RayVentory

Overall: Rayventory (along with Datahub!) is the multitool of the ITAM professional. With it we gained independency from those solutions because we had our own that we had the flexibility to custom tailor for any situation. Environments behind firewalls, high security closed networks where only portable solutions could be used, we could get inventory data from anywhere using Rayventory solutions. We could go on and negotiate the implementation of the tool into areas that due to their sensitive nature were off-limits to any other means. After more than 5 years of use I can say that Rayventory is a safe and reliable tool. But it is not effortless nor plug and play and definitely not set and forget. However I can not emphasize enough how its best aspects are its flexibility and the vendor support behind it. With those I am yet to see a scenario it can not be tackled with.

Pros: Flexibility, customizability, solid performance, vendor support.

Cons: Lack of reporting and performance monitoring. But the tool was not designed to have those capabilities not for such a complex use case like ours at Roche.

Overall: We aim to positoned Rayventory uniq data source. Because the other data sources like ucmdb or sccm have not enough data quality for software asset management.

Pros: User firendly tool. Easy to discover and inventory. You can easily track your succes or unsuccessful attempts when you discover or inventory.

Cons: It will be better to web based tool. Some features need to be developed. Especially if your environments huge.

Reasons for Choosing RayVentory: Chepaer

Pros: - einfache Usability - deckt fast alle Lösungen ab, die man inventarisieren möchte (Feature Request werden schnell umgesetzt) - super Support

Cons: - ab und an sind manche Hotfixes etwas buggy