Snipe-IT hosting: every laptop has a name and an owner.
You see who has which device, when it was bought and how long the warranty runs. With a label you can scan.
Short answer
Snipe-IT is software for keeping track of the devices and licences your organisation owns, and who uses them. Each device carries its purchase date, warranty and history, and you check devices out and take them back. For many organisations it replaces the spreadsheet. Jevana runs Snipe-IT for you on our own servers in the Netherlands and looks after it.
The life of a laptop in Snipe-IT
- 01
Bought
The device gets a line with purchase date, supplier, serial number and warranty.
- 02
A label
A label with a code goes on. Whoever scans it sees at once which device it is.
- 03
Checked out
You book it out to an employee. From then on everyone knows who has it.
- 04
Taken back
When someone leaves, you book it back in and see what is still open. The device can go to the next person.
Spreadsheet or Snipe-IT
| Question | Spreadsheet | Snipe-IT |
|---|---|---|
| Who has this laptop now? | It says so, if someone updated it | Fixed in the check-out |
| What happened to this device? | Lost in old versions | The history sits with the device |
| Is the warranty running out? | You have to look yourself | It is on the device |
| Someone takes a device from the cupboard | Nobody knows | That has to go through a check-out |
For ten devices a spreadsheet is fine. It starts to chafe around thirty, when more people need to write in it.
What it involves
- Replaces
- A spreadsheet, or a paid tool for asset management.
- With us
- Only your organisation uses your Snipe-IT. We install it, keep it up to date and take a daily backup that is also stored externally.
- Login
- Staff who may use it sign in with their existing account if you set that up.
- Licence
- AGPL 3.0. Snipe-IT is a brand of its owner. Jevana is not tied to the project.
- Leaving
- You can export the list of devices and take it with you.
Questions
Who is Snipe-IT meant for?
For organisations with enough devices to lose track, roughly from a few dozen. It suits a company with a fixed IT administrator, or an outside one who needs to show what is where. For an office with five laptops it is too much. A short list will do there.
Can Snipe-IT also track software and licences?
Yes. Besides hardware you can register licences, with the number of seats available and who holds them. That shows whether you pay for seats nobody uses. Accessories and consumables can go in too, such as mice and cables. It is meant for what you hand out and take back.
What is the difference between Snipe-IT and GLPI?
Snipe-IT is about devices: who has what, and when it was bought. GLPI does that too, and adds tickets and contracts, plus an agent that reads out the devices itself. It is heavier. Pick Snipe-IT if you want a clear overview, and GLPI if your IT department also wants to handle tickets.
How do we get our existing spreadsheet into Snipe-IT?
Snipe-IT can import a CSV file, so the move starts from your spreadsheet. We go through the columns, map them to fields in Snipe-IT and do a trial import. Mess in the original list, such as duplicate serial numbers, comes to the surface. That is often the most useful moment: you tidy up before you start.
Goes well with
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GLPI
Inventory, tickets and contracts for an IT department, in one package on your own server.
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NetBox
The administration of your network in one place: IP addresses, VLANs, racks, devices and cables.
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How long does a business laptop last?
When to replace a laptop, how you can tell, and why age says less than updates and the battery.
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Workplace management
Laptops and phones that set themselves up, stay up to date and can be wiped from a distance.
Tell us what you run.
An introduction costs nothing. You talk straight away to one of the two people who will actually do the work.
or email info@jevana.systems