Ralph vs ServiceNow IT Asset Management
Ralph and ServiceNow IT Asset Management are both asset management software. Ralph is open source under Apache-2.0, with 2.5k GitHub stars. ServiceNow IT Asset Management is a commercial product from ServiceNow.
Which to pick
- Pick Ralph when
- An IT team runs its own data centre or server rooms and needs to track hardware assets.
- 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
An asset management, DCIM and CMDB system for data centre and back-office hardware, tracking purchases, life cycles and rack layouts.
ServiceNow module for tracking hardware, software licences and cloud assets through their lifecycle, tied to the CMDB and ITSM.
Allegro publishes it source-only with no promise to answer issues or accept pull requests.
Expensive add-on licensing, and value depends on a well-maintained CMDB.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service
Python and Django
Not published
Open source, Apache-2.0 (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.
2.5k GitHub stars
No Wikipedia article of its own
Established: started 14 years ago, latest release 20261019.1.
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.