uControlActive OT identity probes
Opt-in, read-only identity probes over Modbus and EtherNet/IP for precise OT identification.
ServiceNow Discovery is an enterprise CMDB heavyweight, powerful, and priced and scoped to match. uControl Insights delivers discovery, asset management and service context in one platform you can self-host, with unlimited seats, OT and passive-flow discovery, an AI layer and fast deployment.
The capabilities uControl brings that ServiceNow Discovery doesn't, or only partly does.
Opt-in, read-only identity probes over Modbus and EtherNet/IP for precise OT identification.
Materialise assets and their real communication paths from NetFlow/IPFIX, no scan, no credentials.
Surface hosts that are live in traffic but never scanned, the blind spots inventory-only tools miss.
Flag network conversations a device has never had before, behavioural anomalies from flow.
White-label, multi-tenant delivery built for partners and MSPs.
HaloITSM integration
Credit where it's due, ServiceNow Discovery leads or matches uControl in these areas.
A mature, auditable ITIL CMDB with full change history.
Established application dependency mapping.
Business-service mapping and modelling.
Vulnerability and CVE risk scoring.
Verdicts are by capability area, not feature-for-feature, depth varies within a tick.
| Capability | uControl Insights | ServiceNow Discovery |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | ||
| Agentless network discovery (Windows / Linux / SNMP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Endpoint agent (Windows / macOS) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud discovery — AWS / Azure | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud discovery — Google Cloud | ✓ | ✓ |
| OT / ICS device discovery | ✓ | ~ |
| Active OT identity probes (Modbus / EtherNet-IP) | ✓ | — |
| Passive network-flow discovery (NetFlow / IPFIX) | ✓ | — |
| Shadow-IP / dark-space detection | ✓ | — |
| Nutanix Prism / Proxmox connectors | ✓ | ~ |
| IP address management (IPAM) | ~ | ~ |
| Data-centre infrastructure management (DCIM) | — | — |
| Asset inventory & CMDB | ||
| Unified asset inventory | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full ITIL CMDB (auditable CIs, change history) | ~ | ✓ |
| Relationship / dependency graph | ✓ | ✓ |
| Application dependency mapping | ~ | ✓ |
| Service / business-service mapping | ~ | ✓ |
| Topology map with live traffic edges | ✓ | ~ |
| Hardware asset management | ||
| Hardware inventory & lifecycle / EOL | ✓ | ~ |
| Vendor warranty enrichment | ✓ | ~ |
| Assignment, contracts & document repository | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purchase / procurement metadata | ✓ | ✓ |
| Software asset management | ||
| Software inventory & recognition | ✓ | ✓ |
| Licence reconciliation (effective licence position) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Usage-based licence reclaim | ✓ | ✓ |
| Insights, risk & AI | ||
| Vulnerability / CVE risk (NIST NVD) | ~ | ✓ |
| AI natural-language assistant | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI scan diagnosis & runbooks | ✓ | ~ |
| Cloud cost analytics | ✓ | ~ |
| Network-flow anomaly detection | ✓ | — |
| Certificate expiry monitoring | ✓ | ~ |
| Integrations & ITSM | ||
| Bidirectional ITSM / CMDB sync | ~ | ✓ |
| Integration breadth / marketplace | ~ | ✓ |
| HaloITSM integration | ✓ | — |
| REST API & data export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams alerts & AI digest | ✓ | ~ |
| Admin, security & platform | ||
| SSO (SAML / OIDC / LDAP) + RBAC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Localised / multi-language UI | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-prem + cloud + appliance deployment | ✓ | ~ |
| Self-hosted / data sovereignty | ✓ | — |
| Unlimited user seats | ✓ | — |
| White-label / partner delivery | ✓ | — |
| Lightweight / fast deploy (under a day) | ~ | — |
Competitor information is based on each vendor's publicly published product and pricing pages and is believed accurate at the time of writing. Capabilities change, check each vendor's current materials before making a purchasing decision. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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