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By empowering IT Heroes with accurate data and actionable insights about their technology environment, Lansweeper automatically and continuously discovers IT assets across your infrastructure — servers, laptops, desktops, virtual & cloud machines, networks devices and IoT assets— to create an always-accurate, up-to-date inventory with detailed and granular IT asset data. Not only the hardware specs, but also the user data and installed software are gathered in one central repository.
Provider
Lansweeper
Located In
Belgium
Foundation
2008
Open API
Yes
Deployment
On-Premise Windows, Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Training
Documentation, Live Online, Webinars, Videos
Support
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk
All company sizes: Small, Mid Size and Large (Enterprise) companies, MSP and Consultants.
Content Source: Lansweeper
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Lansweeper Reviews
Pros
Excellent asset tracking with details on almost everything about a device. It can be very useful for finding devices physically as it reports which port a device is plugged into (using snmp).
Has become a great tool that I use regularly. Was recommended to me, and I recommend it to others.
I cannot imagine doing my job as a systems administrator without this tool. It makes automating so many processes super easy, and is easy to customize with a great user base.
I'm very happy with Lansweeper and we are going to implement the help desk software in the near future to replace our current ticketing system. It's a more robust system than other similar programs.
Cons
Not much but the menus can sometimes be too close as they pull down when you hover over them and that can be a little annoying.
There is no way to see what deployments you have running, and there is no way to cancel them once you kick one off.
Installer logic is very limited with no access to WMI for creating conditions. Deployment packages do not survive reboot (ie multi reboots in a single installation package).
The biggest pet peeve that I have with Lansweeper is that it only hold onto the record of the device for 30 days after it goes offline.
"My favorite asset management tool"
Overall: I've used Lansweeper back in the days and it's a great tool for small businesses that need to track less than 100 assets (the limit of the free plan).It gives you a deep visibility and the UI is intuitive.
Pros: Lansweeper is so easy to setup and it allows you to manage your assets so easily.I've enjoyed the possibility to manage my monitor assets along with the PC assets.Would recommend this software with the free plan for small businesses that need to track less than 100 assets.
Cons: It has a high pricing when compared to others.
"Good product with some odd quircks but not expensive"
Overall: For the money, it does what it needs to do, and it is always available, and security s reasonable for the price.It is very comprehensive once you know how to drive it.
Pros: It is cheap, and it is easy to run on-premise.It has a cloud version you can sync, but it is not as comprehensive.Self-updating agents is a bonus.
Cons: The reporting engine is way too complex. Why do you need to know database query methodology to get a simple report?Migrating a database from one scanning device to another is not a straightforward process, and you need to invest a good amount of time learning how this tool work.
"A really good starter tool for endpoint management"
Overall: I recommend this for a small (<2K nodes) single site environment. If they beefed up the deployment tools and added an agent based WOL, this would be a rockstar of a product.
Pros: Simple to setup and easy to use. With a little SQL skills you can easily setup dashboards to monitor some critical information, like primary software versions or percentage of total deployment of AV software.
Cons: Deployment tools are really weak. Installer logic is very limited with no access to WMI for creating conditions. Deployment packages do not survive reboot (ie multi reboots in a single installation package). Deployment installations are flakey. I can push the same package to a computer and it will fail 3x in a row and successful on the 4th. Tech support is based in UK, so if you are in the States forget phone support. "Software" inventory is based on Add/Remove registry, not file based. Any taught files to scan for are not included in any "Software" reports. They are completely separate
"Lansweeper"
Overall: One of the simplest technologies to deploy and manage. Asset, software and forensic audits are so much simpler and safes a lot of man hours.
Pros: Deployment is easy and simple. This can also be said of the overall management of the software. A very important factor in my line of work is reporting. Lansweeper simplifies this with a whole list of standard reports that can also be used as templates for custom reports. Besides using Lansweeper for asset and software management, we also use it to report on vulnerable applications and assist in some of our internal forensic investigations.
Cons: There are currently no SIEM integration. This would be a great feature to integrate with our SOC.
"The Perfect Network Map"
Overall: They have been a solid company to deal with. Licensing is always on time upon renewal date and the software upgrades almost on its own. There are endless amounts of customizing you can do to suit your needs.
Pros: I love the ease of scanning our entire network and getting the full spectrum of what we have. When it comes to auditing software and equipment there is no more guess work. I can look at everything from a 10,000ft view or right down to individuals event logs with a few clicks of the mouse. No more jumping over multiple hurdles to troubleshoot a PC any longer.
Cons: I wish there was a better way that when a user switches IP addresses that it easily detects the change and can discard the old record. I find myself clearing out multiple assets at times.
