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What are SAM Tools?

Software asset management (SAM) tools aim to decipher the complex and ever-changing world of software licensing. Core capability of SAM tools include discovery, normalization, reconciliation, optimization and reporting. SAM tools help address these common use cases: Discovery of software on on-premises, virtual and cloud platforms; Software entitlement management through a central repository, to track purchase data and contractual commitments; Spend management through demand forecasting, downgrading of entitlements, and reallocating of unused licenses or licenses assigned to leavers; Provision of software data insights by identifying licenses allocated to users and devices, software metering, providing usage data to procurement teams, and rightsizing. Ability to share data on software rationalization opportunities; Risk identification by detecting shadow usage, as well as end-of-life and end-of-support software; Increased collaboration between teams that participate in the software application life cycle, including all stakeholders internal and external to IT; Creation of reporting dashboards for operations teams and management.

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FlexNet Manager

By Flexera

4.2
(317 Ratings)

Flexera delivers Saas-based IT management solutions that enable enterprises to accelerate digital transformation and multiply the value of their technical investments. We help organizations inform their IT with definitive visibility into complex hybrid IT ecosystems, providing unparalleled IT insights that allow them to seize technology opportunities. And we help them transform their IT with tools that deliver actionable intelligence across an ever-increasing range of dimensions to effectively manage, govern and optimize their hybrid IT estate. More than 50,000 customers subscribe to our technology value optimization solutions, delivered by 1,300+ passionate team members worldwide.

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Snow License Manager

By Flexera

4.4
(312 Ratings)

Flexera delivers Saas-based IT management solutions that enable enterprises to accelerate digital transformation and multiply the value of their technical investments. We help organizations inform their IT with definitive visibility into complex hybrid IT ecosystems, providing unparalleled IT insights that allow them to seize technology opportunities. And we help them transform their IT with tools that deliver actionable intelligence across an ever-increasing range of dimensions to effectively manage, govern and optimize their hybrid IT estate. More than 50,000 customers subscribe to our technology value optimization solutions, delivered by 1,300+ passionate team members worldwide.

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Certero for Enterprise SAM

By Certero

4.8
(169 Ratings)

Certero provide solutions and services that enable customers to see, govern and optimize costs with IT assets across the full scope of their infrastructure.

This ranges from FinOps, to tackling Shadow IT, managing IT hardware and software throughout the lifecycle, to gaining real-time strategic insight into technology consumption and addressing the more focused challenges around software license compliance and optimization of investments for mega-vendors like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Adobe and more.

The Certero Platform provides a ‘single pane of glass’ to manage IT assets all in one place by simply activating the Certero products and features you need. Certero combine this unique technology with a range of optional consultancy services; delivered as one to connect the dots between best practices, expertise, process, automation and your business.

This uniquely agile ‘Technology-Led Services’ approach ensures that no matter what the challenge is, value is always achieved.

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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

By ManageEngine

4.4
(165 Ratings)

As the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corp., ManageEngine empowers you to take control of your IT, from your security, networks, and servers to your applications, service desk, Active Directory, desktops, and mobile devices.

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Ivanti Neurons for ITAM

By Ivanti

4.3
(150 Ratings)

Ivanti manages and secures Everywhere Work environments so that organizations and employees can improve their digital employee experience (DEX). Ivanti technology focuses on empowering IT and employees. Ivanti solutions let IT and employees use a wide range of corporate and personal devices to access IT applications and data over multiple networks to stay productive. Ivanti solutions find, manage and protect each IT asset and endpoint in an organization, no matter the OS. Over 40,000 customers, including 88 of the Fortune 100, have chosen Ivanti to help them deliver an excellent digital employee experience and improve IT and security team productivity and efficiency.

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USU SAM for Clients + Datacenter

By USU

4.5
(149 Ratings)

USU is a provider of software and services for IT and customer service management and empowers companies to meet the demands of today’s digital world. Global companies use the solutions to cut costs, drive agility, and reduce risk — with smarter services, streamlined workflows, and improved collaboration. With over 40 years of experience and locations worldwide, the USU team helps customers move into the future.

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Lansweeper

By Lansweeper

4.2
(138 Ratings)

Lansweeper provides Technology Asset Intelligence solutions that deliver visibility into IT, OT, and IoT assets, including hardware and software across the entire technology environment. Founded in 2004, Lansweeper helps organizations collect and organize asset data to support security, compliance, and operational decisions.

