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Armis or JupiterOne: which keeps your CMDB record more accurate?
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By The Record Desk · CMDB Alternatives Compare · Published 2026-10-11
How do they compare criterion by criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Armis | JupiterOne | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completeness of discovery | 20% | 80 | 74 | Armis |
ReasonsArmis: IT managed or unmanaged, OT and IoT, medical devices, cloud instances and hybrid VMs; SaaS apps and identities are not documented as asset classes. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 JupiterOne: 200+ integrations across devices, users, networks, applications, data and code repos; OT and IoT are not listed. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 | ||||
| Data trust and reconciliation | 20% | 74 | 72 | Armis |
ReasonsArmis: Identification draws on a knowledgebase of over 6.5 billion assets. Source: Armis Centrix platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 JupiterOne: A security graph maps relationships between assets; entity matching depends on what each integration supplies. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 | ||||
| Ownership mapping | 12% | 40 | 84 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsArmis: Ownership mapping is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 JupiterOne: Owners are one of the asset classes the graph models, so ownership is queryable beside devices and users. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 | ||||
| Keeping the CMDB in sync | 16% | 74 | 40 | Armis |
ReasonsArmis: Pushes enriched data back to the CMDB; Armis is now part of ServiceNow and remains available standalone. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 JupiterOne: Its ServiceNow integration doc describes ingesting CMDB classes into the graph; writing records back into the CMDB is not stated there. Source: JupiterOne docs: ServiceNow integration · Read 11 Oct 2026 | ||||
| Effort to maintain | 14% | 80 | 64 | Armis |
ReasonsArmis: Agentless and passive with no on-premises hardware for the core product; Armis says an inventory arrives within minutes to hours. Source: Armis Centrix for Asset Management and Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 JupiterOne: SaaS with API integrations; sync frequency is not published and coverage depends on how many integrations are configured. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 | ||||
| Actionability | 10% | 66 | 58 | Armis |
ReasonsArmis: Prioritization and remediation sit in the separate VIPR-Pro module. Source: Armis Centrix platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 JupiterOne: Alerts and notifications are documented; write-back actions into other systems are not. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 | ||||
| Pricing clarity | 8% | 35 | 92 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsArmis: No list price on armis.com; AWS Marketplace shows a Centrix Standard minimum of $3,250 a month on a one-month contract, with private offers. Source: AWS Marketplace: Armis Device Security Platform · Read 11 Oct 2026 JupiterOne: Annual list prices published: $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 tiers by data points. Source: JupiterOne pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026 | ||||
What do their record cards show?
Armis
JupiterOne
- Armis documents MATCHED more fully than JupiterOne (documented against partial).
- JupiterOne documents OWNED and Armis does not.
- Armis documents SYNCED and JupiterOne does not.
- Armis documents CURRENT more fully than JupiterOne (documented against partial).
How do they differ on price and deployment?
| Armis | JupiterOne | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | No list price on armis.com. AWS Marketplace price: Centrix Standard minimum $3,250 a month on a one-month contract; private offers through Armis. Source: AWS Marketplace: Armis Device Security Platform · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Small-Market $25,000 a year; Mid-Market $50,000 per 12 months up to 200,000 data points; Enterprise $100,000 per 12 months up to 400,000 data points; custom above 1M data points. No free tier or trial mentioned. Source: JupiterOne pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Deployment | Cloud platform; "no on-premises hardware to install or manage" for asset management; OT/IoT security also offered on-premises. | SaaS with API integrations. |
| Type | Network discovery | Reconcile and sync |
| Best for | Estates heavy in OT, IoT and medical devices | Security teams that want ownership and relationship queries with published prices |
Which should you choose?
Choose Armis if
- Completeness of discovery matters most to you (it scores 80)
- Effort to maintain matters most to you (it scores 80)
- Estates heavy in OT, IoT and medical devices
Choose JupiterOne if
- Pricing clarity matters most to you (it scores 92)
- Ownership mapping matters most to you (it scores 84)
- Security teams that want ownership and relationship queries with published prices
Where next?
Frequently asked questions
Which scores higher overall, Armis or JupiterOne?
On our default weights Armis scores 68.0 against 67.8 for JupiterOne. Armis scores higher on completeness of discovery, data trust and reconciliation, keeping the CMDB in sync, effort to maintain and actionability; JupiterOne scores higher on ownership mapping and pricing clarity.
Which publishes a price?
Armis: No list price on armis.com. AWS Marketplace price: Centrix Standard minimum $3,250 a month on a one-month contract; private offers through Armis. JupiterOne: Small-Market $25,000 a year; Mid-Market $50,000 per 12 months up to 200,000 data points; Enterprise $100,000 per 12 months up to 400,000 data points; custom above 1M data points. No free tier or trial mentioned.
Which needs less upkeep?
Armis scores 80 on effort to maintain against 64 for JupiterOne: Agentless and passive with no on-premises hardware for the core product; Armis says an inventory arrives within minutes to hours.