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Scanopy vs NetBrain

Scanopy

scanopy.net

Worth it
Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run a homelab or small business network and hate keeping diagrams current . the free self-hosted Community Edition makes trialing it nearly risk-free.

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Pick Scanopy when

  • Homelabbers and self-hosters
  • Small IT teams with stale network docs
  • Anyone replacing manual Visio/draw.io diagram upkeep

When Scanopy is not a fit

  • Enterprises needing live monitoring and alerting . this documents, it doesn't watch
  • Buyers wanting mature v1.0+ software with vendor SLAs
  • Non-technical teams uncomfortable with Docker or self-hosting
  • Tiny static networks . a spreadsheet of IPs already covers it

Sources

  1. Scanopy homepage . automated network diagrams & documentationscanopy.net
    official
  2. Scanopy Community Edition . free, self-hostedscanopy.net
    official
  3. Scanopy pricing plansscanopy.net
    official
  4. Scanopy security page and disclosure policyscanopy.net
    security
  5. Stop Drawing Network Diagrams Manually . Scanopy Does It For Youvirtualizationhowto.com
    review
  6. Overall impressions . GitHub discussion #360github.com
    review
  7. NetVisor is now Scanopy . Reddit r/selfhostedreddit.com
    review
  8. Scanopy v0.13.5 update . API keys, Prometheus metricsreddit.com
    review
  9. Scanopy Docker deployment issue . Reddit r/dockerreddit.com
    review
  10. Scanopy reviews . G2g2.com
    review
  11. Scanopy Software Pricing & More . Capterracapterra.com
    review
  12. Scanopy Pricing and Plans . SoftwareAdvicesoftwareadvice.com
    review
  13. [Support] Scanopy . Unraid forumsforums.unraid.net
    review
  14. Scanopy alternatives . network mapping tools comparedscanopy.net
    official
  15. sourceforge.netsourceforge.net
    review