ITAM Tools & Services Reviews
Marketplace provides expert analysis and reviews of IT & Software Asset Management tools and services. These reviews, undertaken by ITAM Forum Analysts, help ITAM professionals make informed choices when it comes to purchasing.
Reviews are based against agreed community-sourced standards developed by the ITAM Forum’s Tools & Certification Working Group.
If you’re an ITAM tool and/or service provider and you’d like us to conduct a review of your offering, please contact us.
Certification Categories
| Enterprise SaaS Management | The purpose of this standard is to provide prospective tool buyers with assurance that the tool meets what the ITAM community sees as being the core requirements for SaaS Management. |
| Enterprise SAM Tools | The purpose of this standard is to enable prospective buyers of Enterprise SAM tools to determine whether a tool meets minimum standards for Software Asset Management in enterprises.This standard is split into 8 sections: Visability, Identification, Risk, Efficiency, Agility, CSI, Stakeholders & Reporting, and Publishers |
| IaaS Tools | The IaaS Tool certification enables ITAM Managers and other Cloud Cost Management professionals to select the right tool to meet their cloud management needs. Managing cloud resources, and the associated spend, is a complicated task. |
| Inventory & Discovery | The Inventory & Discovery Certification helps IT Asset Managers and IT Operations teams choose solutions that deliver accurate visibility across on-prem, cloud, and virtual environments. The certification ensures tools meet key criteria for scan capability, data quality, and integration flexibility. |
| Oracle Database License Management | The purpose of this standard is to enable prospective help Oracle tool buyers to determine whether a tool meets minimum standards for Oracle Database License Management.The standard is split into four sections: Entitlement, Consumption, Reporting, and Additional Services. |
| SAP License Management | This standard certifies tools and service providers for SAP License Management. |
See Our Latest Inventory & Discovery Report
This analyst review is based on the detailed responses provided by USU to the certication survey, customer references, and an in-depth demo provided to the author. USU’s discovery and inventory capabilities are split into two distinct and complementary services. focuses on cloud services – PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS – whilst focuses on on-premise deployments, although there is also overlap between the two.
| Certifications | Organisation | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise SaaS Management | USU | Enterprise SaaS Management Certification Report |
| Inventory & Discovery | USU | Inventory & Discovery Certification Report |
| Oracle Database License Management | Licenseware | Oracle Database Management Certification Report |
| Microsoft License Management Certification | Licenseware | Microsoft License Management Certification Report |
| Inventory & Discovery Certification Report | Raynet One | Raynet Raynet One (RayVentory) Inventory & Discovery Certification Report |
| SAP License Management | USU | SAP License Management Certification Report |
| Oracle Optimisation Certification Report | USU | USU Oracle Optimisation Certification Report |
| Enterprise SAM | USU | USU Software Asset Management Certification Report |
Product Categories
| Enterprise ITAM Tools | Enterprise ITAM Tools help large organisations manage software licenses and hardware, minimising cost and risk whilst maximising the value of IT investments. For a complete picture of your software estate use an Enterprise ITAM Tool to manage the full asset lifecycle. Discover, Inventory, Normalise and Optimise your entire technology estate. . |
| Specialist ITAM Tools & Services | Specialist ITAM tools & services include publisher-specific solutions such as those for Oracle & SAP License Management. Some integrate with external systems such as ITSM & IT Management suites, and others provide specialist Inventory & Discovery solutions or IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) services. |
| Enterprise SaaS Management | SaaS Management is an evolving and increasingly important discipline within IT Asset Management. With SaaS spending increasing rapidly now is the time to start managing your SaaS estate. |
| Featured ITAM & SAM Managed Services | ITAM & SAM Managed Services provide expert, ongoing support for license management, compliance, and tool optimisation—acting as an extension of your in-house team. |
| Oracle License Management | For organisations using Oracle software it is vital that it is closely managed in order to minimise costs and risks.With new usage classes such as IoT & RPA, and concerns over using Oracle software in the cloud to manage, great tools and services are essential. But what are the best tools in this category? What’s the ROI, use cases and pros and cons of the various products? |
Working Group: Tools & Certification
Join our Tools & Certification Working Group
All ITAM Forum Certification Standards are developed by the world-wide ITAM community. If you’d like to help shape industry standards that guide ITAM professionals in selecting the right tools and services, contribute to modernising certifications, benchmarking key capabilities, and drive product and service innovation, join the Working Group. Be part of the future of ITAM governance and best practices.
This working group is led by AJ Witt.