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Product	Belarc Advisor by Belarc View product	Open iT by Open iT View product
Overview
What it is	Belarc Advisor is a personal & endpoint PC system profiler & security audit tool for PC hardware inventorying. See features and IT Asset Management alternatives.	What does Open iT do? It covers FlexNet/DSLS integration. See typical use cases, on-premises, cloud or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Personal & Endpoint PC System Profiler & Security Audit Tool	Engineering & Specialized Software License Metering Suite
Best for	Personal, Small Business, IT Administration, Computer Repair	Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Oil & Gas, Engineering, Manufacturing
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	On-premises Software; Desktop Software Utility (Standalone)	On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Server; Hybrid Cloud; Virtual Appliance
Data residency	Local Machine Only (No Remote Cloud Transmission)	Customer On-Premises Datacenter / Private Cloud Hosting Dependent
Key features
What it offers	Detailed hardware profiling Missing security patch analysis Software license key extraction Local HTML report generation Zero cloud data upload Personal endpoint cybersecurity auditing PC hardware inventorying Software license recovery	Specialized engineering license metering Active vs idle usage detection Automated license harvesting Internal cost chargebacks FlexNet/DSLS integration Specialized engineering software metering Idle license harvesting Vendor contract renegotiation optimization
Platform & access
API access	API access: no	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: no	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Personal PCsDesktopsLaptopsWorkstations	High-Performance Engineering Workstations, Datacenter License Servers
Compliance	NIST Security BenchmarksCIS Controls Reference	ISO 27001GDPRITIL Aligned
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Local Windows & macOS system componentsDefault web browsers	FlexNetLUMDSLSSentinel RMSWindowsLinuxServiceNow
Industries	PersonalSmall BusinessIT AdministrationComputer Repair	AerospaceAutomotiveEnergyOil & GasEngineeringManufacturing
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Belarc	Open iT
Headquarters	Maynard, Massachusetts, USA	United States
Company size	51-200	201-500
Founded	1997	1999

Belarc Advisor

by Belarc

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Open iT

by Open iT

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Overview

What it is

Belarc Advisor

Belarc Advisor is a personal & endpoint PC system profiler & security audit tool for PC hardware inventorying. See features and IT Asset Management alternatives.

Open iT

What does Open iT do? It covers FlexNet/DSLS integration. See typical use cases, on-premises, cloud or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Belarc Advisor

Personal & Endpoint PC System Profiler & Security Audit Tool

Open iT

Engineering & Specialized Software License Metering Suite

Best for

Belarc Advisor

Personal, Small Business, IT Administration, Computer Repair

Open iT

Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Oil & Gas, Engineering, Manufacturing

Pricing

Pricing model

Belarc Advisor

Contact Vendor

Open iT

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Belarc Advisor

Open iT

Deployment

Deployment options

Belarc Advisor

On-Premise

Open iT

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Belarc Advisor

On-premises Software; Desktop Software Utility (Standalone)

Open iT

On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Server; Hybrid Cloud; Virtual Appliance

Data residency

Belarc Advisor

Local Machine Only (No Remote Cloud Transmission)

Open iT

Customer On-Premises Datacenter / Private Cloud Hosting Dependent

Key features

What it offers

Belarc Advisor

Detailed hardware profiling
Missing security patch analysis
Software license key extraction
Local HTML report generation
Zero cloud data upload
Personal endpoint cybersecurity auditing
PC hardware inventorying
Software license recovery

Open iT

Specialized engineering license metering
Active vs idle usage detection
Automated license harvesting
Internal cost chargebacks
FlexNet/DSLS integration
Specialized engineering software metering
Idle license harvesting
Vendor contract renegotiation optimization

Platform & access

API access

Belarc Advisor

Open iT

Single sign-on (SSO)

Belarc Advisor

Open iT

Role-based access (RBAC)

Belarc Advisor

Open iT

Multi-tenant

Belarc Advisor

Open iT

Mobile app

Belarc Advisor

Open iT

Supported platforms

Belarc Advisor

Personal PCsDesktopsLaptopsWorkstations

Open iT

High-Performance Engineering Workstations, Datacenter License Servers

Compliance

Belarc Advisor

NIST Security BenchmarksCIS Controls Reference

Open iT

ISO 27001GDPRITIL Aligned

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Belarc Advisor

Local Windows & macOS system componentsDefault web browsers

Open iT

FlexNetLUMDSLSSentinel RMSWindowsLinuxServiceNow

Industries

Belarc Advisor

PersonalSmall BusinessIT AdministrationComputer Repair

Open iT

AerospaceAutomotiveEnergyOil & GasEngineeringManufacturing

Regions

Belarc Advisor

Global

Open iT

Global

Vendor

Company

Belarc Advisor

Belarc

Open iT

Headquarters

Belarc Advisor

Maynard, Massachusetts, USA

Open iT

United States

Company size

Belarc Advisor

51-200

Open iT

201-500

Founded

Belarc Advisor

1997

Open iT

1999