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Device42 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 | Device42 | JupiterOne | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completeness of discovery | 20% | 60 | 74 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsDevice42: Agentless discovery from mainframes to cloud containers, SNMP network devices, AWS and Azure; laptops, SaaS and identities are not documented. Source: Device42 homepage · 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% | 58 | 72 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsDevice42: A CMDB fed mainly by its own scheduled discovery, with fewer third-party sources to reconcile. Source: Device42 features · 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% | 36 | 84 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsDevice42: Ownership mapping is not described; the focus is infrastructure and dependencies. Source: Device42 features · 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% | 70 | 40 | Device42 |
ReasonsDevice42: Describes itself as a next generation CMDB and integrates with ServiceNow, Freshservice and Jira. Source: Device42 features · 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% | 58 | 64 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsDevice42: Discoveries run continuously on a schedule, but the main appliance and at least one Remote Collector are hosted and maintained by your own team; vendor-hosted SaaS is not stated. Source: Device42 docs: deploy Device42 · Read 11 Oct 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% | 52 | 58 | JupiterOne |
ReasonsDevice42: 30+ integrations including ServiceNow, Freshservice and Jira; no actions of its own are documented. Source: Device42 homepage · 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 |
ReasonsDevice42: Pricing model published (annual subscription by number of devices); amounts not published. Source: Device42 pricing · Read 27 Sep 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?
Device42
JupiterOne
- JupiterOne documents OWNED and Device42 does not.
- Device42 documents SYNCED and JupiterOne does not.
- Device42 documents CURRENT more fully than JupiterOne (documented against partial).
How do they differ on price and deployment?
| Device42 | JupiterOne | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Annual subscription based on the number of devices; amounts not published. Source: Device42 pricing · Read 27 Sep 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 | Customer-hosted. The main appliance is a pre-configured Linux virtual appliance your organization hosts on VMware vCenter, Hyper-V, Citrix Xen, Xen/KVM, AWS or Azure, with at least one Remote Collector; an optional Discovery Agent covers Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and Solaris. Vendor-hosted SaaS is not stated. | SaaS with API integrations. |
| Type | CMDB with discovery | Reconcile and sync |
| Best for | Data center teams that need dependency mapping from mainframes to containers | Security teams that want ownership and relationship queries with published prices |
Which should you choose?
Choose Device42 if
- Keeping the CMDB in sync matters most to you (it scores 70)
- Completeness of discovery matters most to you (it scores 60)
- Data center teams that need dependency mapping from mainframes to containers
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, Device42 or JupiterOne?
On our default weights JupiterOne scores 67.8 against 55.2 for Device42. Device42 scores higher on keeping the CMDB in sync; JupiterOne scores higher on completeness of discovery, data trust and reconciliation, ownership mapping, effort to maintain, actionability and pricing clarity.
Which publishes a price?
Device42: Annual subscription based on the number of devices; amounts not published. 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?
JupiterOne scores 64 on effort to maintain against 58 for Device42: SaaS with API integrations; sync frequency is not published and coverage depends on how many integrations are configured.