CA Asset Portfolio Management vs Samanage comparison

Broadcom and SolarWinds are both solutions in the IT Asset Management category. Broadcom is ranked #20, while SolarWinds is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0. Broadcom holds a 1.7% mindshare in IAM, compared to SolarWinds’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

CA Asset Portfolio Management

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CA Asset Portfolio Management

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

CA Asset Portfolio Management and Samanage compete in asset management. CA Asset Portfolio Management holds an advantage with its integration flexibility, while Samanage is preferred for its ease of use.

Features: CA Asset Portfolio Management offers advanced asset tracking, integration with enterprise systems, and is suitable for large-scale IT environments. Samanage provides seamless cloud integrations, intuitive design, and accessible asset management aimed at simplicity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Asset Portfolio Management has complex setup due to its customization options and robust enterprise integration support. Samanage provides straightforward deployment with its cloud-based model, emphasizing quick implementation and efficient customer service.

Pricing and ROI: CA Asset Portfolio Management has higher initial setup costs justified by customization and integration capabilities, yielding long-term ROI in large environments. Samanage has lower upfront costs and offers quick ROI from rapid implementation and lower operational expenses, making it cost-effective for small to mid-sized businesses.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Asset Portfolio Management

Ranking in IT Asset Management

20th

Ranking in License Management

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Samanage

Ranking in IT Asset Management

12th

Ranking in License Management

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (16th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of CA Asset Portfolio Management is 1.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Samanage is 2.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Samanage	2.3%
CA Asset Portfolio Management	1.7%
Other	96.0%

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reviewer1998918

Enterprise systems management team lead

Integrates well, highly stable, and scalable

CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus. We have approximately 10,000 PCs that we are busy processing and we have to upload information to them but when we use this solution it is complex. When we use Micro Focus it is better.

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Meechai C.

Consult at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Detects incidents quickly, improves our SLA performance and solves issues faster

We mainly use it for incident logging. We'd like to add service request functionality, but we don't have the knowledge to configure the requests and the workflows properly. We'd like to integrate our workflows with the incident management, so we use it to manage our work better. We'd like to implement the service request feature. Right now, we just record everything as incidents. Some activities can take a long time, maybe one or two weeks. This makes it hard to maintain a good SLA, even if we work hard. So, response speed and workflow improvements.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"My organization now understands what type of products they have: warranties, how long the warranties last, depreciation. We never really knew what our depreciation values were, so it was really nice to have that on hand as well. It gives us a better view of our hardware, which is really beneficial."

"You build the items one time and then you have your discovery that's coming in and the system will let you know whether or not you're out of compliance."

"The most valuable feature of CA Asset Portfolio Management is the full integration with our Service Desk. It allows us to work both sides of life cycle management."

"You could also look for software that is no longer being used and you can re-deploy the software, so then you save from a purchasing standpoint because you don't have to buy the software again."

"Also, the software you have, you can monitor for end of life. If you have software that is end of life, then you can have it uninstalled and buy the new software, so you can make sure that you're not running into vulnerabilities with unsupported software in your environment."

"It's easy to integrate with our system information."

"They're staying up to date as vendors make changes to how they want to manage the software. CA is usually really quick about getting those updates in the system."

"Enables me to know where an asset is at any point during its lifecycle: How old it is, who it belongs to, and where it's at within that lifecycle."

More CA Asset Portfolio Management pros

"The solution has a great filtering feature."

"The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it."

Cons

"It needs stronger rebooting components and the ability to develop our own software metrics."

"I'd like to see end-of-life information on software products."

"Needs a stronger reporting component, and more integration with CA Client Automation."

"CA SAM is not a CA product. The vendor is Aspera and CA is the distributor, so support is difficult. It's more difficult to get a good response."

"I would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."

"Keeping the catalog updated and having more titles in the catalog is helpful, because the more items that are in the catalog, your process goes faster because you don't have to manually build all the entitlements."

"CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus."

"The UI, even though they upgraded the UI, it's still kind of dated, it's a little bit convoluted to use. It's not like something that you can sit down and automatically understand how to use it."

More CA Asset Portfolio Management cons

"The setting up process is not quite easy. It's quite difficult."

"The system shuts down about once a month which is frustrating."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is expensive."

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Construction Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

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Small Business

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Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	8

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What do you like most about Samanage?

The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it.

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I use it for incident recording based on your inventory.

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Also Known As

CA IT Asset Manager, CA Asset Manager, ITAM, IT Asset Manager, CA SAM, CA Software Asset Manager, Asset Portfolio Management, Asset Portfolio Manager

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Overview

CA Asset Manager gives you the confidence to deliver real business value throughout the asset lifecycle by enabling essential business functions such as
procurement, contract, vendor, license and financial management across your enterprise IT asset base. CA Asset Manager has recognized technology leadership in the areas of financial and contract management, and it is also an IT asset management market share leader.

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Broadcom

"Samanage enables organizations worldwide to deliver a superior service experience. Samanage’s IT service management software accelerates efficiency and visibility into services requested and delivered across an organization, making it easy to continuously streamline process improvement and greater productivity. The fully integrated service desk and asset management solution utilizes a SaaS/multi-tenant platform, allowing IT and other service providers to effectively manage and connect service requests to IT assets. The revolutionary user interface delivers an unmatched user experience and enables code-free customization, allowing customers to fully deploy a robust ITSM solution in days not months or years. "

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

First Horizon National Corporation, Logicalis, Racing and Wagering Western Australia

SXSW, PRA Group, Fandango, Inteva Products, Amherst College, Tensator

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