Spiceworks Inventory Reviews

The Spiceworks inventory tracker is a good, stable product that will scan the LAN and report back the computers it detects, their hostname, and IP address. It can also detect the Windows version and the applications installed version.

The installed client is small and does not take many resources of the computer; the client can be deployed by a GPO or manually installed. The web interface of the system is relatively easy to navigate. The internal device database can be cleared, and the system can rescan the whole network rescanned.

Brilliant system.

The navigation could be more straightforward, but you get used to it

Maschine names that do not match the internal inventory, checking what applications are installed to allow the apps to be removed.

It's now cloud based and you can access the information anywhere, deploy anywhere and still access from the same place as the Cloud Help Desk and integrate it with it.

It was a little more difficult to set up than the Cloud Help Desk, but once you realize how to connect to the WAN and other subnets etc, just roll with it.

Read the instructions first .... it is easy enough once you have done that and also make sure you have a list of all networks you want to scan ahead and also any admin credentials ready to add in case you need to connect and query the machines too. Make sure you also have no duplicate names on the network too, either end user or machine names and that you also add 'non-Windows' devices like network devices in there too as it will be able to inventory those for you as well.

We now have it integrated with our Cloud Help Desk, so you can not only find devices, but open tickets for it from either application too.

Easy to setup. Works in the Cloud. Runs on it's own

It is a little clunky when, after inventory scan, you go in and try and categorize all the different devices.

Easy to use. Quick to set up. May have some tedious sorting after inventory runs

I am finding devices I did not know I had. I am getting alerts when drives are full, or Printers need ink.

It scans our network and not only knows when it was last logged in, but it also pulls all specs from that machine and serial numbers.

Items need to be on the network to be automatic. If is not attached, you would manually put it in naturally.

See who last logged into that machine. What software has been installed.

Spiceworks Inventory is the best free tool I have ever used. It has so many useful features and gathers all of the hardware and software inventory for every device on my network and gives me the ability run reports from that data. If you don't like the standard reports, there are plenty to download or you can create your own. Amazing!

As with any software there are functions that I wish were faster or easier, but Spiceworks is great and tracking my inventory and licenses as well as keeping up with all newly installed software or patches or new devices on the network. It takes some effort to get all of the devices to a point where Spiceworks can inventory them, but with a little maintenance it works like a charm.

Try it, you will love it.

Spiceworks maintains our Software and Hardware inventory and maintains our Software Licenses. I check it often for any new devices or software on the network.

Works with or without an agent. Scans on many different protocols and ports to discover most of the information that you would need for a device automatically. When you feed it login credentials, it gets even more information about the devices, especially for Windows. I like that if you feed it SNMP info for a switch, each device lists the switch port it is connected to. It's also nice that you can manually enter devices, or manually edit existing devices. Keeps track of warranty information for some devices such as Dell and HP.

Sometimes devices fail to scan. A mac remote agent would be a nice addition.

Great software, especially considering it is free.

Keeping track of inventory

Keeping track of inventory cost and devaluation for accounting

Tracking inventory assigned to users

Tracking operating systems and software on computers

Tracking available disk space on computers and notifying if it

Track toner level on some models/brands of printers and get notifications when it is low

It's free, easy to use, and it can be used to keep track of different platforms.

It can be a little slow and unresponsive sometimes, but getting beefier hardware would help that.

We're using it to keep track of our machines and devices, and to also monitor when they go down.

Spiceworks IP Scanner is very easy to install and run network scans to search for new devices. The fact that it is a cloud based scanner works great for our company with multiple offices.

The IP scanner doesn't seem to support smart devices/ internet of things right out of the box. Thankfully the spiceworks community is very helpful.

It's allowed us to scan our system and catalogue our IT inventory. We didn't have a system in place for this previously.

I love how simple it is to log and keep track of all our inventory, it is really easy to use. I’m not computer savvy but I can use inventory without blowing the internet up. Lol! But seriously it is a great asset and it will help put ur mind at ease knowing your inventory won’t be the problem u have to deal with in the morning cause this does it all.

I would really like to be able to add pictures to my inventory log. That way I can just scroll through the list while seeing everything through a actual picture of the piece and not just words saying the name of what it is. Also the price could be a little cheaper but that could be just me cause I’m a cheapskate. Lol! Besides that I can’t say that I have any issues.

I know exactly what I have and how much I have. As far as benifits, I don’t have to wonder if I still have something in stock because it tells me when My inventory is getting low or completely out of something.

Keeps our inventory up to date and shows us what we have on our network with all the relevant information and data also

Sometimes it will keep old devices on inventory when we have removed them from AD

Getting data on devices on our network