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    Device42

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/ADevice42, a Freshworks company, is an agentless discovery system for Hybrid IT. Device42 can continuously discover, map, and optimize infrastructure and applications across data centers and cloud, in order to provide an accurate views of the IT ecosystem.

    $1,449

    1-1K IPs

    Perforce P4

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APerforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is the company's version control and peer code review solution. Perforce offers add-on products for code review for free, and Git support products.N/A
    Pricing
    Device42Perforce P4
    Editions & Modules
    Core 1-100 Devices
    $1,449
    1-1K IPs
    Core 101-500 Devices
    $2,999
    1K-5K IPs
    Core 501-1000 Devices
    $4,999
    5K-10K IPs
    Core 1001-2500 Devices
    $9,999
    10K-25K IPs
    Core 2500+ Devices
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    Pricing Offerings
    Device42Perforce P4
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for each customer requesting a SaaS installation/deployment is negotiated on a case by case basis, and depends on many factors—
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    Device42Perforce P4
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
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    Perforce Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Device42Perforce P4
    Version Control Software Features
    Comparison of Version Control Software Features features of Device42 and Perforce P4
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    Device42
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    Ratings
    Perforce P4
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Branching and Merging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version History00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version Control Collaboration Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Pull Requests00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code Review Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project Access Control00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Automated Testing Integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue Tracking Integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Branch Protection00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Device42Perforce P4
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    GitHub
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft System Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Git
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft System Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Git
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Device42Perforce P4
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    6.5
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
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    7.0
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    Availability
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    9.0
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    Performance
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    6.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Device42Perforce P4
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    1. Installbase management feature allows us to retire our old spreadsheet methods for tracking the data in favour of a singular database with some excellent reporting.2. We are also providing data connectivity from the WAN Providers and keeping all connections in Device42 gives us the ability have documentation of all connection that are made. 3. Ever changing and growing inventory that needs to be carefully tracked and inventoried. We find this so simple to use that we spend much less time than we used to on tracking these items.
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    Perforce Software
    While Perforce Helix is the best version control software out there, it can also be used to track your documentation, training videos and materials, and requirements. If you have strict compliance requirements, it can be used to ensure that those requirements are satisfied. Perforce Helix is incredibly flexible and can meet the needs of individual users as well as companies with thousands of users.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • Device42 can discover physical and virtual servers as well as your network devices
    • Device42 can give resource utilization details like CPU, Memory and Storage
    • Device42 can give dependency mapping
    • Device42 can give inbound and outbound communication details
    • Device42 can create Affinity Groups (Move Groups)
    • Device42 can recommend the Cloud platform to which you can migrate your infrastructure.
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    Perforce Software
    • The branching mechanisms in Perforce allow for an enormous codebase to be duplicated into release versions weekly with little impact upon things such as the speed of queries against the version control.
    • Action triggers permit such things as automated builds of software versions, dynamic messaging when issues are identified either within or prior to a build process, and much more.
    • Locking provides the ability to prevent modifications of stable, tested versions in order to ensure validity when they are released.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • UI/UX is not up to the standards.
    • Can't mass update everything.
    • No export option for the sub components that have changed linked to the device they are assigned to
    • Plugins options are limited
    • Sometimes randomly times out my login forcing me to log in again.
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    Perforce Software
    • Perforce tends to feel backwards in how it approaches certain tasks, like branching and integrating - even once you figure out how it wants you to perform these tasks, you will likely forget when it comes around to the next time you need to do them again.
    • Perforce has a higher price tag, comparatively.
    • Perforce make some tasks very easy, and yet other tasks very difficult - it doesn't always seem to have found its target user's proficiency.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    We are fully committed to our use of Perforce. It works well within our organization and our desire to share our code base with our customers. Their support staff are responsive, inquisitive, and eager to improve their software. I feel like we have a direct line to their design/feature team as they often solicit our feedback.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    With Perforce Helix, you can use it via the command line, via P4V, or any of the other APIs included with the product. It is extremely easy for new users to get up and running. Users of Perforce Helix only have to pull in the files of interest to them. Also, Perforce is very easy to script and integrate into your CI/CD pipeline. Streams allows you to have pinpoint control of your workflow, and P4Search is the absolute best--I wish Perforce (the company) would talk more about this. It is absolutely fabulous!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    In our large environment, Perforce is rarely "down". We have regular maintenance windows and from time to time Perforce can feel a little slow, but its always available. Tech support has always worked with our engineers and IT department to make sure that any real performance or stability issues are addressed quickly.
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
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    Perforce Software
    I had two representatives from Perforce contact me after downloading it but never responded when I had questions. I also had a difficult time finding good training material for getting started. There is a lot of available support material when running into issues, though, because of how many large companies use it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    This rating is related to setting up an environment from an existing Perforce repository. Initial setup of Perforce as the repository for the company was done by a separate team long prior to my inception.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    What I appreciate and love about Device42 is how everything links together from room layout,to server rack organisation,down to all VMs and Business applications. We are also able to get full value of our money and full visibility of our assets management process.
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    Perforce Software
    Git is great, I love Git. But it's not great for dealing with binary assets, even when using Git LFS. Locking is not as simple as on perforce. Git presents some problems on using for non-tech people it can get overwhelming and tech people have to come by and help.
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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • We use it for the mass updates. Because of which we save lots of time
    • It helps in making everything documented
    • With this system you can get any information about the location of the device, connected cables, additional information and statuses.
    • Inventory Management
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    Perforce Software
    • Decreased our implementation costs by allowing versioning and back out of customizations made in the field.
    • saves developers time through automation of changes between branches - they think less of the plumbing and have more time to write code.
    • Downside is training/managing expectations of new developers who come in assuming they will use Git.
    Incentivized
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