ManageEngine AssetExplorer vs. Snow Atlas

You definitely only want to buy this product if you have the need. I'd say that need starts at about 40 assets. Less than that and you may be wasting your time with a a product that is overkill. We use it for about 1000 assets and it is a lifesaver. I couldn't imagine managing the assets manually.

Incentivized

It is well suited as a SaaS solution which reduces our internal infrastructure and support costs

Incentivized

• Purchase Order Module is done reasonably well in order to build an intelligence database on vendors.
• The network scan is useful to get up and running on getting existing equipment and software into the database.
• Notifications concerning when subscriptions or contracts expire.
• Vendor Database - Being able to keep track of all vendor information and uploading documentation such as contracts which can be found easily.

Incentivized

• Visibility of Applications, User, devices in your estate
• License compliance reports
• SaaS Usage Visibility
• Shadow IT Visibility

Incentivized

• To my knowledge, there is not a mobile application.
• The web interface could look a bit more polished, but this is really a minor area of improvement.

Incentivized

• Dashboard reporting so we gain insights over time
• The ability to add both desktop and cloud applications not in Snows database directly
• Alert Snow when the application type needs correcting
• Ability to add new periods and rates for M365 and still have previous periods
• Ability to log calls to Snow via Snow Atlas

Provides the much needed visibility to contain spend and rationalise software

Atlas is easy to navigate, it looks reasonably similar to the on prem version we were using previously

Incentivized

It is not a perfect solution. I don't believe it is the best software for some of the components it offers but I do like and appreciate what it does offer. It offers complexity and a range of features for a company to take advantage of if planned and implemented properly.

Incentivized

Front line support staff done always understand the issue you are explaining or the need to escalate to back end/higher up areas for resolutions and can often require use of the Escalate function or emailing to your Account/Customer Success Manager. That said, once an issue properly is understood, it is handled well.

Incentivized

We should have spun up a Project to manage the implementation. Snow indicated to us the ease in which Snow Atlas could be implemented, however this did not factor in that we were migrating from their on-prem product Snow License Manager hosted through a Managed Servicer Partner. For a clean installation, your implementation can be quick and likely not require a Project. If you are migrating from another products or are a company that can have lots of stakeholders, fingers in the pie, hurdles/business processes that need to be adhered to, definitely use a Project to perform your implementation.

Incentivized

I cannot remember the names of different software I evaluated in comparison at the time but I do remember Manage Engine AssetExplorer offering more useful features and the P.O module also being a diamond of a find.

Incentivized

This is my 1st software license tool that I've used.

Incentivized

• This tool reduces much of the human hours used to go get detailed information, so it has paid itself.
• Limits the number of assets but you can extend it.
• This software avoids equipment losses since they are assigned to users and it is controlled.
• You can calculate depreciation and avoid the wrong investment.

Incentivized

• Rationalising renewal numbers down to only what you need, factoring in people who request software and hardly/never use it
• Tracking Named User license assignments

Incentivized