Device42 vs Vertiv Environet Alert comparison

Device42 and Vertiv are both solutions in the Data Center Infrastructure Management category. Device42 is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Vertiv is ranked #11. Device42 holds a 10.7% mindshare in DCIM, compared to Vertiv’s 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Device42 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Vertiv users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Device42

Ranking in Data Center Infrastructure Management

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Asset Management (5th), Configuration Management Databases (2nd), IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools (3rd)

Vertiv Environet Alert

Ranking in Data Center Infrastructure Management

11th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Center Monitoring (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Center Infrastructure Management category, the mindshare of Device42 is 10.7%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vertiv Environet Alert is 4.0%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Center Infrastructure Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Device42	10.7%
Vertiv Environet Alert	4.0%
Other	85.3%

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Manmohan Rao

Associate Vice President at Hitachi Systems India Private Limited

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.

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Juan CarlosRamírez

Commercial Manager at APICOM

Strong technology that's easy to set up

Environet Alert's best features are strong technology, good storage in supplies, and after-service Environet Alert could be cheaper and more widely available. I've been using Environet Alert for ten years. I would rate Environet Alert's stability nine out of ten. I would rate Environet Alert's…

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Pros

"The IP address tracking [is valuable]... We have a lot of different devices and some of them have many IP addresses, so keeping track of which ones are assigned where is very critical for putting new devices on the network and giving them new addresses. All of our devices are statically assigned, so if we don't keep good records then we could accidentally assign a duplicate, which would cause problems on the network."

"Device42 stands out as a really competitive tool as compared to some of the other tools which are out there in the market, such as BMC Discovery, Freshservice, and ServiceNow, and I am really happy to see that Device42 is really doing well in capturing and including the AI aspect of it."

"Previously, our company had a lot of issues keeping track of all the data centers and the inventory, as well as the purchase orders. All of these were managed by other tools. The good thing about Device42 is that it can be used for all this together. We don't need to spend time checking many other tools and files."

"I like the tool's agentless discovery feature. The tool configures the devices based on the documentation provided. I am also impressed with its auto-discovery feature. The tool also keeps on tracking and finds whatever is in the environment."

"The solution is agentless."

"It makes it easier for anyone to find an asset in a cabinet and it makes it easier for me to figure out if I have room and/or power in a cabinet to rack servers."

"The auto-discovery is brilliant. You can have it scheduled to run on a regular basis, and the infrastructure is always getting updated within the platform. I would rate the asset discovery very highly. It's very comprehensive. It covers quite a lot of different methods for doing discovery and it supports a lot of different types of hardware as well."

"Asset management is a difficult, time consuming thing, however, Device42 has helped me streamline that so I can focus on other areas that need improvement."

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"Environet Alert's best features are strong technology, good storage in supplies, and after-service."

Cons

"Device42 is a main part of our processes. We need reliability, not only in terms of the data but with the solution itself. It's really difficult when we have 10 minutes of Device42 downtime because none of our teams can work for those 10 minutes, and it's more time lost if there is longer downtime. An improvement would be to have a cluster implementation of Device42 to have high-availability and ensure that we don't have downtime in case of failure."

"If they could make it so their remote connector could do as much as 10,000 devices, that would be better."

"Configuring rPDUs in the data center for Device42 required us to add multiple discovery jobs. The rPDUs were referred to the ISPDUs and daisy-chained. They would automatically assign a unique SMP port, but Device42 didn't allow SMP ranges, so we had to create a discovery job for each rPDU individually. We submitted a feature request to mitigate that."

"If I want to delete an asset from a cabinet it does take a while. And if I'm doing it in bulk — say, for example, if we have one cabinet that has 20 servers in — if I want to remove all 20 servers, I have to do them individually, which is a bit time-consuming. If there were a way that I could just bulk-remove everything from there, that would definitely save some time."

"The reporting could be better. The Insights+ component is an improvement, but they even admit it isn't the greatest. The documentation on their website could also be improved, but Device42 is constantly changing, so the documentation would have to change almost daily."

"The only thing which I have noticed so far that is not good is that we had an issue with some reporting from the tool, reporting we had to export. We couldn't do it in the way we wanted to, so we tried to reach out to their support but it took pretty long until we understood how we can manage the reports. We still haven't received a complete explanation of what we need to do and how to do it."

"Price-wise, from what I understand from my leadership, Device42 has some cost and it is a bit high compared to other discovery tools such as BMC Discovery or BMC Helix."

"Since I was focused on deploying connectors and getting all the servers to be scanned, one of the biggest pains was when a job would fail, then the output (logging) was poor. For example, "Why did it fail?" In these cases, you get a generic error. It doesn't point you in the right direction and tell you why you got the error, which is really annoying. There have been times I asked, "Is there somewhere I can see a better log as to why is this failing?" That would be a really nice improvement."

