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Head-to-head · Application Dependency Mapping Software

Mugato vs Device42

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Mugato #5 in Application Dependency Mapping Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Mugato
Device42 #8 in Application Dependency Mapping Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Device42

Mugato leads on 0 checks, Device42 on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreMugato · 9.0/10
  • Most featuresMugato · 3 of 3

Mugato scores higher on our rubric for application dependency mapping software: 9.0 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #8.

Mugato is the better fit for agentless mapping with impact and blast-radius analysis. Device42 is the better fit for IT asset and dependency mapping teams.

  • Mugato fits best

    Agentless mapping with impact and blast-radius analysis

  • Device42 fits best

    IT asset and dependency mapping teams

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Side by side

Feature Mugato 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Device42 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.7
Ranking #5 in Application Dependency Mapping Software #8 in Application Dependency Mapping Software
Best for Agentless mapping with impact and blast-radius analysis IT asset and dependency mapping teams
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Pricing on request Pricing on request
Free plan Not checked yet —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support Email Tickets, Docs
Integrations 8 integrations 40+ integrations
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Mugato 3/3 · Device42 0/3
Real-time updates ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Impact analysis ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Business service views ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Discovery approach Agentless Not checked yet
Deployment model Hybrid Not checked yet
Mapped entity limit Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Process-level mapping connects applications, services, and infrastructure.
  • Continuously refreshed maps support current dependency and business-service views.
  • Blast-radius analysis includes historical and shared-infrastructure context.
  • Agentless and agent-based discovery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments
  • CMDB-backed application, asset, software, and infrastructure dependency mapping
  • REST APIs, webhooks, mobile inventory, and many ITSM integrations
Cons
  • Pricing requires a contact-sales process.
  • Licensing is based on monitored servers, requiring scope definition.
  • Its broad enterprise feature set may exceed lightweight mapping needs.
  • No permanent free plan
  • The 14-day evaluation is limited to 100 devices
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
Our verdict

Mugato is an enterprise IT infrastructure discovery and dependency-mapping platform for CIOs, enterprise architects, security and compliance teams, IT operations, and project managers. Its agentless approach maps devices, applications,…

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Device42 is an IT infrastructure management platform for organizations managing data centers, cloud environments, and hybrid IT. It combines automated discovery with physical, virtual, cloud, and software inventory, a configuration…

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  1. MugatoApplication Dependency Mapping Software 9.0Pricing on request
  2. Device42Application Dependency Mapping Software 8.7Pricing on request

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Mugato — where it wins

    • Process-level mapping connects applications, services, and infrastructure.
    • Continuously refreshed maps support current dependency and business-service views.
    • Blast-radius analysis includes historical and shared-infrastructure context.

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires a contact-sales process.
    • Licensing is based on monitored servers, requiring scope definition.
    • Its broad enterprise feature set may exceed lightweight mapping needs.

  • Device42 — where it wins

    • Agentless and agent-based discovery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments
    • CMDB-backed application, asset, software, and infrastructure dependency mapping
    • REST APIs, webhooks, mobile inventory, and many ITSM integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • No permanent free plan
    • The 14-day evaluation is limited to 100 devices
    • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Mugato9.0/10 · Pricing on request

    A deep, agentless mapping platform for enterprise impact and blast-radius analysis.

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  • Device428.7/10 · Pricing on request

    A broad hybrid-IT mapping platform with CMDB, inventory, lifecycle, and integration coverage.

    Visit Device42Full verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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