Asset InventoryRanked

Head to head · Survey date: September 2026

Axonius vs runZero

Two asset inventory tools on the same seven criteria.

Bottom line

Axonius (76) ranks above runZero (72) on our weighted rubric. Axonius leads on source coverage, correlation and deduplication, query and reporting and remediation and write-back; runZero leads on data freshness, deployment effort and price transparency. runZero publishes prices; Axonius does not.

Last updated 29 September 2026

How do Axonius and runZero score?

Coverage and trust score, editorial assessment, 0-100. Survey date: September 2026.
CriterionWeightAxoniusrunZeroLeader
Source coverage22%9272Axonius
Correlation and deduplication18%9070Axonius
Data freshness12%7880runZero
Query and reporting12%8668Axonius
Remediation and write-back14%8248Axonius
Deployment effort12%6090runZero
Price transparency10%1582runZero
Total100%7672Axonius

Axonius leads 4 criteria, runZero leads 3.

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.

Where does each one win?

How do pricing and deployment compare?

Published facts, Axonius and runZero. Reviewed September 2026.
FactAxoniusrunZero
Published pricing

Not published. The homepage offers Get Pricing through sales.

Source: axonius.com · Reviewed Sep 2026

Community Edition free for 100 or fewer assets (30-day retention). runZero Platform starts at $5,000 (3-year retention).

Source: runzero.com/pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026

Free tier or trialNot publishedFree, full-featured 21-day trial
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.SaaS or on-premises, with support for air-gapped environments; no agents, authentication or appliances required.
How it builds the inventoryAggregates and correlates data from the tools a company already runs, through adapters.Active scanning, passive discovery for OT, and integrations.
Integrations as published1,200+ adaptersIntegration list published, no count stated; custom integration SDK
Coverage grid count6.5 of 75.5 of 7

Has ownership changed?

Dragos announced on 21 September 2026 that it has acquired runZero; runZero continues to serve existing customers.

Source: Dragos press release, "Dragos Acquires NetRise and runZero", 21 September 2026 · Reviewed Sep 2026

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.E1AxoniusE3runZeroN1Laptops and workstationsLaptops and workstations · Axonius: DocumentedDLaptops and workstations · runZero: DocumentedDN2ServersServers · Axonius: DocumentedDServers · runZero: DocumentedDN3Cloud workloadsCloud workloads · Axonius: DocumentedDCloud workloads · runZero: DocumentedDN4SaaS appsSaaS apps · Axonius: DocumentedDSaaS apps · runZero: Not documented. Not covered on the pages we reviewed.NN5IdentitiesIdentities · Axonius: DocumentedDIdentities · runZero: Partial. Directory data from Entra ID and Active Directory integrations enriches device records.PN6OT and IoTOT and IoT · Axonius: DocumentedDOT and IoT · runZero: DocumentedDN7Network devicesNetwork devices · Axonius: Partial. Covered through adapters to network tools; the pages we reviewed do not describe a native network scanner.PNetwork devices · runZero: DocumentedD
DocumentedPartialNot documented
Asset coverage, Axonius and runZero. Status reflects vendor documentation reviewed September 2026.
Asset classAxoniusrunZero
Laptops and workstationsDocumentedDocumented
ServersDocumentedDocumented
Cloud workloadsDocumentedDocumented
SaaS appsDocumentedNot documented
IdentitiesDocumentedPartial
OT and IoTDocumentedDocumented
Network devicesPartialDocumented
Weighted count (of 7)6.55.5

Which one fits your team?

Choose Axonius if

  • findings must become tickets, workflows or corrected records in other systems (Axonius 82 vs 48)
  • you need the widest documented coverage of asset classes and sources (Axonius 92 vs 72)
  • Top pick: correlated asset inventory across many tools.

Choose runZero if

  • you need a published price to model before a sales call (runZero 82 vs 15)
  • you need a useful inventory with little setup (runZero 90 vs 60)
  • Best for agentless network discovery.

Frequently asked questions

Is Axonius or runZero better for asset inventory?

On our rubric Axonius scores 76 and runZero 72. Axonius leads 4 of 7 criteria and runZero leads 3. Scores are editorial and weighted as described in the methodology.

Which is cheaper, Axonius or runZero?

Axonius: Not published. The homepage offers Get Pricing through sales. runZero: Community Edition free for 100 or fewer assets (30-day retention). runZero Platform starts at $5,000 (3-year retention). A like-for-like comparison needs a quote from the vendor that does not publish amounts.

Which covers more asset classes, Axonius or runZero?

In our coverage grid Axonius documents 6.5 of 7 asset classes and runZero 5.5, counting Documented as 1 and Partial as 0.5.

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