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"Environet Alert could be cheaper and more widely available."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Functionality-wise, Device42 is on par with industry standards, but price-wise, the solution is expensive. I'm rating the pricing for the solution as eight out of ten."

"It's in the top-three most expensive solutions in terms of cost, but it has all the features that are needed."

"The problem with using other vendor, like BMC, is the pricing. The price is so horrible and nobody wants to pay this money."

"The product cost is low. It is quite cheap."

"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"We pay $100,000 per year."

"On a yearly basis, our licensing is $10,000. However, our license is now nearly full with devices. We need the next bigger license with 5,000 devices, which will cost us $19,000. We pay for a set of licenses, a maximum number of devices, and a maximum number of IP addresses. We have the smallest amount of features, which is enough for us at this time."

"I am not involved in its pricing, but I have seen their plans during a discussion with the customer. For 500 servers, they were asking 50,000 USD. The cost of BMC Discovery was less than half. For the same thing, they were charging only 10,000 USD. Its pricing needs to be improved. As compared to other discovery tools, such as BMC Discovery and ServiceNow Discovery, its price is a little bit higher."

"Environet Alert is a little expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Outsourcing Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	20

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Device42?

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Device42 are relatively cost-effective and affordable. I do not know if a small organization would be able to afford it, but I presume it would also be co...

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What needs improvement with Device42?

I think Device42 can be improved by adding more features around the CMDB aspect and lifecycle management. I do not think many people use it for that functionality, but if they were to expand the su...

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What is your primary use case for Device42?

My main use case for Device42 is that we use it as a CMDB and affinity map to check out network topology or determine when we need to decom something in a life cycle. We use it for many different p...

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Overview

Device42 empowers enterprises with automatic IT asset discovery, application dependency mapping, and agentless discovery, streamlining asset management, improving decision-making, and supporting migration initiatives.

Device42 automates network discovery and provides comprehensive IT data management, making it indispensable for asset and infrastructure management. The platform’s integration capabilities, such as with ServiceNow, allow seamless management of physical and virtual environments. Its application dependency mapping is a critical feature for efficient cloud migration, while advanced search and dashboards enhance operational tasks. Device42's ease of deployment coupled with integration into cloud services offers robust operational insights and simplifies onboarding.

What are Device42's key features?

Automatic IT Asset Discovery: Enables detailed information collection on hardware and software.
Application Dependency Mapping: Facilitates tracking of application dependencies for effective cloud migration.
Agentless Discovery: Assists in uncovering assets without the need for specialized agents.
Network Topology Visualization: Assists in visual representation of network connections.
Cloud Integration: Simplifies the integration with cloud services for enhanced insights.

What benefits should be evaluated in Device42?

Improved Decision-Making: Optimizes resource utilization and boosts strategic initiatives.
Seamless Integration: Enhances connectivity with platforms like ServiceNow.
Efficiency in Auditing: Eases compliance and auditing processes.
Simplified Onboarding: Streamlines initial setups and deployment.
Enhanced Operational Insights: Supports better management through comprehensive data visualization.

Device42 is widely used across sectors for IT asset and infrastructure management, where automation in inventory and documentation aids compliance and resource optimization. It excels in industries requiring integration with existing systems and comprehensive network solutions. Application dependency mapping bolsters cloud migration efficiency in enterprise environments.

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Vertiv Environet Alert provides robust monitoring capabilities to enhance uptime and operational efficiency in critical infrastructure environments, ensuring timely alerts for potential issues.

Designed for data centers and enterprise IT environments, Vertiv Environet Alert enables proactive monitoring and management of IT assets. Its real-time insights and intuitive alert system allow for quick decision-making and mitigate risks. This tool integrates seamlessly into existing systems, offering centralized control and visibility over the entire network infrastructure.

What are the key features of Vertiv Environet Alert?

Real-time Monitoring: Tracks infrastructure performance continuously.
Alert System: Provides timely notifications about any irregularities.
Integration Capability: Seamlessly integrates with existing IT frameworks.
Customizable Dashboard: Offers personalized views of essential data.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Increased Uptime: Minimizes downtime through early intervention.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces costs associated with unplanned outages.
Enhanced Productivity: Frees IT staff from constant manual monitoring.
Scalability: Adapts to growth without requiring additional tools.

Vertiv Environet Alert is widely adopted across sectors like healthcare, finance, and telecommunications. In healthcare, it ensures critical systems remain operational to support patient care. In finance, it safeguards transactional integrity by monitoring the IT backbone, while in telecommunications, it enhances network reliability for service delivery.

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Sample Customers

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

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