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Device42 or Lansweeper: which keeps your CMDB record more accurate?

SHORT ANSWER

On our default weights Lansweeper scores 69.8 against 55.2 for Device42. Device42 scores higher on actionability; Lansweeper scores higher on completeness of discovery, data trust and reconciliation, ownership mapping, keeping the CMDB in sync, effort to maintain and pricing clarity.

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

How do they compare criterion by criterion?

Device42 and Lansweeper: criterion scores 0 to 100, with reasons
Criterion	Weight	Device42	Lansweeper	Higher
Completeness of discovery	20%	60	70	Lansweeper
Reasons Device42: Agentless discovery from mainframes to cloud containers, SNMP network devices, AWS and Azure; laptops, SaaS and identities are not documented. Source: Device42 homepage · 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%	58	66	Lansweeper
Reasons Device42: A CMDB fed mainly by its own scheduled discovery, with fewer third-party sources to reconcile. Source: Device42 features · 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%	36	62	Lansweeper
Reasons Device42: Ownership mapping is not described; the focus is infrastructure and dependencies. Source: Device42 features · 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%	70	72	Lansweeper
Reasons Device42: Describes itself as a next generation CMDB and integrates with ServiceNow, Freshservice and Jira. Source: Device42 features · 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%	58	82	Lansweeper
Reasons Device42: Discoveries run continuously on a schedule, but the main appliance and at least one Remote Collector are hosted and maintained by your own team; vendor-hosted SaaS is not stated. Source: Device42 docs: deploy Device42 · Read 11 Oct 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%	52	50	Device42
Reasons Device42: 30+ integrations including ServiceNow, Freshservice and Jira; no actions of its own are documented. Source: Device42 homepage · 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 Device42: Pricing model published (annual subscription by number of devices); amounts not published. Source: Device42 pricing · Read 27 Sep 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?

Device42

Lansweeper

Lansweeper documents MATCHED more fully than Device42 (documented against partial).
Lansweeper documents OWNED more fully than Device42 (partial against not documented).

How do they differ on price and deployment?

Pricing and deployment as published
	Device42	Lansweeper
Pricing	Annual subscription based on the number of devices; amounts not published. Source: Device42 pricing · Read 27 Sep 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	Customer-hosted. The main appliance is a pre-configured Linux virtual appliance your organization hosts on VMware vCenter, Hyper-V, Citrix Xen, Xen/KVM, AWS or Azure, with at least one Remote Collector; an optional Discovery Agent covers Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and Solaris. Vendor-hosted SaaS is not stated.	Three systems for the network including OT, off-network laptops and cloud; agentless scanning, an optional IT agent and a traffic sensor.
Type	CMDB with discovery	Network discovery
Best for	Data center teams that need dependency mapping from mainframes to containers	IT teams that want a fast, priced, agentless start

Which should you choose?

Choose Device42 if

Keeping the CMDB in sync matters most to you (it scores 70)
Completeness of discovery matters most to you (it scores 60)
Data center teams that need dependency mapping from mainframes to containers

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, Device42 or Lansweeper?

Which publishes a price?

Device42: Annual subscription based on the number of devices; amounts not published. 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 58 for Device42: Passive detection runs by default, scanning is agentless and an optional agent covers off-network laptops.