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ManageEngine AssetExplorer

91Judge labels
11First choices
12Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
1Category
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.2, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
20% in ITAM for mid-market buyers
Rank 2 of 61 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
4 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 14% of its 43 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentStrongest at mid-market.
In itam · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading

Standing by category

Every category where a model named ManageEngine AssetExplorer for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
CategoryFunctionShareRankNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
IT asset managementIT operations and endpoint20%2 of 6114%43accepted challenger

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for ManageEngine AssetExplorer yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated ManageEngine AssetExplorer across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionNegativeLabels
Claude Haiku 4.502103
GPT-5.4 mini02002
Gemini 3.5 Flash00011
Perplexity Sonar03014
Grok 4.1 Fast22015
Mistral Small12115
DeepSeek V4 Flash03014
Llama 4 Maverick20103
Qwen 3.7 Flash12115
Kimi K203104
GLM 4.7 FlashX12104
MiniMax M2.521003

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct17 labels4
Paraphrase14 labels5
Comparative27 labelsNone
Budget-constrained16 labels2
Scale-constrained6 labelsNone
Negative11 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative91 labels in all, every segment counted; 11 of the 12 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“stands out for mid-size enterprises standardizing both hardware and software inventories with reconciliation workflows and audit support” Llama 4 Maverick · ITAM · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“### 1. The Best All-Rounder: ManageEngine AssetExplorer ManageEngine is the industry standard for mid-market organizations.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ITAM · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“specifically noted as a budget-friendly solution, ideal for small businesses or startups with up to 250 assets” Mistral Small · ITAM · budget prompt · first choice
“Freshservice or ManageEngine often provide the best balance of features, ease of use, and pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · ITAM · direct prompt · first choice

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Avoid if: You need robust automated discovery or non-ManageEngine integrations.” Grok 4.1 Fast · ITAM · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platform to be cautious about: Older versions of ManageEngine (AssetExplorer) or purely on-premise legacy tools” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ITAM · negative prompt · soft negative
“it may not be ideal for modern SaaS interfaces, heavy automation/orchestration, or advanced helpdesk workflows” Perplexity Sonar · ITAM · negative prompt · soft negative
“Weak network discovery... Ecosystem lock-in... Limited feature breadth compared to modern rivals” DeepSeek V4 Flash · ITAM · negative prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as ManageEngine AssetExplorer, over the 91 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and ManageEngine AssetExplorer was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
Lansweeper60 of 915Not in the top three
ServiceNow IT Asset Management52 of 9121Not in the top three
Flexera One37 of 914Not in the top three
Ivanti Neurons for ITAM35 of 910Not in the top three
Asset Panda31 of 910Not in the top three
InvGate Asset Management24 of 913Not in the top three
Device4224 of 910Not in the top three
NinjaOne19 of 912Not in the top three
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ManageEngine AssetExplorer. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 81 of the 91 answers that named ManageEngine AssetExplorer and are not a share of its labels.

Names read as ManageEngine AssetExplorer

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as ManageEngine AssetExplorer; a claim can dispute any of them.
ManageEngine 3AssetExplorer 1ManageEngine (AssetExplorer) 1
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