'd say we're extremely satisfied."

"Our organization really has improved quite a lot since we've been using this product."

"Also, the software you have, you can monitor for end of life. If you have software that is end of life, then you can have it uninstalled and buy the new software, so you can make sure that you're not running into vulnerabilities with unsupported software in your environment."

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"So the solution has a really great licensing module, and they're constantly keeping up with the newest trends."

"Sometimes I see cost savings in excess of 40 to 60 percent, with resources also in the same percentage area, depending on what the use case is and how much work and preparation was put into actually designing it appropriately for the use of the tool, as the more that had to get cleaned up or adjusted, the percentages could certainly even increase more."

"Flexera One helps us gain more customers because we are able to look after customer assets, which is really good."

"Audit readiness and 100% users and usage calculation helped the organization to save money."

"It is a stable solution."

"I like the way that Flexera connects our contracts to our purchases."

"I recommend it highly."

"Flexera One is a highly recommendable tool because it offers better automation, cost optimization, and licensing insights in a single ecosystem."

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Cons

"It was much more complex than we were anticipating. Definitely a complex and very resource-involved setup."

"One additional improvement – the reporting aspect in SAM is poor; we need different reporting for different purposes – compliance reporting for executive management and the product teams."

"CA SAM is not a CA product. The vendor is Aspera and CA is the distributor, so support is difficult. It's more difficult to get a good response."

"I would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."

"Very complex to setup with Human Resource, help desk, procurement, and supply chain systems."

"Complex software to understand at the beginning."

"Initially, each upgrade, the process for it was a little different. Having to go, this upgrade was going to be different from this one, going to be different from that one, that was a bit of a headache."

"CA SAM is not a CA product. The vendor is Aspera and CA is the distributor, so support is difficult."

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"Sun Solaris server discovery needs to be improved. Apple Mac OS was not supported fully."

"The customer support is fairly decent; it could be better in terms of the quality of answers provided."

"One area that could use improvement is the deployment of Flexera agents."

"The hardware and connectors in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"There is room for improvement in the purchasing module. There are things I would change in that. Also, the automation components, like having the contracts, scheduling, and notifications embedded into the application, which they've been promising to do since 2014."

"Flexera One does not have an agent for it, so it can't report on mainframe usage."

"While it shows various configurations regarding where my server and VM are placed, it does not indicate how many licenses are needed or how the calculations are performed."

"The mainframe need improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I can say that from a price perspective, you can go for FlexNet Manager if you have a very small environment."

"It was certainly on a par with the price we were paying for Snow License Manager. It wasn't overly expensive."

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FlexNet Manager?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that it was very fair for the value that was received, and the pricing and implementation, especially in the early days, was very well rece...

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What needs improvement with FlexNet Manager?

People are pretty active from a product feedback perspective, so there is a variety of different features and things that I am sure could be improved, but I do not have one directly in mind.

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What is your primary use case for FlexNet Manager?

My main use case for Flexera One is enterprise cost controls, as well as complete visibility and control across all public and private cloud environments. A recent project with a customer that was ...

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Also Known As

CA IT Asset Manager, CA Asset Manager, ITAM, IT Asset Manager, CA SAM, CA Software Asset Manager, Asset Portfolio Management, Asset Portfolio Manager

FlexNet Manager Suite, FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises, Flexera SaaS Manager

Overview

CA Asset Manager gives you the confidence to deliver real business value throughout the asset lifecycle by enabling essential business functions such as
procurement, contract, vendor, license and financial management across your enterprise IT asset base. CA Asset Manager has recognized technology leadership in the areas of financial and contract management, and it is also an IT asset management market share leader.

Learn More: https://www.ca.com/us/products...

Broadcom

Flexera manages and optimizes enterprise software regardless of location, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud. We give mid-size enterprises a growth path and a roadmap for success.

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Sample Customers

First Horizon National Corporation, Logicalis, Racing and Wagering Western Australia

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