Asset InventoryRanked

Head to head · Survey date: September 2026

runZero vs Armis

Two asset inventory tools on the same seven criteria.

Bottom line

runZero (72) ranks above Armis (69) on our weighted rubric. runZero leads on deployment effort and price transparency; Armis leads on source coverage, correlation and deduplication, data freshness, query and reporting and remediation and write-back. runZero publishes prices; Armis does not.

Last updated 29 September 2026

How do runZero and Armis score?

Coverage and trust score, editorial assessment, 0-100. Survey date: September 2026.
CriterionWeightrunZeroArmisLeader
Source coverage22%7280Armis
Correlation and deduplication18%7074Armis
Data freshness12%8088Armis
Query and reporting12%6870Armis
Remediation and write-back14%4866Armis
Deployment effort12%9072runZero
Price transparency10%8215runZero
Total100%7269runZero

runZero leads 2 criteria, Armis leads 5.

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, runZero and Armis. Reviewed September 2026.
FactrunZeroArmis
Published pricing

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

Not published.

Source: armis.com/platform · Reviewed Sep 2026

Free tier or trialFree, full-featured 21-day trialNot published
DeploymentSaaS or on-premises, with support for air-gapped environments; no agents, authentication or appliances required.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 inventoryActive scanning, passive discovery for OT, and integrations.Agentless, passive discovery from network traffic, identified against a knowledgebase of over 6.5 billion assets.
Integrations as publishedIntegration list published, no count stated; custom integration SDK200+ pre-built integrations
Coverage grid count5.5 of 74.5 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

ServiceNow completed its acquisition of Armis on 20 April 2026; 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

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.E3runZeroE5ArmisN1Laptops and workstationsLaptops and workstations · runZero: DocumentedDLaptops and workstations · Armis: DocumentedDN2ServersServers · runZero: DocumentedDServers · Armis: Partial. Covered as IT assets; not called out separately.PN3Cloud workloadsCloud workloads · runZero: DocumentedDCloud workloads · Armis: DocumentedDN4SaaS appsSaaS apps · runZero: Not documented. Not covered on the pages we reviewed.NSaaS apps · Armis: Not documented. Not documented as asset classes.NN5IdentitiesIdentities · runZero: Partial. Directory data from Entra ID and Active Directory integrations enriches device records.PIdentities · Armis: Not documented. Not documented as asset classes.NN6OT and IoTOT and IoT · runZero: DocumentedDOT and IoT · Armis: DocumentedDN7Network devicesNetwork devices · runZero: DocumentedDNetwork devices · Armis: DocumentedD
DocumentedPartialNot documented
Asset coverage, runZero and Armis. Status reflects vendor documentation reviewed September 2026.
Asset classrunZeroArmis
Laptops and workstationsDocumentedDocumented
ServersDocumentedPartial
Cloud workloadsDocumentedDocumented
SaaS appsNot documentedNot documented
IdentitiesPartialNot documented
OT and IoTDocumentedDocumented
Network devicesDocumentedDocumented
Weighted count (of 7)5.54.5

Which one fits your team?

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 72)
  • Best for agentless network discovery.

Choose Armis if

  • findings must become tickets, workflows or corrected records in other systems (Armis 66 vs 48)
  • you need the widest documented coverage of asset classes and sources (Armis 80 vs 72)
  • Best for OT, IoT and medical device visibility.

Frequently asked questions

Is runZero or Armis better for asset inventory?

On our rubric runZero scores 72 and Armis 69. runZero leads 2 of 7 criteria and Armis leads 5. Scores are editorial and weighted as described in the methodology.

Which is cheaper, runZero or Armis?

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

Which covers more asset classes, runZero or Armis?

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

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