Snipe-IT review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Snipe-IT report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for tracking IT assets and licences
Snipe-IT tracks laptops, licences and other IT assets, and the self-hosted edition is free with unlimited users and assets. But you run the server yourself, and it tracks equipment, not stock levels with purchase and sales orders, so shops that sell goods should look elsewhere.
Who Snipe-IT is for
- Fits if you run an IT team and want to track laptops, phones and licences
- Works for people comfortable running their own server who want it free
Who Snipe-IT is not for
- Not for you if you sell products: it has no purchase orders or sales orders
- Tight if you stay self-hosted: no email support, upgrades or backups
- Watch out: the API is capped at 120 calls a minute on Basic and 240 on Small Business
- Pricey if you want phone support: that sits on a separate $4,999.99-a-year plan
Why Snipe-IT gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyHosted Basic is $399.99 a year as a flat fee for the whole team, about $33 a month, inside the cheapest quarter of the category. The free edition needs your own server.
- BFree plan and trialSelf-hosted is free with unlimited users and assets, one person could live on it. You do the upkeep, with community support only.
- CFeaturesAssets, licences, labels, barcodes, alerts and a REST API. It does that job fully, but it is IT equipment, not stock for sale.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. The free copy needs a server you install and maintain; the hosted plans skip that.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but with Jamf, Intune, Google Workspace, JumpCloud, Kandji, Slack, Teams and Jira, plus an API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Snipe-IT's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Snipe-IT's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 47 other inventory management tools we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 46 of 47) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $39.99 a month, against a middle price of $121.50 for the category: 5 of the 31 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 48 inventory management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Snipe-IT’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 40 of 47, level with 4
- BFree plan and trialAbove 46 of 47, level with 1
- CFeaturesAbove 4 of 47, level with 21
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 47, level with 1
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 47, level with 39
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 32 inventory management tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Snipe-IT, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Snipe-IT you could make: inventory and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 47 other inventory management tools we grade. It costs $479.88 a year. Snipe-IT is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could make
- Inventory and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner.
- It plugs into other products, Jamf, Microsoft Intune and Google Workspace among them, and has an API.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on, SCIM and roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Snipe-IT’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Snipe-IT?
Snipe-IT tracks IT hardware, licenses, accessories, consumables and components, and records who each item is checked out to. The software is open source and free to run on your own server, and the maker also sells hosted plans with maintenance and support included. A JSON REST API and sync adapters for device-management tools connect it to other systems.
Worth knowing
- Built for IT assets and licenses, not for stock levels with purchase orders or sales orders.
- The free self-hosted edition has no email support and no automatic upgrades or backups; you maintain the server.
- Hosted plans are flat fees with unlimited users, but the API is limited to 120 calls per minute on Basic and 240 on Small Business.
- Phone support, API integration help and a private Slack channel are part of a separate Enterprise Support plan, priced at $4,999.99 per year on the support page.
Key features
- Assets, licenses and consumables
- Separate records for assets, software licenses, accessories, consumables and components, with check-in and check-out history for each item.
- Labels and barcode scanning
- Generates QR code labels and works with most handheld barcode scanners and QR reader apps, and supports quick audits.
- Alerts and notifications
- Email alerts for expiring licenses and warranties, upcoming audits, low inventory and check-in deadlines, plus Slack and Teams notifications for check-in and check-out.
- Device-management sync
- The site lists about 20 native sync adapters, including Jamf, Intune, Kandji, JumpCloud and Google Workspace, and a custom HTTP adapter for other systems.
- Access control and sign-in
- Role-based groups with granular permissions, SAML SSO, LDAP and Active Directory sync, and SCIM provisioning.
- REST API and import
- A JSON REST API for custom automation, CSV import and export, and custom fields on assets.
Snipe-IT pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Snipe-IT has a free plan, and paid plans start at $39.99 per month for hosted Basic ($399.99 billed annually).
- Starts at
- $39.99 per month for hosted Basic ($399.99 billed annually)
- Free plan
- Self-hosted edition is free with unlimited users and assets; you run the server, and support comes from the community on GitHub and Discord.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Hosted | $0 | Free software that you install and maintain yourself, with unlimited users and assets and community support only. |
| Basic Hosting | $399.99per year, flat fee for the team ($39.99 billed monthly) | Hosted by the vendor with unlimited users and assets, automatic upgrades, server maintenance, backups, email support and a limit of 120 API calls per minute. |
| Small Business Hosting | $999.99per year, flat fee for the team ($99.99 billed monthly) | Adds a 240 API-calls-per-minute limit, more LDAP memory and syncs per day, and site IP restrictions. |
| Dedicated Hosting (small) | $2,499.99per year, flat fee for the team ($249.99 billed monthly) | A private server with VPN connectivity and server-wide IP restrictions; the page shows no API call limit, subject to hardware. |
Read from snipeitapp.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Snipe-IT before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 16% with annual billing
Hosted plans are $399.99, $999.99 and $2,499.99 per year, against $39.99, $99.99 and $249.99 per month; the page says annual saves 16%.
Stated on snipeitapp.com
Works with
- Jamf
- Microsoft Intune
- Google Workspace
- JumpCloud
- Kandji
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Jira
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Common questions
Does Snipe-IT have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Snipe-IT is listed for Web.
Does Snipe-IT have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Snipe-IT is listed for Web.
Is Snipe-IT open source?
Yes. Snipe-IT is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.
Does Snipe-IT have an API?
Yes. Snipe-IT offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.