3 categories · RankedSnipe-IT
Snipe-IT is a free, open source IT asset management system for tracking and managing an organization's IT assets, used by IT teams as an asset register and for checking assets in and out · snipeitapp.com ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 117 of 117 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Freshservice at 8%.
Ranked first, contested: Lansweeper has 20%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
ServiceNow IT Asset Management is first at 63%.
Why models recommend it
“starting with Snipe-IT (if you can self-host) or Reftab (if you want a hosted, low-cost solution) will provide the best balance of cost and functionality”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“If you have technical staff: Go with Snipe-IT (self-hosted). It's the most mature open-source option with the largest community.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“The best IT asset management platform for a company with a limited budget is Snipe-IT, which is a free and open-source option”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best Overall (Zero Subscription Cost): Snipe-IT ... widely considered the industry standard for free asset management.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Snipe-IT for large or complex environments: ... generally lacks deep automated discovery, advanced ITSM workflows, and enterprise-scale automation”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“basic spreadsheets or free solutions (like Snipe-IT) lack the automated integrations required for modern hybrid work environments”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · warning
“Some users have reported that it is overly complex and requires significant effort and maintenance”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Do not buy a hardware-first tool expecting it to automate software compliance or SaaS discovery”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Snipe-IT, over the 150 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 83 | 12 | Compare → | |
| 62 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 62 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 55 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 34 | 2 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 22 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Snipe-IT →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Snipe-IT's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Price stated
- 39.99
- Starting price
- 39.99
- Free plan or trial
- Free Forever
- Hosting
- Oregon, N. Virginia, Sao Paulo, Ireland, London, Frankfurt, Singapore, Seoul
- Customers named
- East Carter County R-II School District, Microsoft, Church of the Highlands
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 130 of the 150 answers that named Snipe-IT and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
359 of the 359 domain citations in answers naming Snipe-IT came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |