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Armis or Lansweeper: which keeps your CMDB record more accurate?

SHORT ANSWER

On our default weights Lansweeper scores 69.8 against 68.0 for Armis. Armis scores higher on completeness of discovery, data trust and reconciliation, keeping the CMDB in sync and actionability; Lansweeper scores higher on ownership mapping, effort to maintain and pricing clarity.

By The Record Desk · CMDB Alternatives Compare · Published 2026-10-11

How do they compare criterion by criterion?

Armis and Lansweeper: criterion scores 0 to 100, with reasons
Criterion	Weight	Armis	Lansweeper	Higher
Completeness of discovery	20%	80	70	Armis
Reasons Armis: IT managed or unmanaged, OT and IoT, medical devices, cloud instances and hybrid VMs; SaaS apps and identities are not documented as asset classes. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 Lansweeper: Discovery for the network including OT, off-network laptops and cloud; SaaS limited to AI usage tracking on the pages reviewed. Source: Lansweeper homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Data trust and reconciliation	20%	74	66	Armis
Reasons Armis: Identification draws on a knowledgebase of over 6.5 billion assets. Source: Armis Centrix platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 Lansweeper: Merges duplicate records on MAC address, serial number and hostname, with ML fingerprinting against 175M+ devices. Source: Lansweeper homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Ownership mapping	12%	40	62	Lansweeper
Reasons Armis: Ownership mapping is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 Lansweeper: User data is merged into asset records; an owner workflow is not described. Source: Lansweeper product · Read 27 Sep 2026
Keeping the CMDB in sync	16%	74	72	Armis
Reasons Armis: Pushes enriched data back to the CMDB; Armis is now part of ServiceNow and remains available standalone. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 Lansweeper: Sends inventory into ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, HaloITSM, Freshservice and TOPdesk. Source: Lansweeper homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Effort to maintain	14%	80	82	Lansweeper
Reasons Armis: Agentless and passive with no on-premises hardware for the core product; Armis says an inventory arrives within minutes to hours. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 Lansweeper: Passive detection runs by default, scanning is agentless and an optional agent covers off-network laptops. Source: Lansweeper product · Read 27 Sep 2026
Actionability	10%	66	50	Armis
Reasons Armis: Prioritization and remediation sit in the separate VIPR-Pro module. Source: Armis Centrix platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 Lansweeper: Hands data to ITSM tools; no actions of its own are documented. Source: Lansweeper homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Pricing clarity	8%	35	90	Lansweeper
Reasons Armis: No list price on armis.com; AWS Marketplace shows a Centrix Standard minimum of $3,250 a month on a one-month contract, with private offers. Source: AWS Marketplace: Armis Device Security Platform · Read 11 Oct 2026 Lansweeper: Starter from €270 and Pro from €474 a month, billed annually, as displayed in euros; free up to 100 assets; Enterprise quoted from 10,000 assets. Source: Lansweeper pricing (read again) · Read 11 Oct 2026

What do their record cards show?

Armis

Lansweeper

Lansweeper documents OWNED more fully than Armis (partial against not documented).

How do they differ on price and deployment?

Pricing and deployment as published
	Armis	Lansweeper
Pricing	No list price on armis.com. AWS Marketplace price: Centrix Standard minimum $3,250 a month on a one-month contract; private offers through Armis. Source: AWS Marketplace: Armis Device Security Platform · Read 11 Oct 2026	Free up to 100 assets after a 14-day full trial. Starter from €270 a month (2,000 assets, 1 installation, service desk ticket-enrichment integrations only) and Pro from €474 a month (2,000 assets expandable to 9,000, up to 3 installations, all integrations), both billed annually. Prices were displayed in euros to our browser and may vary by region. Enterprise custom from 10,000 assets, with full API access. Source: Lansweeper pricing (read again) · Read 11 Oct 2026
Deployment	Cloud platform; "no on-premises hardware to install or manage" for asset management; OT/IoT security also offered on-premises.	Three systems for the network including OT, off-network laptops and cloud; agentless scanning, an optional IT agent and a traffic sensor.
Type	Network discovery	Network discovery
Best for	Estates heavy in OT, IoT and medical devices	IT teams that want a fast, priced, agentless start

Which should you choose?

Choose Armis if

Completeness of discovery matters most to you (it scores 80)
Effort to maintain matters most to you (it scores 80)
Estates heavy in OT, IoT and medical devices

Choose Lansweeper if

Pricing clarity matters most to you (it scores 90)
Effort to maintain matters most to you (it scores 82)
IT teams that want a fast, priced, agentless start

Where next?

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher overall, Armis or Lansweeper?

Which publishes a price?

Armis: No list price on armis.com. AWS Marketplace price: Centrix Standard minimum $3,250 a month on a one-month contract; private offers through Armis. Lansweeper: Free up to 100 assets after a 14-day full trial. Starter from €270 a month (2,000 assets, 1 installation, service desk ticket-enrichment integrations only) and Pro from €474 a month (2,000 assets expandable to 9,000, up to 3 installations, all integrations), both billed annually. Prices were displayed in euros to our browser and may vary by region. Enterprise custom from 10,000 assets, with full API access.

Which needs less upkeep?

Lansweeper scores 82 on effort to maintain against 80 for Armis: Passive detection runs by default, scanning is agentless and an optional agent covers off-network laptops.