5 categories · RankedDevice42
Device42 is an IT asset management product for discovery, asset management and dependency mapping across data center and cloud environments · device42.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
NetBox is first at 41%.
Sunbird DCIM is first at 26%. 4 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Nlyte DCIM is first at 38%.
Why models recommend it
“Device42 or Sunbird DCIM offer the best balance of functionality, ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and scalability”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Sunbird DCIM and Device42 are the top recommendations”Mistral Small · Direct question · first choice
“Device42 (Strongest Overall for Mid-Market B2B)”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · first choice
“or Device42 (excellent for dependency mapping)”MiniMax M2.5 · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Device42 and Leibert CRV iCOM have been found to be public-facing but secured only with default passwords”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“Avoid commercial tools (e.g., Sunbird, Hyperview, or Device42)”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“consider higher-cost tools like Nlyte or Device42, but they're usually not the best "limited budget" choice”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · warning
“it has a dated interface and a steep initial learning curve, which can impact usability and adoption”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Device42, over the 178 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 22 | Compare → | |
| 64 | 26 | Compare → | |
| 64 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 54 | 9 | View → | |
| 49 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 44 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 39 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 35 | 5 | View → | |
| 33 | 19 | View → |
What the models named instead of Device42 →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Device42's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- IT teams / organizations
- Price stated
- Our software is offered as an annual subscription model, based on the number of devices.
- Free plan or trial
- Free Trial
- Integrations
- 30
- Customers named
- Imperial College London, HBC, Freshworks
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 164 of the 178 answers that named Device42 and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
397 of the 440 domain citations in answers naming Device42 came from a third party's page. Forty-three were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference or event | 106 | 0 | 2026-02-11 | ITSM | |
| Blog | 75 | 1 | 2026-07-31 | ITAM, ITSM | |
| Report or ebook | 62 | 0 | 2024-03-18 | ITSM | |
| Podcast or video | 38 | 0 | 2025-12-12 | ITSM | |
| Comparison | 31 | 0 | 2024-05-01 | ITAM | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 27 | 0 | 2025-11-07 | ITSM, ITAM | |
| Case study | 26 | 0 | 2023-10-06 | ||
| News or press | 12 | undated | ITAM | ||
| Template or tool | 7 | 0 | 2026-03-24 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-07-31Reporting and security enhancements v19 10 ma blog
- 2026-06-02Security performance and last login updates v19 09 ma blog
- 2026-05-05How to use device42 to identify systems vulnerable to the openssh authentication bypass blog
- 2026-03-24Nis2 checklist template or tool
- 2026-02-26Security and stability updates v19 08 ma blog
- 2026-02-11Ensuring success with freshservice integration xml video conference or event
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page device42.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.