The Lansweeper platform centralizes technology asset information and facilitates collaboration between IT, security, and finance teams. It is used by enterprises, governments, financial institutions, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions around the world.

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BMC Helix ITSM

By BMC Helix

4.1
(135 Ratings)

BMC Helix focuses on providing an AI-powered platform designed to support enterprise IT service and operations management. The company addresses the challenge of automating and streamlining IT processes by deploying AI agents that assist in anticipating operational needs and delivering automated solutions. This approach aims to enhance productivity within IT teams by optimizing workflows and supporting efficient ServiceOps management without manual intervention.

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ServiceNow Software Asset Management

By ServiceNow

4.1
(100 Ratings)

ServiceNow is putting AI to work for people. We move with the pace of innovation to help customers transform organizations across every industry while upholding a trustworthy, human centered approach to deploying our products and services at scale. Our AI platform for business transformation connects people, processes, data, and devices to increase productivity and maximize business outcomes.

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LicenseAnalyzer

By Open iT

4.4
(75 Ratings)

Open iT is a globally recognized organization specializing in development of hardware and software usage tracking, reporting services, and optimization solutions. The company focuses on providing IT optimization solutions by measuring resource utilization and developing tools for analyzing software usage. Open iT has over two decades of experience in engineering software license management, offering effective out-of-the-box solutions that address IT asset management challenges. The company's expertise lies in software asset management solutions, specifically in engineering applications. It continues to expand and cover more software vendors including business apps, cloud-based apps, and Software as a Service platforms. Open iT also deals with IT chargeback, vendor analysis, simulation of software licensing models, software optimization, and more, reflecting its dedication to optimizing IT assets.

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InvGate Asset Management

By InvGate

4.4
(65 Ratings)

InvGate builds the tools that IT teams use to enable every other team in the company. Its portfolio consists of two stand-alone, highly integrated products: An ITSM and an ITAM solution.

Both the Service Management and Asset Management products are no-code solutions that give you the autonomy to make any changes you need as you grow, without the hassle of consulting fees for custom developments.

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Flexera One IT Asset Management

By Flexera

4.6
(54 Ratings)

Flexera delivers Saas-based IT management solutions that enable enterprises to accelerate digital transformation and multiply the value of their technical investments. We help organizations inform their IT with definitive visibility into complex hybrid IT ecosystems, providing unparalleled IT insights that allow them to seize technology opportunities. And we help them transform their IT with tools that deliver actionable intelligence across an ever-increasing range of dimensions to effectively manage, govern and optimize their hybrid IT estate. More than 50,000 customers subscribe to our technology value optimization solutions, delivered by 1,300+ passionate team members worldwide.

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SymphonyAI IT Asset Management

By SymphonyAI

4.9
(49 Ratings)

SymphonyAI specializes in AI-based IT Service Management. It combines Service, Asset, and Operations Management to facilitate enterprise productivity. By utilizing machine reasoning and codeless workflow automation, SymphonyAI strives to generate substantial savings in IT Help Desk Operations and improve the Total Cost of Ownership.

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Xupervisor

By Xensam

5
(42 Ratings)

Xensam Software Asset Management, established in 2016, focuses on developing advanced software asset management (SAM) solutions. The main goal is to facilitate the work of SAM Managers and IT Leaders by promoting wider and easier access to essential SAM data. This is achieved through the implementation of innovative features and automatization. Xensam's comprehensive SAM solution caters to a range of software environments, whether on-premise or in the cloud, and guarantees a high level of security. Its unique approach is based on insights from Software Asset Managers, which ensures its applications are aligned closely with real-world needs and challenges relating to software asset management.

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Oomnitza Enterprise Technology Management

By Oomnitza

4.8
(32 Ratings)

Oomnitza offers a versatile Enterprise Technology Management solution for asset lifecycle management and IT process automation. Our agentless SaaS platform transforms multi-source data from your existing IT, security and business systems to deliver comprehensive visibility and actionable asset inventory for better technology data hygiene and audit readiness. We enable organizations to confidently automate their technology workflows using standardized applications and low-code workflows to reduce manual tasks, service tickets, security risks and redundant technology spend.

