Scanopy
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you're a homelabber or small IT team that hates manual network diagrams . the self-hosted tier is free and pricing is flat.
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Scanopy vs G2
Scanopy and G2 both land on Depends.
G2
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buyers shortlisting B2B software should use G2 free as one input, cross-checked against Capterra or TrustRadius.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Homelab and self-hosted enthusiasts | B2B software buyers shortlisting tools |
| Who it's not for | Enterprises wanting Auvik-grade monitoring and support SLAs | Vendors without five-figure budgets |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵ | No public security page found; UpGuard reports no phishing; G2's own DPA references a past data breach. |
| Support quality | Developer active on Reddit and forums; no SLAs | Trustpilot and BBB complaints about G2's service |
| Public sentiment | Early adopters on Reddit, blogs, and GitHub praise the automated discovery, while noting the project is still new.⁶ | Buyers find G2 useful for breadth, but sentiment on G2's own service skews negative on Trustpilot and Redditors weigh it against Capterra and Trustpilot. |
| Biggest gotcha | v0.x releases . expect fast feature churn and possible breaking changes11 | Vendor contracts are negotiated and opaque; budget five figures annually before committing. |
Pick Scanopy when
- Homelab and self-hosted enthusiasts
- Small IT teams drowning in manual diagrams
- Networks needing always-current documentation
- Budget-conscious teams (flat pricing)
When Scanopy is not a fit
- Enterprises wanting Auvik-grade monitoring and support SLAs
- Non-technical teams . setup takes real IT skill (Docker, reverse proxies)
- Anyone needing a mature product; it launched recently as ex-NetVisor
- Guess: strict-compliance orgs wanting SOC 2/ISO assurances . none shown
Pick G2 when
- B2B software buyers shortlisting tools
- Teams wanting peer reviews pre-demo
- SaaS vendors building review-based social proof
- Marketers using buyer-intent data
When G2 is not a fit
- Vendors without five-figure budgets
- Anyone expecting unbiased star ratings
- Consumer-product shoppers . B2B only
- Buyers wanting deep technical vetting
Sources
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- Community Edition . free self-hostedscanopy.netofficial
- Scanopy Pricingscanopy.netofficial
- Discoverable Services (260+)scanopy.netofficial
- Scanopy Security pagescanopy.netsecurity
- Stop Drawing Network Diagrams Manually . VirtualizationHowtovirtualizationhowto.comreview
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- Scanopy Pricing & Plans . SoftwareAdvice (Starter $11.9)softwareadvice.comreview
- Setup behind Traefik . community guidejaredheinrichs.substack.comreview
- Scanopy repo . AGPL 3.0github.comofficial
- G2 (company) . Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgnews