Asset InventoryRanked

Head to head · Survey date: September 2026

JupiterOne vs runZero

Two asset inventory tools on the same seven criteria.

Bottom line

JupiterOne (73) ranks above runZero (72) on our weighted rubric. JupiterOne leads on source coverage, correlation and deduplication, query and reporting, remediation and write-back and price transparency; runZero leads on data freshness and deployment effort. Both publish prices.

Last updated 29 September 2026

How do JupiterOne and runZero score?

Coverage and trust score, editorial assessment, 0-100. Survey date: September 2026.
CriterionWeightJupiterOnerunZeroLeader
Source coverage22%7472JupiterOne
Correlation and deduplication18%7270JupiterOne
Data freshness12%6680runZero
Query and reporting12%8868JupiterOne
Remediation and write-back14%5848JupiterOne
Deployment effort12%6890runZero
Price transparency10%9282JupiterOne
Total100%7372JupiterOne

JupiterOne leads 5 criteria, runZero leads 2.

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, JupiterOne and runZero. Reviewed September 2026.
FactJupiterOnerunZero
Published pricing

Published annual list prices: Small-Market $25,000; Mid-Market $50,000 per 12 months for up to 200,000 data points; Enterprise $100,000 per 12 months for up to 400,000 data points; custom above 1 million data points.

Source: jupiterone.com/pricing · 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 trialNo free tier or trial mentioned on the pricing pageFree, full-featured 21-day trial
DeploymentSaaS with API integrations.SaaS or on-premises, with support for air-gapped environments; no agents, authentication or appliances required.
How it builds the inventoryBuilds a security graph of assets and relationships from its integrations.Active scanning, passive discovery for OT, and integrations.
Integrations as published200+ pre-built integrationsIntegration list published, no count stated; custom integration SDK
Coverage grid count4.5 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.E2JupiterOneE3runZeroN1Laptops and workstationsLaptops and workstations · JupiterOne: DocumentedDLaptops and workstations · runZero: DocumentedDN2ServersServers · JupiterOne: Partial. Covered through integrations; the platform page lists devices, networks and applications rather than naming server or cloud workload classes.PServers · runZero: DocumentedDN3Cloud workloadsCloud workloads · JupiterOne: Partial. Covered through integrations; the platform page lists devices, networks and applications rather than naming server or cloud workload classes.PCloud workloads · runZero: DocumentedDN4SaaS appsSaaS apps · JupiterOne: DocumentedDSaaS apps · runZero: Not documented. Not covered on the pages we reviewed.NN5IdentitiesIdentities · JupiterOne: DocumentedDIdentities · runZero: Partial. Directory data from Entra ID and Active Directory integrations enriches device records.PN6OT and IoTOT and IoT · JupiterOne: Not documented. Not listed among the asset classes on the platform page.NOT and IoT · runZero: DocumentedDN7Network devicesNetwork devices · JupiterOne: PartialPNetwork devices · runZero: DocumentedD
DocumentedPartialNot documented
Asset coverage, JupiterOne and runZero. Status reflects vendor documentation reviewed September 2026.
Asset classJupiterOnerunZero
Laptops and workstationsDocumentedDocumented
ServersPartialDocumented
Cloud workloadsPartialDocumented
SaaS appsDocumentedNot documented
IdentitiesDocumentedPartial
OT and IoTNot documentedDocumented
Network devicesPartialDocumented
Weighted count (of 7)4.55.5

Which one fits your team?

Choose JupiterOne if

  • your team needs to ask coverage questions across every source (JupiterOne 88 vs 68)
  • findings must become tickets, workflows or corrected records in other systems (JupiterOne 58 vs 48)
  • Best for graph queries, with published prices.

Choose runZero if

  • you need a useful inventory with little setup (runZero 90 vs 68)
  • the inventory must reflect changes quickly (runZero 80 vs 66)
  • Best for agentless network discovery.

Frequently asked questions

Is JupiterOne or runZero better for asset inventory?

On our rubric JupiterOne scores 73 and runZero 72. JupiterOne leads 5 of 7 criteria and runZero leads 2. Scores are editorial and weighted as described in the methodology.

Which is cheaper, JupiterOne or runZero?

JupiterOne: Published annual list prices: Small-Market $25,000; Mid-Market $50,000 per 12 months for up to 200,000 data points; Enterprise $100,000 per 12 months for up to 400,000 data points; custom above 1 million data points. runZero: Community Edition free for 100 or fewer assets (30-day retention). runZero Platform starts at $5,000 (3-year retention). Compare the published figures for your asset count on each vendor's pricing page.

Which covers more asset classes, JupiterOne or runZero?

In our coverage grid runZero documents 5.5 of 7 asset classes and JupiterOne 4.5, counting Documented as 1 and Partial as 0.5.

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