{"id":95962,"date":"2026-10-12T10:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loginventory.de\/compare\/docusnap-alternative\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:17:55","slug":"docusnap-alternative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loginventory.de\/en\/compare\/docusnap-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Docusnap alternative: LOGINventory compared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Docusnap alternative<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\tDocusnap documents what is in your network. LOGINventory is the interface where you work with it:\n\t\t\t\t\tfrom goods receipt through device handout to decommissioning.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\tRequest trial license \u2192<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\tDiscovery call (15 min)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

30 days, full network size, full feature set.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAt a glance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Feature<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLOGINventory<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDocusnap<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Device handout with signature on the phone<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cf<\/span>yes<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cb<\/span>no<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Self-service: employees see their own devices<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cf<\/span>yes<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cb<\/span>no<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Custom analyses without SQL<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cf<\/span>yes, in the query editor or via LIA<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25d0<\/span>column selection only; filters and custom data views in SQL<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Free forever<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cf<\/span>up to 20 devices<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u25cb<\/span>no, 30-day trial<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExcerpt from the comparison<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tto the table \u2193<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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\n\t\t\tThe difference isn’t in discovery\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tBoth solutions inventory agentlessly, both come from Germany, both have been on the market for over twenty years.\n\t\t\t\tBoth read data from Windows, Linux, macOS, SNMP devices, and virtualization hosts. Anyone looking for a winner here\n\t\t\t\tis looking in the wrong place.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t

The difference lies in what the two products are built around.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t

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Docusnap is built around the document.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe vendor itself describes the aim of its own asset management like this: to document the life cycle of assets,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom acquisition to decommissioning. Accordingly, the path to the result runs through reports, templates, and\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIT concepts that need to be configured.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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LOGINventory is built around the work.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDocuments are created with LOGINventory too, and the emergency manual<\/a> even\n\t\t\t\t\t\tupdates itself. But they are a byproduct, not the purpose.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\tAsk yourself how often you actually need both. You need an emergency manual once a year, when the auditor comes.\n\t\t\t\tYou hand out a device this week. And again next week.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tAt the end of a Docusnap project, you have a file. At the end of a day with LOGINventory, you have work done.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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\n\n\t\n\tDiscovery: the same in both<\/text>\n\tagentless \u00b7 Windows, Linux, macOS, SNMP<\/text>\n\t\n\n\tDocusnap<\/text>\n\tbuilt around the document<\/text>\n\t\n\t\tReports<\/text>\n\t\tTemplates<\/text>\n\t\tIT concepts<\/text>\n\t<\/g>\n\t\n\t\n\tResult<\/text>\n\ta file<\/text>\n\n\tLOGINventory<\/text>\n\tbuilt around the work<\/text>\n\t\n\t\tGoods receipt<\/text>\n\t\tDevice handout<\/text>\n\t\tDecommissioning<\/text>\n\t<\/g>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\tResult<\/text>\n\tWork done<\/text>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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The quickest way to see the difference is a device on its way through your company.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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Before the device has even arrived<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou’ve ordered ten laptops, and delivery is next week. You can start right now anyway:\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcreate assets, attach the invoice, set the cost center, print labels.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen the devices arrive, you apply the labels. At the first scan, LOGINventory recognizes by serial number that it\n\t\t\t\t\t\talready knows the assets and merges the data. No duplicates are created that someone would have to clean up\n\t\t\t\t\t\tafterward.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you handle procurement in SAP or another system, you can also have assets created from there through the\n\t\t\t\t\t\tREST API<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMs. Berger gets the laptop. You scan the label with your phone, select her as the recipient, have the terms of use\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdisplayed, and hand her the device for her signature. She signs with her finger on the screen.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat was the whole process. The entry in the device’s lifecycle history is created along the way; nobody adds it\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tafterward. From that moment on, Ms. Berger can see in the browser herself which devices are assigned to her,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\twithout asking anyone. How to set up the handout is described in the\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocumentation<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is where the two paths split.<\/strong> In Docusnap, you would open the asset, select the user from the\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinventoried Active Directory, and save. The result is correct documentation. The process itself, handing the\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdevice out and signing for it, happens separately, on paper or in another system.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

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The device is in use<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

This is where you spend most of your time, and this is where the difference comes up every day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou have a question and double-click.<\/strong> You look at the software on Ms. Berger’s laptop, see a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpackage, and want to know where else it is installed. Double-click it, and you have the list. No name to remember,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tno switching to another view, no report you have to configure first. It goes on like that everywhere: from a user\n\t\t\t\t\t\tto their devices, from a switch to what’s connected to it, from a license to its installations.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

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