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The asset management alternative for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built for small and medium-sized business IT teams running anywhere from 5 to 500 assets. Lean enough to set up over coffee, capable enough to track multi-site fleets, licenses and depreciation without enterprise weight or enterprise price.

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How SimpleAMS compares

We avoid one-shot "we beat them all" comparison tables. Instead, here is an honest breakdown of where each common alternative shines and where SimpleAMS is the better fit.

vs Snipe-IT

Snipe-IT is the dominant open-source asset tracker. Powerful, but it is your problem to host, patch, back up and upgrade.

SimpleAMS wins when: you do not have a sysadmin to spare. We host, patch and back up. Snipe-IT CSV imports in minutes. Migration guide →

vs Asset Panda

Asset Panda is feature-rich with quote-based pricing and a powerful workflow builder. Slow to set up.

SimpleAMS wins when: you want transparent published pricing and a tracker that is live by Friday, whether you start with 20 assets or 2,000.

vs Reftab

Reftab is a great per-asset-priced option with strong asset-checkout UX, but stops short on license and seat tracking.

SimpleAMS wins when: you also need software license and seat tracking, not just hardware checkouts.

vs EZOfficeInventory

EZOfficeInventory covers shared inventory pools well (tools, equipment), broader scope than IT-only.

SimpleAMS wins when: your inventory is IT (laptops, monitors, peripherals) and you want a tool that speaks the language of an IT team rather than a generic asset registry.

vs Sortly

Sortly is mobile-first with beautiful photo inventories. Aimed at field crews and small business stock.

SimpleAMS wins when: you need IT-specific concepts (checkouts to staff, license seats, depreciation, custom fields, REST API) rather than a generic inventory app.

vs ManageEngine AssetExplorer

ManageEngine is part of a 50-product suite. Powerful, dense, with a steep configuration curve.

SimpleAMS wins when: you want asset tracking that handles 20 or 2,000 devices without learning a 12-module suite or running a six-week implementation project.

vs Freshservice

Freshservice bundles asset tracking with help-desk and SLA features. Strong if you also need ticketing.

SimpleAMS wins when: you already have a help-desk and just need asset tracking that does not require buying the whole platform.

vs GoCodes

GoCodes centers around prebuilt QR labels and a scan-to-track workflow.

SimpleAMS wins when: you want QR labels (we generate them in-app) plus full license, maintenance and depreciation tracking, not just scan-and-look-up.

What you get with SimpleAMS

Hardware, software licenses & accessories
QR labels generated in-app
Checkout to staff with EULA acceptance
Custom fields and fieldsets per category
Snipe-IT CSV import (tag IDs preserved)
REST API + Google Workspace / Jamf / Mosyle sync
SAML / LDAP SSO and 2FA
Per-customer database (no shared tables)
EN + BG interface, EUR / BGN pricing
14-day money-back on paid plans

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