Asset InventoryRanked

Head to head · Survey date: September 2026

Axonius vs Armis: Which Asset Inventory Approach Fits?

Correlating existing tools vs watching the network directly.

Bottom line

Axonius (76) leads Armis (69) on our rubric because it correlates more asset classes, including SaaS apps and identities, from more sources. Armis leads on data freshness and time to first inventory, and is the stronger choice when OT, IoT or medical devices dominate the estate. Neither publishes prices.

Last updated 29 September 2026

How do Axonius and Armis score?

Coverage and trust score, editorial assessment, 0-100. Survey date: September 2026.
CriterionWeightAxoniusArmisLeader
Source coverage22%9280Axonius
Correlation and deduplication18%9074Axonius
Data freshness12%7888Armis
Query and reporting12%8670Axonius
Remediation and write-back14%8266Axonius
Deployment effort12%6072Armis
Price transparency10%1515Tie
Total100%7669Axonius

Axonius leads 4 criteria, Armis leads 2, 1 tied.

Coverage and trust score (editorial assessment, 0-100). It measures how completely and reliably a tool can tell a security or IT team what assets exist, who owns them and what state they are in. It is not a measure of overall product quality: service management platforms and lifecycle tools score lower here because inventory accuracy is one part of what they do.

How do Axonius and Armis build an inventory?

Differently. Axonius connects to the tools a company already runs through more than 1,200 adapters and reconciles their records. Armis observes the network with agentless, passive discovery and identifies devices against a knowledgebase of more than 6.5 billion assets. Axonius is only as fresh as its sources; Armis sees devices that no other tool knows about. Many enterprises would benefit from both signals.

Where does Armis win?

Freshness (88 against 78) and deployment effort (72 against 60). Armis captures network traffic continuously, says most customers see a complete inventory within minutes to hours, and has dedicated modules for OT and IoT and for medical devices.

Where does Axonius win?

Coverage (92 against 80), correlation (90 against 74), query (86 against 70) and remediation (82 against 66). SaaS apps and identities are documented by Axonius and not by Armis on the pages we reviewed, and Axonius's enforcement actions push changes into other tools.

Who owns Armis?

20 April 2026: ServiceNow completed its acquisition of Armis. Armis Centrix remains available as part of the ServiceNow AI Platform and as a standalone product.

Source: Armis blog, "Welcoming the next chapter: ServiceNow completes Armis acquisition", 20 April 2026 · Reviewed Sep 2026

How do pricing and deployment compare?

Published facts, Axonius and Armis. Reviewed September 2026.
FactAxoniusArmis
Published pricing

Not published. The homepage offers Get Pricing through sales.

Source: axonius.com · Reviewed Sep 2026

Not published.

Source: armis.com/platform · Reviewed Sep 2026

Free tier or trialNot publishedNot published
DeploymentAxonius-hosted SaaS on an AWS EC2 instance separated from other customers' environments, in any EC2 region, or a customer-hosted virtual appliance on the internal network.Cloud platform with no on-premises hardware for the core product; OT/IoT Security is offered as SaaS or on-premises.
How it builds the inventoryAggregates and correlates data from the tools a company already runs, through adapters.Agentless, passive discovery from network traffic, identified against a knowledgebase of over 6.5 billion assets.
Integrations as published1,200+ adapters200+ pre-built integrations
Coverage grid count6.5 of 74.5 of 7

Which assets does each cover?

Asset coverage grid: which asset classes each tool documentsWeighted coverage counts, documented counts one and partial counts one half: Axonius 6.5 of 7; JupiterOne 4.5 of 7; runZero 5.5 of 7; Lansweeper 5.5 of 7; Armis 4.5 of 7; Oomnitza 4.0 of 7; Device42 3.5 of 7.E1AxoniusE5ArmisN1Laptops and workstationsLaptops and workstations · Axonius: DocumentedDLaptops and workstations · Armis: DocumentedDN2ServersServers · Axonius: DocumentedDServers · Armis: Partial. Covered as IT assets; not called out separately.PN3Cloud workloadsCloud workloads · Axonius: DocumentedDCloud workloads · Armis: DocumentedDN4SaaS appsSaaS apps · Axonius: DocumentedDSaaS apps · Armis: Not documented. Not documented as asset classes.NN5IdentitiesIdentities · Axonius: DocumentedDIdentities · Armis: Not documented. Not documented as asset classes.NN6OT and IoTOT and IoT · Axonius: DocumentedDOT and IoT · Armis: DocumentedDN7Network devicesNetwork devices · Axonius: Partial. Covered through adapters to network tools; the pages we reviewed do not describe a native network scanner.PNetwork devices · Armis: DocumentedD
DocumentedPartialNot documented
Asset coverage, Axonius and Armis. Status reflects vendor documentation reviewed September 2026.
Asset classAxoniusArmis
Laptops and workstationsDocumentedDocumented
ServersDocumentedPartial
Cloud workloadsDocumentedDocumented
SaaS appsDocumentedNot documented
IdentitiesDocumentedNot documented
OT and IoTDocumentedDocumented
Network devicesPartialDocumented
Weighted count (of 7)6.54.5

Which one fits your team?

Choose Axonius if

  • The problem is many tools disagreeing about the same assets.
  • SaaS apps and identities belong in the inventory.

Choose Armis if

  • OT, IoT or medical devices are a large share of the estate.
  • You need to see devices that no existing tool reports.

Frequently asked questions

Is Axonius better than Armis?

On our rubric Axonius scores 76 and Armis 69. Armis leads on freshness and deployment effort; Axonius leads four, and price transparency is a tie.

Can Axonius and Armis be used together?

They take different approaches, and a team can use a network-based source alongside an aggregation platform. Check the Axonius adapter list for Armis before planning on it.

Which covers more asset classes, Axonius or Armis?

In our coverage grid Axonius documents 6.5 of 7 asset classes and Armis 4.5, counting Documented as 1 and Partial as 0.5.

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