AssetSonar vs InvGate

AssetSonar is best suited to mid-market and enterprise IT teams that want ITAM and ITSM to operate on a single, connected platform. Its IT Graph links devices, software, users, licenses, configuration items, and service records, while the combined plan includes ITAM and unlimited agents. InvGate may suit organizations that prefer modular, separately licensed products or have a fixed service team size. AssetSonar is a stronger InvGate alternative for IT teams that need ITAM, ITSM, and SAM capabilities on a single platform.

Both platforms support automated IT asset discovery. AssetSonar combines endpoint agents for Windows, macOS, and Linux with agentless discovery and integrations such as Intune, Jamf, SCCM, Kandji, and Cisco Meraki. Discovered hardware and software feed its IT Graph alongside ownership, custody, lifecycle, and service records. InvGate also discovers IP-connected devices and installed software. Buyers should test coverage against their remote, cloud, network, and hybrid environments.

Yes. AssetSonar runs incidents, requests, approvals, SLAs, changes, and automations from the same IT Graph used for IT asset management. Workflows can reference an asset’s user, location, status, software, ownership, or lifecycle stage when routing work or triggering actions. Technicians see linked device and software details within service activity. InvGate can connect assets to tickets, but this requires its separately licensed Asset Management and Service Management products.

Both platforms discover installed software and track licenses, but AssetSonar adds deeper controls through Advanced Software Asset Management. It normalizes software titles, tracks license allocation and compliance, meters endpoint and browser-based usage, identifies SaaS applications, and supports reclamation and renewal monitoring. InvGate tracks installed software, contracts, utilization, and compliance.

AssetSonar connects with asset discovery and scanning, endpoint, identity, cloud, and operational systems, including Intune, Jamf, Kandji, SCCM, Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace, Workday, BambooHR, and AWS. These integrations bring device, user, employment, cloud, or operational data into asset and service workflows. InvGate also supports identity, collaboration, and endpoint integrations.

AssetSonar is a cloud-based platform hosted on AWS, so customers do not maintain an on-premises application server. Endpoint agents and discovery integrations collect data from managed environments and synchronize it with the cloud account. InvGate offers cloud deployment across its standard packages, with on-premises or dedicated options available through enterprise arrangements. Organizations with mandatory self-hosting requirements should evaluate that difference early.

AssetSonar offers a 7-day free trial, while InvGate advertises a longer 30-day trial. But with AssetSonar, you can evaluate the capabilities within one connected environment: IT teams can test asset records, discovery, service requests, approvals, automations, patching, and asset-aware workflows without linking separate ITAM and ITSM products.

Both platforms maintain records that can support IT audits. AssetSonar tracks custody, assignments, lifecycle events, software licenses, configuration item relationships, and non-deletable event history. Its reports can surface ownership, missing assets, warranty status, license positions, and service activity, with role-based permissions controlling access. InvGate also provides asset histories, license data, CMDB relationships, health rules, and service reports for audit evidence. But cross-product evidence depends on its Asset Management and Service Management connection.