Asset Infinity vs Shelf

Asset Infinity and Shelf both land on Depends.

Asset Infinity

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Good fit for SMB and mid-market teams tracking hundreds to tens of thousands of assets across locations with maintenance and audit needs.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if your team needs free, open-source tracking for shared equipment and can apply security patches promptly.

Asset Infinity versus Shelf
Compare	Asset Infinity	Shelf
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Multi-location SMBs tracking hundreds+ of assets	Teams lending shared equipment
Who it's not for	Tiny teams with a few dozen assets . use a spreadsheet	Anyone whose gear list fits a spreadsheet
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁴	Two 2026 CVEs reported against Shelf-nu (SSRF and incorrect authorization); vendor also publishes a security page.
Support quality	Only vendor self-claims; no independent support evidence	No support evidence in sources
Public sentiment	Reddit users report choosing Asset Infinity and reviewers describe it as easy to use.^⁷	The only product-specific review source found was G2's Shelf Asset Management listing, with truncated but positive-toned snippets.¹³
Biggest gotcha	Asset-based pricing: every asset tracked adds recurring cost; RFID/BLE tags add hardware spend on top.^⁶	CVE-2026-54166: SSRF via asset tracking/CSV import . update before exposing imports