InvenTree vs ServiceNow IT Asset Management
InvenTree and ServiceNow IT Asset Management are both inventory and warehouse software. InvenTree is open source under MIT, with 7.8k GitHub stars. ServiceNow IT Asset Management is a commercial product from ServiceNow.
Which to pick
- Pick InvenTree when
- You make or repair physical products, especially electronics, and need parts and BOM tracking without an ERP.
- Pick ServiceNow IT Asset Management when
- An enterprise already on ServiceNow wants licence compliance and hardware lifecycle tracking in the same platform.
Side by side
A self-hosted inventory system for parts, stock locations, suppliers, bills of materials, build orders and purchase and sales orders, with a plugin system and mobile app.
ServiceNow module for tracking hardware, software licences and cloud assets through their lifecycle, tied to the CMDB and ITSM.
No accounting module, and the Django stack needs someone to run updates and backups.
Expensive add-on licensing, and value depends on a well-maintained CMDB.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and mobile app
Cloud service
Python, Django, TypeScript, React and PostgreSQL
Not published
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source, sold by ServiceNow
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
7.8k GitHub stars
No Wikipedia article of its own
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release 1.6.4.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.