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    Lansweeper

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ALansweeper helps organizations see, understand, and make confident decisions about their technology estate across IT, OT, IoT, and Cloud. Lansweeper automatically discovers and inventories every asset: hardware, software, and user—then connects that data to insights about usage, lifecycle, and risk. This is to create what the vendor describes as Technology Asset Intelligence (TAI): a trusted foundation of knowledge that turns raw inventory data into clear, actionable…

    $2,868

    per year (includes 2000 assets)

    SmartDeploy

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ASmartDeploy, now from PDQ.com (acquired January 2022), provides a software deployment solution supporting computer imaging, app deployment, driver management, and Windows migration.

    $960

    per year

    Pricing
    LansweeperSmartDeploy
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $239
    per month (billed annually) Includes 2,000 assets
    Pro
    $439
    per month (billed annually) Includes 2,000 assets
    Enterprise
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    Starts at 10,000 Assets
    Starter
    $960
    per year
    Plus
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LansweeperSmartDeploy
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$96,050
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    LansweeperSmartDeploy
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    LansweeperSmartDeploy
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of Lansweeper and SmartDeploy
    Feature
    Lansweeper
    8.4
    17 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SmartDeploy
    -
    Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory tracking9.617 Ratings00 Ratings
    License management7.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset relationship management8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
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    LansweeperSmartDeploy
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    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    KACE Systems Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LansweeperSmartDeploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LansweeperSmartDeploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lansweeper
    Lansweeper I believe is well suited for any environment - its low cost and small footprint make it an easy addition to any organization, big or small, that is looking for an asset inventory solution that can either replace or supplement existing asset management systems. It may not be well suited for situations where a lot of customization is necessary, such as pulling in custom fields or details from equipment that don't reside in a registry.
    Incentivized
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    PDQ
    Well suited scenarios : One of the situations SmartDeploy helped immensly was in application deployment and management for our projects , making it and instant favorite for the deployment process. Also in one situation where we had a high flying app development which did'nt had much time to develop, deployment thorugh smart deploy made it quick and less involvement. Easier to understand major functionalities and onboard new projects. Less appropriate scenarios: We faced issues while utilising by DevOps team for monitoring every system for issue resolving in linux update on every employees system. This created alot of delay in every employees work front as systems were not working as expected
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    Pros
    Lansweeper
    • Inventory - LANSweeper scans the network for devices - anything with an SNMP trap or using AD or local credentials. We can get an in-depth look at devices.
    • Reporting - LANSweeper can generate just about any report you can imagine. We can check RAM in groups and determine where upgrades are needed. We can find local printers (which aren't allowed on our network) and address that issue with the user. We can check CPU type to help determine end of life without our network.
    • Printers - It's nice to have a quick look at printer statuses. Toner levels, out of paper, and service errors are all reported via LANSweeper.
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    PDQ
    • It allows us to maintain only one image. Much less effort required than storing and maintaining multiple images.
    • LAN deployment works very well with few issues.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Lansweeper
    • Can only scan what it sees. Doesn't show every item on the machine. Patches are also absent.
    • Software Recognition is OK with Microsoft. It is dire within our network of multiple products. Recognition is at about 35% with constant manual work needed to baseline for each manufacturer in each network
    • Datacenter compliance is a manual project. We used Excel extensively.
    • License optimization is limited to installations v surplus licenses. We need to know who's using what and how.
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    PDQ
    • Remote monitoring is useful but has some lagging and functionalities are not upfront to use , making it complicated for new users to be aware just by using the application
    • Windows migration was quite difficult in terms of updates of softwares to be migrated to new system
    • Integration with client systems can be tough as major usage of other softwares is done in most of client systems causing us difficulties to integrate with smart deploy on the same platform
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lansweeper
    Superb tool
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    PDQ
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Lansweeper
    The tool is a web gui, and is mostly easy to navigate, but certain areas are more unclear than others. Identifying what im filtering for, or what menu option has what impact can be less straightforward than I'd like. Overall though, this tool will provide me with information other tools in my box just don't.
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    PDQ
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Lansweeper
    Lots of info online there are tons of SQL Reports you can copy from the web as Lansweeper and users post many of them. They also send out alerts that pop up on Lansweeper, letting you know of an update that you need for certain software and provide an SQL report so you can scan your system to see what PCs need this update.
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    PDQ
    SmartDeploy customer support has been very good. Although we do not always get a super-fast response (though always within the time stated). The tech support folks at SmartDeploy always go the extra mile to see that our immediate issues are taken care of in as timely a manner as possible. They have always been attentive to our needs and frustrations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lansweeper
    In short it has more features and its a more robust solution and it works well with those solutions. I am sure it will keep track with Ai and action recommendations in the future as I didnt see any of it on the platform (at least the one we use) I thin that is the only thing that is missing in the current product
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    PDQ
    SmartDeploy has a fantastic deployment process management with detailed and configurable aspects. Even though it has detailed configuration it still somehow makes it easy to understand and implement compared to other services which need special learning and courses to understand them completelya and use them efficiently. This is one quality highly appreciated and stacks up against any other services I have used for deployment
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    Return on Investment
    Lansweeper
    • It had a positive impact on solutions expense cause several teams we're using different solutions with different costs that used several servers and DB resources. Now, we've been able to simply that a lot with Lansweeper.
    • With my previous point, people had to train and learn about each of their solutions. Now we can put a team in charge and so the other teams can focus on other tasks.
    • Last year Lansweeper changed their licencing prices a lot so it slashed our budget.
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    PDQ
    • Very fast as an image deployment solution for new PCs. We do not have to create a completely new image when new hardware comes out. This is an amazing time-saver on its own.
    • With offline deployment and some workarounds, this is allowing us to migrate many Windows 7 units, rather than having to upgrade each one or load from scratch or replace it with new hardware.
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    ScreenShots

    Lansweeper Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Lansweeper BI Dashboard, where users can refine data using advanced filters, and stay informed with email alerts for key metrics, and dive deep into analytics with included exploration tools. Data can also be exported.Screenshot of the Inventory, which is the centralized hub for all discovered assets in an environment. Here, users can navigate through assets, perform actions like rescanning, editing, or deleting assets, and manage relationships between them. Default groups, sorting options, and tailored views can be used to locate and organize specific assets of interest.Screenshot of Lansweeper’s Risk insights for vulnerability data tied to assets. This helps to create visibility into assets with known vulnerabilities to assess severity levels and enhance triage and incident response efforts.Screenshot of Lansweeper’s diagrams, used to explore interconnected views of a network and virtual topologies, powered by inventory data within Lansweeper Site. The visual representations can be exported and shared to enhance cross-team understanding and collaboration.Screenshot of Lansweeper’s Scanning, which provides comprehensive infrastructure discovery. This can be used to discover every IT, OT, IoT, cloud, and mobile asset in an environment along with details that include hardware, software, users, and configuration.