Which version of Open-AudIT is right for you?

Feature Comparison

The community, professional and enterprise products share a common code base, however, Open-AudIT Professional & Enterprise include additional modules that improve discovery, simplify administration and increase reporting capability. Use the comparison chart below to decide which version best suits your organization’s requirements.

Network Discovery

Discoveries are entries that enable you to run a discovery upon a network in a single click, without entering the details of that network each and every time.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Device, Software, and Hardware Discovery

Collect detailed hardware and installed software information from discovered devices.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Database Server Discovery

Discover and profile database servers across your network, including service details and configuration attributes.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Web Server Discovery

Identify web servers and collect key configuration and software information for security and audit purposes.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

File Share Discovery

Locate file shares across your environment and capture access, usage, and configuration details.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Configuration Change Detection and Reporting

Track configuration changes over time and report deviations from expected system states.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Software License Reporting

Compare installed software against purchased licenses to help manage compliance and avoid overspend.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Custom Fields

Add your own metadata fields to devices and other objects for reporting and search.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Data Export - CSV, XML, JSON

Export reports and asset data in multiple formats for integration with external tools and workflows.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Newsfeeds to keep you current

Receive curated feeds on updates, advisories, and product insights relevant to your IT environment.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Geographical Maps

Visualise device locations and sites on interactive maps.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Clusters and Reporting

Group assets into logical clusters and generate reports that summarise configuration, usage, and changes.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Interactive Dashboards

Prebuilt, drill‑down dashboards for assets, software, changes and more.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

JSON API

Access all objects and actions programmatically through a comprehensive RESTful JSON API.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Scheduling - discovery, reporting & more

Automate discoveries, reports and common tasks on a recurring schedule.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Extra and Time based Reporting

Report on assets and configuration changes across points in time.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Vulnerability Detection and Reporting

Detect vulnerabilities mapped to CVEs and generate reports showing affected devices and risk severity.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Optional Agent Based Auditing

Use lightweight Windows/Linux agents when needed (alongside agentless options).

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Application Definitions

Identify applications using advanced definitions that map processes, services, and software components into a single view.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Baselines for device comparison

Define expected configurations and compare devices against a baseline.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Benchmarks for Best Practice Configuration

Compare devices against industry-aligned configuration benchmarks to highlight compliance gaps and hardening needs.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Cloud Discovery and Auditing

Discover and audit assets across supported cloud providers.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Collectors for Remote Discovery

Deploy lightweight collectors to perform secure discovery across remote networks or isolated segments.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Configurable Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

Granular role‑based permissions for users and groups.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

RBAC for Active Directory and openLDAP

Authenticate users via Active Directory or openLDAP for SSO‑like access.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Dashboard Widgets

Customise dashboards using modular widgets that display key asset, compliance, and security insights at a glance.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Customisable Scanning Options per Discovery

Tune scan depth, credentials and protocol options per discovery job.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

File Auditing

Track file presence and attributes on endpoints for compliance and security use‑cases.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Rack Management and Reporting

Document racks, RU positions and device placements; generate rack‑level reports.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

ISO 27001 Standards Reporting

Generate reports aligned to ISO 27001 controls to simplify compliance tracking and audit readiness.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Certificate Management and Reporting

Monitor SSL/TLS certificates, track expiry dates, and report on certificate issues across your environment.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Commercial Support

Access vendor support, knowledge and maintenance services.

  • Community
  • Professional
  • Enterprise

Devices

Licensed device volume included with each edition.

  • Community
  • ProfessionalFrom 100 Devices
  • EnterpriseFrom 100 Devices