Danbyte
Danbyte: A broad self-hosted DCIM suite with every feature included at no license cost. Ranked #2 of 24 in Data Center Infrastructure Management Software by our editors (9.2/10); pricing: Free plan; best for technical teams needing free infrastructure management.
At a glance
- Editor score9.2 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forTechnical teams needing free infrastructure management
- Free planYes
- Paid fromFree
- Rack managementYes
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Covers IPAM, racks, power, cabling, floor plans, and monitoring
- Includes SNMP and nmap discovery with drift review
- Provides Ansible, Terraform, webhooks, and REST API automation
Where it doesn't
- Self-hosted deployment is the available offering
- No enterprise tier or paid plan
- Managed cloud hosting is still coming soon
Our verdict on Danbyte
Danbyte is an open-source IPAM and data center infrastructure management platform for technical teams that need to document and manage network and physical infrastructure. It covers IP addresses, prefixes, VLANs, VRFs, DHCP, DNS, racks, devices, power, cabling, floor plans, virtualization, and network health. Its web, Linux, self-hosted, and API availability suits teams managing their own infrastructure, including air-gapped deployments.
The pricing model is straightforward: the Free and open source plan costs 0 USD and includes all features, with no seat license and no license expiry. It is delivered as self-hosted software, and there is no enterprise tier. That makes Danbyte a strong fit for teams that want broad DCIM and IPAM coverage without per-seat licensing. The trade-off is that teams looking for a paid tier with a separate enterprise feature set will not find one in the published plan structure.
Danbyte’s main strength is breadth across physical modeling, network management, discovery, monitoring, and automation. Teams can model rack elevations, hardware components, power panels and feeds, cable paths, cooling units, and floor-plan tiles. SNMP and nmap discovery support observed-versus-intended drift review, while monitoring checks, schedules, history, and alerts address ongoing infrastructure visibility. Ansible and Terraform inventories, Jinja templates, webhooks, and the REST API extend the platform into automation workflows, with integrations for Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Proxmox VE, VMware vCenter, LDAP / Active Directory, SNMP, and nmap. Choose Danbyte for comprehensive open-source, self-hosted infrastructure management; choose an alternative if managed cloud hosting or an enterprise tier is required now.
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Danbyte fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Free |
| Asset limit | Not verified |
| Rack management | Yes |
| Power monitoring | Yes |
| Cooling monitoring | Yes |
| Space and capacity planning | Yes |
| Deployment | On-premises |
| Deployment | Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web, Linux |
| Compliance & security | 2FA |
| Support | Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 11 integrations: Ansible, Terraform, Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Proxmox VE … |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | danbyte.net |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Danbyte integrations
Danbyte lists 11 integrations on its own site.
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- PagerDuty
- Proxmox VE
- VMware vCenter
- SNMP
- nmap
- LDAP / Active Directory
- REST API
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