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Cherwell Asset Management (Legacy)

By Ivanti

4.3
(31 Ratings)

Ivanti manages and secures Everywhere Work environments so that organizations and employees can improve their digital employee experience (DEX). Ivanti technology focuses on empowering IT and employees. Ivanti solutions let IT and employees use a wide range of corporate and personal devices to access IT applications and data over multiple networks to stay productive. Ivanti solutions find, manage and protect each IT asset and endpoint in an organization, no matter the OS. Over 40,000 customers, including 88 of the Fortune 100, have chosen Ivanti to help them deliver an excellent digital employee experience and improve IT and security team productivity and efficiency.

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BelManage

By Belarc

4.2
(25 Ratings)

Belarc, based in Maynard, MA, is a company focused on creating and licensing online solutions aimed at enhancing the ease of use and management of personal computers by big corporations, small companies, and private consumers. The main problem that Belarc solves revolves around system management, with its products specializing in fields such as software license compliance, hardware upgrade planning, cyber security status assessment, information assurance audits, and IT asset and configuration management.

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TeamViewer DEX

By TeamViewer

4.5
(25 Ratings)

As a global technology company, TeamViewer offers a remote connectivity platform to access, control, manage, monitor, and support any device — across platforms — from anywhere.

With more than 600,000 customers, TeamViewer is free for private, non-commercial use and has been installed on more than 2.5 billion devices. TeamViewer operates in the field of Remote Connectivity, Augmented Reality, Internet of Things, and Digital Customer Engagement, enabling companies from all industries to digitally transform their business-critical processes through connectivity.

Founded in 2005, and headquartered in Göppingen, Germany, TeamViewer is a publicly held company with approximately 1,400 global employees. TeamViewer AG (TMV) is listed at Frankfurt Stock Exchange and belongs to the MDAX.

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USU SAM for SAP Software

By USU

4.3
(25 Ratings)

USU is a provider of software and services for IT and customer service management and empowers companies to meet the demands of today’s digital world. Global companies use the solutions to cut costs, drive agility, and reduce risk — with smarter services, streamlined workflows, and improved collaboration. With over 40 years of experience and locations worldwide, the USU team helps customers move into the future.

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Sassafras

By TeamDynamix

4.4
(23 Ratings)

TeamDynamix offers no-code IT Service Management (ITSM/ESM) with enterprise automation and integration. The platform is designed to reduce admin burden while allowing for organizations to expand and scale usage. With integrated PPM, you can easily model resource capacity and gain a single view across all work.

Easily create custom forms, fields, workflows, automation and integrations without the need for technical resources. Scale to HR, Facilities, Legal and other teams without the need for IT admin support. Deploy a stellar portal with integrated Conversational AI for multi-channel chat / SMS / email / social support. The platform allows for multiple client portals, easy drag-and-drop design, and the ability to embed custom forms to both the portal and within chat interactions.

Custom dashboards, reporting and workspaces give both IT leadership and technicians the ability to easily organize work, view SLAs, manage against the ITIL framework, and dig into root-cause analysis.

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Features of Software Asset Management Tools

Updated November 2024

Mandatory Features:

  • Share software asset information: Consume and produce information for use across other organizational functions, systems and processes. A central system of record for IT assets enables the enterprise to manage vendors and software assets throughout their life cycles.

  • Conduct discovery: Interrogate networks to find the physical, virtual and cloud platforms upon which software executes. Explore vendor portals, procurement systems and other data sources to obtain software contract and purchase records.

  • Capture entitlements: Analyze software contracts, purchases and procurement records to obtain the entitlements for software consumption conferred by a given license agreement.

  • Normalize data: Consolidate multiple platform consumption datasets and other data sources to resolve duplicated or conflicting records. Consolidate multiple software entitlement records and other supporting data. This creates a single, accurate, organized and categorized dataset.

  • Identify platform consumption: Capture platform-agnostic configuration data and extract a list of all software and software consumption levels. Identifying the software installed on, accessed on or executing upon a platform (as in the case of instance-based software licenses) is foundational to SAM.

  • Optimize software entitlements and consumption: Track changes to software license models, and improve and balance software spending by comparing usage to estimated demand for the quantity, type and expense of licenses needed and in use.

  • Govern: Allow organizations to properly allocate licenses, proactively identify remediation actions for inaccurate data and noncompliance, and automate workflows to improve process compliance.

  • Reconcile: Correlate contract, purchase and entitlement records with normalized platform inventory data. This creates an effective license position (ELP), which is the comparison of recorded license entitlements to actual license consumption. ELP provides a basis for compliance management, risk reduction, audit defense, contract (re)negotiations, license “true-ups” and software spend optimization.

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