OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB vs Tripl-i

OUOpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB9.3Visit Tripl-i9.1Visit

Higher score OU OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB #2 in Application Dependency Mapping Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit OpenText

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Tripl-i #4 in Application Dependency Mapping Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Tripl-i

• OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB fits best

  Hybrid enterprises needing broad discovery coverage

• Tripl-i fits best

  Hybrid infrastructure discovery and service mapping

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Side by side

Feature	OUOpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Tripl-i 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.1
Ranking	#2 in Application Dependency Mapping Software	#4 in Application Dependency Mapping Software
Best for	Hybrid enterprises needing broad discovery coverage	Hybrid infrastructure discovery and service mapping
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Support	Community, Docs	Email, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML, 2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	20 integrations	17 integrations
Built for	Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB 3/3 · Tripl-i 3/3
Real-time updates	✓	✓
Impact analysis	✓	✓
Business service views	✓	✓
Specs
Discovery approach	Hybrid	Hybrid
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Mapped entity limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Four discovery approaches cover agentless, agent-based, change-driven, and API sources Maps application and service dependencies across multicloud and infrastructure Connects with major ITSM, ITAM, monitoring, security, and endpoint platforms	Combines agent-based, agentless, and hybrid infrastructure discovery Continuously updates CMDB data through recurring discovery scans Maps dependencies with business-service views and impact scoring
Cons	Pricing is tailored through a contact-sales model Its broad enterprise scope may exceed smaller, narrowly focused environments No open-source edition is available	Paid plans require contacting sales No free plan is available The platform is not open source
Our verdict	OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB is vendor-neutral discovery and configuration management software for enterprise IT teams. It discovers and manages configuration items across on-premises, network, multicloud, container, and endpoint… Read the review →	Tripl-i is an AI-powered IT discovery and CMDB platform for organizations that need a current view of infrastructure, applications, services, and business impact. It supports agent-based, agentless, and hybrid discovery across servers,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB — where it wins

  • Four discovery approaches cover agentless, agent-based, change-driven, and API sources
  • Maps application and service dependencies across multicloud and infrastructure
  • Connects with major ITSM, ITAM, monitoring, security, and endpoint platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is tailored through a contact-sales model
  • Its broad enterprise scope may exceed smaller, narrowly focused environments
  • No open-source edition is available

• Tripl-i — where it wins

  • Combines agent-based, agentless, and hybrid infrastructure discovery
  • Continuously updates CMDB data through recurring discovery scans
  • Maps dependencies with business-service views and impact scoring

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid plans require contacting sales
  • No free plan is available
  • The platform is not open source

• OUOpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB9.3/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad hybrid discovery, service mapping, and impact analysis for complex enterprise environments.

  Visit OpenTextFull verdict →
• Tripl-i9.1/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Hybrid discovery and service mapping for teams managing complex infrastructure.

  Visit Tripl-iFull verdict →