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Device42 vs Flexera One comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Device42 provides efficient asset management, enhancing time and cost savings despite challenges in quantifying ROI precisely.
Sentiment score
5.7
Flexera SaaS Manager improves resource allocation, reduces costs, increases productivity, enhances transparency, and optimizes budget forecasting and operational efficiency.
The TCO calculations based on five years and three years have yielded a remarkable ROI compared to on-premise workload, validating the business case submission to the customer.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I can confidently say at least 30% is the savings which we have seen.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
This efficiency with time and resources was perfect.
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Device42's customer service is praised for responsiveness and efficiency, though complex issues sometimes experience slower resolution.
Sentiment score
3.7
Flexera One support receives mixed reviews, with variable service quality influenced by representatives and time zone differences.
Customer support for Device42 is fantastic.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Our internal teams have also leveraged the platform which is available for the customers and the partners to onboard them, have a bit of training on the tool and then ask any specific questions to either the TAM or the customer support team.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
When it comes to resolving technical issues, the support team is responsive and always available to help.
Cloud Presales Engineer at Activedge Technologies Ltd.
They were prompt in getting back to us.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Device42 efficiently scales vertically and horizontally, accommodating growth with ease, adaptability, and integrated Masscan for discovery speed.
Sentiment score
6.0
Flexera One is praised for its scalability in large enterprises but faces challenges with on-premise deployments due to licensing issues.
It is very much scalable and allows you to design your discovery solution without facing any challenge.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Device42's scalability works well for me; if I want to add more resources, such as a Remote Collector for a new site, I can easily connect it to the main appliance.
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scalability is good and with the increase in the size of the environment, it has definitely grown and changed over the last couple of years.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Device42 is reliable with stable performance, regular updates, and efficient support, despite occasional maintenance and minor bugs.
Sentiment score
8.0
Flexera One is highly dependable, with minor upgrade issues, resolvable data inaccuracies, and strong competitor comparisons in performance.
Device42 is stable and has been reliable for my organization.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Device42 has been pretty stable.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
The stability of the cloud version, which is what I'm currently using, is almost always reliable.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Device42 needs improved workflows, mobile experience, integration, scalability, and enhanced features like dashboards, discovery, and AI for users.
Flexera One needs improvements in server discovery, reporting, hardware support, automation, and integration with IT service management.
I foresee areas of improvement for the agent-less solution, which could be very useful for those organizations that might not allow configuring an agent in their source machines for workload discovery.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
From an ITSM and ticketing perspective, I would say if there were integrations available, that would have really been better because a lot of times what we end up seeing or leveraging is ServiceNow because they have that native or out of the box capability, and even Freshservice has that capability out of the box.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
If automatic updates were available for the solution instead of having customers go through the process of downloading and uploading update packages themselves, it would be beneficial.
Cloud Presales Engineer at Activedge Technologies Ltd.
For one of my customers, the monitoring aspect has been tricky due to the need for live database information, which could be enhanced using AI technology.
Consultant at KPMG
One feature I would like to see in the tool is the ability to handle everything in one place.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Device42's pricing varies widely, offering affordability for some, yet seen as costly by others, especially for large-scale use.
Flexera One offers competitive pricing and strong asset management, appealing to enterprises despite higher costs in certain regions.
Compared to other competitors, it does not cost much, and I would recommend it from a cost perspective.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
For example, I felt the BMC Discovery pricing was quite high.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
They've restructured how it's licensed, making it more fair.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Device42 offers comprehensive IT asset management with agentless discovery, simplifying asset inventory, network visualization, and hybrid cloud migration planning.
Flexera One enhances software management with features like compliance, reporting, and cloud management, leveraging robust discovery and data capabilities.
Device42 has positively impacted my organization by providing granularity toward application discovery compared to other assessment tools, which is a differentiator since none of the other tools provide such granularity, leading to better decision-making for my migration to the public cloud.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We have leveraged that to discover IT assets such as physical servers, VMs, network devices, containers, storage devices, the applications, cloud resources and their relationships or their dependencies with each other and to the outside.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Device42 has positively impacted our organization by helping us become one of the best companies for asset management and inventory for the enterprise businesses we work with.
Cloud Presales Engineer at Activedge Technologies Ltd.
Flexera includes what I call canned reports, straight out of the box, but they also offer flexibility in creating custom reports.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The feature that I find most valuable in Flexera One is the discovery, which is crucial from an ITAM point of view to capture the entire environment and all the software installed in my customer's environment.
Consultant at KPMG
 

Categories and Ranking

Device42
Ranking in IT Asset Management
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management Databases (2nd), IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools (3rd), Data Center Infrastructure Management (1st)
Flexera One
Ranking in IT Asset Management
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Management Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of Device42 is 4.2%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Flexera One is 4.7%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Device424.2%
Flexera One4.7%
Other91.1%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2783919 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Granular discovery has ensured confident workload migration and optimized cloud move group planning
Device42 offers the best features for workload assessment, particularly useful for cloud-to-cloud workload or on-premise data center workload, especially when planning for workload migration to the public cloud. For application and infrastructure discovery, Device42 has enabled me to know the number of machines running in the on-premise environment and has managed to capture complete utilization metrics or trends of their utilization. This has benefited me in right-sizing systems for my public cloud total cost of ownership (TCO) planning, providing me granularity to right-size these systems while planning a migration to the public cloud. Device42 has positively impacted my organization by providing granularity toward application discovery compared to other assessment tools, which is a differentiator since none of the other tools provide such granularity, leading to better decision-making for my migration to the public cloud. Device42 has improved my migration projects by providing granularity around system dependencies that gave me confidence knowing which systems communicate with each other parked in a particular move group. My move group planning became so robust that I am not leaving any system behind in the on-premise data center from my planning, which saves a lot of time and effort, leading to cost optimization—a value addition.
Donna Boyd - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reporting capabilities improve compliance and flexibility exceeds expectations
The mainframe need improvement. Flexera One does not have an agent for it, so it can't report on mainframe usage. Several people have suggested it as an improvement. One feature I would like to see in the tool is the ability to handle everything in one place. If not, it is what it is.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Retailer
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Device42?
I felt the pricing was a little bit mid-range as compared to the other tools which are out there in the market. For example, I felt the BMC Discovery pricing was quite high. So I think the pricing ...
What needs improvement with Device42?
Device42 can improve in the area of updates. If automatic updates were available for the solution instead of having customers go through the process of downloading and uploading update packages the...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FlexNet Manager?
The setup cost has changed a lot over the years, and I have not been involved with the pricing for six years. In the beginning, when I first became involved with it, I thought some of the pricing w...
What needs improvement with FlexNet Manager?
In terms of what could be improved about Flexera One from an ITAM point of view, I feel that if Flexera One could provide a calculation representation, it would be beneficial. While it shows variou...
What is your primary use case for FlexNet Manager?
Flexera One's compliance tracking is excellent, although sometimes it does not provide the exact report due to the customer's environment, which can be improved. Otherwise, the compliance part is g...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

No data available
FlexNet Manager Suite, FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises, Flexera SaaS Manager
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Computershare, Concur, Doosan, Fitch Ratings Inc., Fujitsu, HomeAway, Jasper Wireless, Mercedes-Benz, Square, Twitch, UCSB, Zayo Group Inc.
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