# Snipe-IT review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source IT asset management you host yourself or have hosted Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Inventory Management - **Made by:** Grokability, Inc. - **Website:** https://snipeitapp.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you sell products: it has no purchase orders or sales orders. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $399.99 per 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 | $999.99 per 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) | $2,499.99 per 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 https://snipeitapp.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Snipe-IT before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 16% with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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%. Source: https://snipeitapp.com/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - IT teams tracking laptops, phones and software licenses - Organizations that want to host their own asset database - Teams that want to connect asset records to MDM or RMM tools through an API ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Hosted 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Self-hosted is free with unlimited users and assets, one person could live on it. You do the upkeep, with community support only. - **Features: C.** Assets, licences, labels, barcodes, alerts and a REST API. It does that job fully, but it is IT equipment, not stock for sale. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. The free copy needs a server you install and maintain; the hosted plans skip that. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but with Jamf, Intune, Google Workspace, JumpCloud, Kandji, Slack, Teams and Jira, plus an API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among inventory management tools - Snipe-IT's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 57 of the 72 other inventory management tools we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 68 of 72) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $39.99 a month, against a middle price of $91 for the category: 9 of the 42 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/inventory ## Keep 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 57 of the 72 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. - You could make: Inventory and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Jamf, Microsoft Intune and Google Workspace among them, and has an API. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on, SCIM and roles and permissions. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Jamf, Microsoft Intune, Google Workspace, JumpCloud, Kandji, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira **Tags:** Inventory, Barcode scanning, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API, Reports ## Alternatives - [Sortly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sortly): Phone-first inventory app for tracking equipment, tools and supplies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/snipe-it-vs-sortly) - [BoxHero](https://toolgpa.com/tools/boxhero): Barcode-based inventory tracking for small teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxhero-vs-snipe-it) - [Wasp Barcode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wasp-barcode): Barcode-based inventory software from Wasp, cloud or on-premise. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/snipe-it-vs-wasp-barcode) - [inFlow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inflow): Inventory, orders and barcoding for wholesalers and small warehouses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inflow-vs-snipe-it) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://snipeitapp.com/pricing - https://snipeitapp.com - https://snipeitapp.com/product - https://snipeitapp.com/support Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/snipe-it Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).