openDCIM
openDCIM is a data center infrastructure management application for tracking rack layouts and physical assets, along with basic power and cooling data · opendcim.org ↗
Strongest at small business. Ranked 66 of 67 for enterprise buyers.
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%.
Nlyte DCIM is first at 38%.
Why models recommend it
“openDCIM is recommended for focused rack and asset inventory on a limited budget, and is available for free under GPLv3”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“the best DCIM tool is openDCIM (free, open‑source) or NetBox (also free/self‑hosted)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“the best DCIM option is usually openDCIM if you can handle some DIY setup and support”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“openDCIM is simpler for classic physical data-center inventory on a shoestring budget”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Has multiple critical security vulnerabilities... Requires extensive security hardening before production use”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Open-source solutions like OpenDCIM may carry higher risks for large enterprise operations due to potential security vulnerabilities, limited support, and development sustainability concerns.”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
“*Use with caution* ... Generally seen as outdated and feature-poor”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“come with significant caveats... "dated" User Interfaces”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as openDCIM, over the 92 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 31 | Compare → | |
| 56 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 43 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 34 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 17 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 14 | 2 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of openDCIM →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on openDCIM's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Price stated
- free
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 91 of the 92 answers that named openDCIM and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
301 of the 349 domain citations in answers naming openDCIM came from a third party's page. Forty-eight 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |